Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

Collections Committee

Members

Minutes

Member Documents

• VIVA Collection Development Principles and Selection Criteria
• VIVA Cancellation Guidelines
• Collections Contact Responsibilities

Subcommittees/Task Forces

• VIVA Accessibility Working Group (2025-present)
• Collections Forum (2015-present)
• Open Access Advisory Group (2022-present)
• Open Access Task Force (2021)
• Support for Small Publishers Task Force (2020-present)
• Joint Controlled Digital Lending Task Force (2020-2021)
• Sustainable Journal Pricing (2018-2019)
• Value Metric Project (2016-2017; 2021-2023)
• Scholarly Communications Resources(2017)
• Monographic Collection Analysis (2013-2015)
• Video Collection Analysis (2013-2014)

VIVA Collections Committee

The Collections Committee investigates products, recommends licensing or renewal, and maintains vendor contacts for VIVA electronic databases and journals. More information is available in VIVA's Organizational Plan.

Composition: 15 members selected by the directors of their representative groups. Representation should include 8 public doctoral schools, 3 public comprehensive schools, 2 public two-year schools, and 2 independent colleges or universities. Membership composition will reflect expertise in a broad range of subjects: collection development and management, scholarly publishing, acquisitions practices, user experience, technology, collection analysis, and assessment. 

Committee Chair

Crystal Newell
Piedmont Virginia Community College

Committee Vice Chair

Laura Morales
William & Mary

Institutional Representatives

Alison Armstrong
Radford University
Standing Member

Jennifer Beach
Longwood University
Term expires 6/30/26

Beth Blanton-Kent
University of Virginia
Standing Member

Karen Cary
Virginia Commonwealth University
Standing Member

Anna Creech
University of Richmond
Term expires 6/30/27

Nicole Gordon
George Mason University
Standing Member

Shaunna Hunter
Hampden-Sydney College
Term expires 6/30/27

Liz Kocevar-Weidinger
Virginia Military Institute
Term expires 6/30/27

Edward Lener
Virginia Tech
Standing Member

Marci Myers
Central Virginia Community College
Term expires 6/30/27

Sarah Pritchard
James Madison University
Standing Member

Dana Roggenbaum
Northern Virginia Community College
Term expires 6/30/26

Gregory Snyder
Old Dominion University
Standing Member

Alicia Willson-Metzger
Christopher Newport University
Term expires 6/30/26

Ex Officio

Tara Cassidy
Virginia Community College System

Genya O'Gara
VIVA 

Helen McManus
VIVA 

Summer Durrant
VIVA