VIVA: VIVA Publishing
To learn more about VIVA Publishing, reach out to Jessica Kirschner, VIVA Digital Publishing Coordinator, at vivapub@gmu.edu.
VIVA Publishing is service under the VIVA Open Grant program, which provide publishing services to assist grantees in creation high quality, accessible resources in a timely manner.
The VIVA Rapid Publishing Program provides infrastructure and support for the creation of OER which fill a gap in an area of high need for Virginia higher education. The program aims to fill these OER gaps on an accelerated timeline, with resources completed approximately 1 year after the team is assembled. Once a need has been identified, VIVA assembles a multi-institutional team and provides infrastructure for rapid authorship, publishing support, and outreach and adopt grants for completed projects.
VIVA provides publishing platforms to all grant recipients. Instructors and Librarians at VIVA member institutions may also use these platforms to share their resources.
VIVA has partnered with Knowledge Works Global (KGL) to provide publishing services to VIVA Grant Recipients. Services provide support for the full publishing process, from peer review to print-on-demand.
VIVA coordinates publishing services for VIVA Open Grant recipients, and member institutions can use the contract as a vehicle to support local publishing efforts.
More information can be found on the KGL Contract, on the VIVA Contracts page.