VIVA, Virginia's Academic Library Consortium: VIVA: VIVA Publishing

To learn more about VIVA Publishing, reach out to Jessica Kirschner, VIVA Digital Publishing Coordinator, at vivapub@gmu.edu.

VIVA Open and Affordable Course Content Committee

VIVA Open Grants

Resources for Grant Recipients

VIVA Publishing

VIVA Publishing, a part of the VIVA Open Grant program, provides publishing programs and services to assist grantees in the creation of high quality, accessible resources in a timely manner.

Services

Publishing Platforms

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 Pressbooks Pressbooks is an online content management system based on WordPress and designed to create online books.
Request a VIVA Pressbooks Complete this form to request a Pressbook. You must be associated with a VIVA Member Institution.
VIVA Open! VIVA Open is an OER Commons hosted website that serves as a repository for open educational resources (OER) adopted, adapted, and/or created by faculty and higher education professionals at Virginia institutions.
VIVA POPS!: The VIVA Repository VIVA's Preservation and Open Publishing space, which includes copies of our supported OER. Only shares resources from VIVA.
Order Print Copies of VIVA OER Order print copies of select VIVA OER at the cost it takes to print them. Publications from member institutions may also be available. If you're a member institution interested in selling a resource through the site, please contact VIVA Publishing.

Publishing Services

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.

Programs

VIVA Rapid Publishing Program

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 1.5 years 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 Rapid Pubishing Program Overview

VIVA Rapid Publishing Program Topic Suggestions form Submit an identified gap in OER. This form is not intended for projects with already assembled teams or those with a clearly articulated project plan.
Grant Applications and Requests for Proposals Past and current Requests for Expression of Interest can be found on this page, along with RFPs from VIVA's other grant programs.

VIVA New Editions Program

Ongoing support of Open Education Resources is key to ensure the resource remains current and without error or technological issues and continues to enable impactful learning experiences for students. As such, VIVA has established a New Editions Program for those VIVA-funded resources that need focused review and support to create an up-to-date version.

Impact of VIVA Publishing

Speeds completion of VIVA Open Grant projects for timely realization of cost savings and learning impact on students.
Creates high-quality educational resources
- More impactful for students
- Larger impact of resources in Virginia and beyond
Creates accessible versions of resources to ensure access of resources despite disability
Produces print versions of resources for those who prefer or need the print medium

VIVA Publishing Resources and Guidance

Publishing with VIVA
This guide provides an overview of VIVA's publishing process, including guidance on authoring books, copyright and licensing, and more.