The Library Publishing Coalition is delighted to welcome VIVA as its first consortial membership. Consortial memberships streamline billing for groups of libraries in the consortium and pass along membership benefits to participating institutions. VIVA will act as the consortial central office for the following participating institutions: George Mason University, James Madison University, Sweet Briar College, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, and William and Mary.
A statement from VIVA:
VIVA is the consortium of academic libraries in Virginia representing 70 institutions of higher education. Members include 39 public colleges and universities, 30 independent private non-profit institutions, and the Library of Virginia. Since 1994, VIVA has worked to build an equitable, accessible, and robust infrastructure of library resources and services for Virginia higher education students and faculty. VIVA Publishing is an Open and Affordable initiative providing centralized publishing support for VIVA Open Grant recipients and support for our member institution’s library publishing programs. For more information, please visit www.vivalib.org.
VIVA is excited to transition to a consortial membership with LPC, which provides a more affordable and inclusive avenue for our members and the central office to participate in the vibrant LPC community!
LPC is grateful to VIVA for their input as we created a consortial membership option that works for our community, and for stress-testing the onboarding process as our first consortial member. Supporting consortial publishing efforts is a strategic priority for LPC, and we hope that this new membership option will make participation in the LPC community feasible for more consortia and more consortial member institutions.