The VIVA e-commerce site offers for sale the print version of resources created by VIVA and its member institutions. All print books are offered at cost, or, in other words, priced to the cost it takes to print the work plus overhead. No profit is made by VIVA or its member institutions for the works hosted on this site. Most books are available for free online; links to open resources are included in the book’s record.
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About VIVA
VIVA is the academic library consortium of Virginia, serving 70 of the non-profit academic libraries, including all 39 public colleges and universities, 30 independent universities, and the Library of Virginia. Through cooperative and shared collection development, resource sharing, open and affordable programs, education and training opportunities, and strategic initiatives. VIVA directly supports academic institutions across the state in providing access to high quality academic resources for students and faculty at Virginia institutions. To learn more about VIVA, visit the VIVA website.
About VIVA Publishing
VIVA Publishing is part of the VIVA Open and Affordable Initiative, which supports the development of sustainable educational resource and access models for students across Virginia. VIVA Publishing provides centralized publishing services that facilitate the development of open educational resources and course materials at no cost to Virginia students. VIVA Publishing also offers support services to library publishing efforts and programs at VIVA member institutions.
All VIVA Publishing resources on this site are open course materials supported through the VIVA Open Grants program. The program provides financial and publishing support services (such as typesetting and graphic design) without content oversight.