Update: VIVA Users Group Virginia Library Association November 1, 2007 Hot Springs, Virginia The Virtual Library of Virginia

Agenda  Welcome and Update – Kathy Perry, VIVA Director  Vendor Introductions  Q&A  ILL Odyssey – Elizabeth Teaff, Washington & Lee University  Multimedia Access: PBS Videos – Ralph Alberico, James Madison University  VIVA Web Page Redesign – Elaine Day, Averett University  Virginia Learning Objects Portal – John Ulmschneider, Virginia Commonwealth University

VIVA Highlights  Training – 9 th VIVA Community Interlibrary Loan Forum – 2 Regional Training Sessions held at VSU and Radford  New Collections Added  Collections Cut  Learning Object Portal  Multimedia Task Force

VIVA Collections in  758 Blackwell Journals – January 2007  128 IEEE Journals (ASPP Collection) – January 2007  Purchased ACS Archives

Database Searches and Journal Article Downloads FY Total A&I Searches:97,431,033 Total Article Downloads:32.821,260

Priorities  RFP for general database – to be released December 3, 2007  Multimedia - PBS Videos  Manage Budget

Priorities (cont’d)  Manage Budget - Cancellation Criteria – Limit Impact on Members – Value Full Text over A&I – Vendor Policies and Pricing – Content and Convenience

Priorities (cont’d)  Manage Budget - Cancellations Cancelled Nature Review and Reviews (effective 9/1/07) –Renewal of the journal Nature was provisional for 1 year 4 Cancellations: –Cambridge University Press Journals (effective 12/31/07) –Duke University Press Journals (effective 12/31/07) –GaleNet (Associations Unlimited and BGMI) (effective 12/18/07) –LN Statistical (effective 2/28/08)

“Succisa virescit” Ever again pruned, it grows again. Benedictine motto

VIVA Priorities for  Sustain current collections – Funding needed to sustain current collections due to enrollment growth and contractual cost increases.  Emphasize research growth in key subjects – Focus on key areas nursing and allied health engineering and information technology education – Chief focus on sponsored research enterprise  Support for the Interlibrary Loan expedited delivery program

Sustaining VIVA’s Vision  VIVA is equitable – VIVA levels the playing field  VIVA is cooperative – Decentralized organization structure – VIVA spends more than 96% of the total budget on direct services for our members  VIVA is cost-effective – VIVA brings in $5 of value for every $1 spent on electronic resources

Access Throughout Virginia

Efficient, Decentralized Services VIVA Office (GMU–Fairfax) Procurement (JMU-Harrisonburg) VIVA Listserv (VaTech- Blacksburg) Locally Loaded Databases (UVA-Charlottesville) VIVA Webmaster (VCU-Richmond) Coordination of Private Nonprofits (Sweet Briar College-Sweet Briar)

VIVA Budget Sources and Allocations

The Remarkable Value of VIVA Cost avoidance through group purchases July 1, 1994 to June 30, 2007: $200,000,000 That’s a 1-to-5 payoff for Virginia!

VIVA Vendors With Us Today  AAAS:Mehan Dossani  Bowker: Randy Boecker  EBSCO: David Brisendine & Steve O’Dell  Gale Cengage: John McLaughlin  IEEE:Joe Vaitkus  LexisNexis: Beth Bigman  Ovid:Jenna Von Hagen  Proquest:Kim Robinson  SOLINET:Jim Tucker  Stat-USA:Forrest Williams & Tahira Murphy

Agenda  Welcome and Update – Kathy Perry, VIVA Director  Vendor Introductions  Q&A  ILL Odyssey – Elizabeth Teaff, Washington & Lee University  Multimedia Access: PBS Videos – Ralph Alberico, James Madison University  VIVA Web Page Redesign – Elaine Day, Averett University  Virginia Learning Objects Portal – John Ulmschneider, Virginia Commonwealth University