Presentation to VLA VIVA User Group 11906

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Update 2007-08 VIVA Users GroupVirginia
Library Association October 23,
2008Williamsburg, Virginia
The Virtual Library of Virginia
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Agenda

• Welcome and Update
• Tansy Matthews
• VIVA Associate Director
• Vendor Introductions
• Presentation The Hand-Held Tsunami Implications
  for VIVA
• John Ulmschneider
• Virginia Commonwealth University

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2007-08 VIVA Highlights

• Addressing Budget
• Collections
• Training
• 10th VIVA Community Interlibrary Loan Forum
• EBSCO Regional Training Session
• VIVA Web Site Redesign
• Multimedia Task Force
• Contract for InCommon Federation
• JMU contract for TapHere!
• InstallFest scheduled

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VIVA Collections in 2007-08

• Cancellations
• Cambridge University Press Journals (Dec. 31,
  2007)
• Duke University Press Journals (Dec. 31, 2007)
• GaleNet (Dec. 14, 2007)
• LN Statistical (Feb. 28, 2008)
• Academic OneFile (June 30,2008)
• RFP RESULTS (for fy09)
• EBSCOhost Collection
• ProQuest Safari Tech Books Online
• Mergent Online and Mergent Horizon

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VIVA Budget Sources and Allocations2008-09 (as
of 10/8/08)
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2008-09 Priorities

• Impact of VIVA Budget Cuts
• Double whammy to local institutions if VIVA cuts
  collections
• Unleveling the playing field
• Lose research opportunities
• Lose support for distance education
• Lose other contractual benefits
• (e.g. Access to backfiles, price caps, deep
  discounts for print)

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Database Searches and Journal Article Downloads
FY 1996-2008
Total AI Searches 112,526,368 Total Article
Downloads 42,896,235
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VIVA Priorities for 2008-10

• 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

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2008-09 Priorities

• BUDGET Management
• Cancellations
• Gale Academic OneFile (replaced by EBSCOhost
  Collection) as of 7/1/08
• Cancelled the Academic Press IDEAL Archives
  (1996-2002) as of 12/31/08
• IOP Journals under review
• Others as necessary

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Sustaining VIVAs 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

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2008-09 Priorities

• Manage Budget - Cancellation Criteria
• Limit Impact on Members
• Value Full Text over AI
• Vendor Policies and Pricing
• Content and Convenience
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• Attempt to give our members advance warning (may
  be hard to do this year)
• Ensure that the Commonwealth will not spend more
  on products if VIVA cancels

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Access Throughout Virginia
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Efficient, Decentralized Services
VIVA Office (GMUFairfax)
Procurement (JMU-Harrisonburg)
VIVA Webmaster (VCU-Richmond)
VIVA Listserv (VaTech-Blacksburg)
Locally Loaded Databases (UVA-Charlottesville)
Coordination of Private Nonprofits (Sweet Briar
College-Sweet Briar)
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The Remarkable Value of VIVA
Cost avoidance throughgroup purchases July 1,
1994 to June 30, 2008 225,000,000
Thats a 1-to-5 payoff for Virginia!
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www.vivalib.org
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VIVA Vendors With Us Today

• AAAS Phillip Smith
• EBSCO David Brisendine Steve ODell
• Gale Cengage John McLaughlin
• IEEE Joe Vaitkus
• Nature John Moore
• Ovid Jenna Von Hagen
• Proquest David Fiumara
• SOLINET Kate Vincent