The impact of COVID-19 demonstrated the importance of having consistent, online access to course materials. As faculty select course materials for the Spring semester, please consider searching the VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal to identify no-cost, online alternatives to print textbooks. The Portal contains over 200,000 titles from the Virtual Library of Virginia’s (VIVA’s) shared library […]
Eagle Scholar is the open access institutional repository of UMW. Since it was launched in February 2018, 43 faculty have contributed their OER and open access books and articles. As a result, their work has been viewed in 119 countries at over 700 unique institutions. If you would like to share your professional work in […]
The Staff Advisory Council (SAC) is currently accepting nominations to fill eight positions. So that our representation reflects all parts of the UMW community, we invite you to nominate a deserving colleague(s) or yourself.Openings: 5 Administrative Professional (3 year term) 1 Wage (3 year term) 1 Classified (3 year term) 1 Classified (1 year term) […]
Use Leganto to create dynamic reading lists in Canvas! Leganto, a new service from the library, allows you to connect the library’s collection, websites, videos, and scanned documents all in one convenient location. This new feature is listed as “Library Reading Lists” in your Canvas course menu. Please contact Andrea Meckley (aklopsis@umw.edu, 540-654-1749) or Paul […]
The VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal is an online catalog to help Virginia public university faculty find open and affordable textbooks for their courses. Use of free e-books and other online materials will save UMW and other Virginia students hundreds of dollars in textbook purchases over their academic careers.Faculty can select from more than 200,000 titles […]
