Textbooks every student can access and afford
Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. The library currently includes 632 textbooks, with more being added all the time.
VIVA Faculty Textbook Portal
Make sure that you read the Faculty Textbook Portal FAQ before doing a search so you know what to do next.
Welcome to VIVA Open! Explore our collection of Open Education Resources (OER) adopted, adapted, and/or created by faculty and higher education professionals at Virginia institutions. Join our network of educators committed to open education.
In addition to serving as a repository, VIVA Open supports the creation and adaptation of new OER, lesson plans, and courses through the resource and module builder tools. VIVA Open also contains VIVA Open Collaborations Hub – an online space to facilitate group collaboration and material discovery. Additionally, VIVA Open Curated Collections provides a listing of existing OER that serve a variety of disciplines.
VIVA Open is freely accessible to all, and users may register an account to create and submit resources, join groups, and save items found and/or evaluated within the collections. Future VIVA Open projects include a Course Mapping Hub that will provide a listing of OER suitable for high enrollment and Transfer Virginia courses. We’ll continue to update you as the site is populated with materials and as new trainings and tools are made available.