What is VIVA, the
Virtual Library of Virginia?

A consortium of academic libraries in Virginia, VIVA was established in 1993 with funds from the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) to create a network of shared electronic resources for students and faculty and to facilitate cooperation among its members.

Task Force Members 2003/2004 to date

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The special collections departments at Virginia's colleges and universities and its state library collect, preserve, and provide access to unique resources. Through Internet access many more citizens of the Commonwealth and beyond can know of the availability of these resources. Through scanning, digitizing, and original electronic documents, access is becoming available to the guides, finding aids, and electronic collections. Unique Virginia resources are being converted from sometimes fragile and delicate materials, to electronic text and digital images available to many simultaneous users at all hours of every day.

Meeting Minutes

Virginia Heritage Task Force
      Dec. 12, 2003 to date

Virginia Heritage Project Task Force
      Oct. 21, 1999-Sept. 30, 2003

VIVA Special Collections Committee
Dec. 2, 1994 - June 4, 1999

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Special Collections and Archives Sites
at VIVA Member Institutions

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Documents Regarding Brown vs. Board of Education

Bibliography of Jamestown Sources (PDF 1.6 MB)

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Virginia Heritage

• SEARCH VH DATABASE: a centralized database of finding aids to archival and manuscripts collections located in 20 Virginia repositories
• Best Practice Guidelines for Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• Retrospective Conversion Guidelines for VH EAD
• List of Online Digitization and Preservation Resources June 9, 2003
  
  
• About VHP in Virginia Libraries
  • Virginia Database for African-American History and Culture: 2001
  • Virginia Heritage Project: An Update: 2002
  • 2003 SOLINET Award
  
  
• NEH Awards VHP $250,000
  • VIVA press release
  • NEH Grant Proposal
  • Final Report to NEH: Feb. 25, 2003