Resources for:STUDENTSADMINISTRATORSFACULTY myBTAA Search About Leadership Development Libraries Purchasing Technology Research News Library Accessibility Alliance Announces New Website & Expanded Resources Aug 23, 2021, 11:32 AM Members of the Library Accessibility Alliance (LAA) are pleased to announce their new website, featuring enhancements to the popular accessibility evaluations of databases, along with an expanded collection of resources. Full Story Big Ten Academic Alliance and University of Michigan Press Announce Fund to Mission Agreement Aug 5, 2021, 14:52 PM The Big Ten Academic Alliance and the University of Michigan Press have signed a three-year agreement that provides multi-year support for Fund to Mission from all fifteen member libraries. Fund to Mission is the Press’s open access monograph model that aligns with its mission and commitment to equity, justice, inclusion, and accessibility.The model demonstrates a return to the origins of the university press movement and moves toward a more open, sustainable infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences. It is one of several programs that university presses are developing to expand the reach of their specialist publications. Full Story The Big Ten Academic Alliance joins Direct to Open from the MIT Press Jul 21, 2021, 13:51 PM The MIT Press and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) have entered a three-year collective action agreement that provides Direct to Open (D2O) access for all fifteen BTAA member libraries. An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from a solely market-based, purchase model to a collaborative, library-supported open access model. Full Story BTAA Joins Open Library of Humanities Jul 19, 2021, 11:18 AM The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) have signed a three-year collective agreement that provides multi-year support for OLH from all of the BTAA’s fifteen member libraries. This move was made possible thanks to the OLH Open Consortial Offer, an initiative that offers consortia, societies, networks and scholarly projects the opportunity to join the Open Library of Humanities Library Partnership Subsidy system as a bloc, enabling each institution to benefit from a discount. Full Story OmniSoc a founding partner in global threat intelligence sharing sytem May 26, 2021, 15:13 PM A new cybersecurity threat intelligence sharing system that will help research and education organizations prevent and mitigate cyber-attacks has been created by higher education information technology and cybersecurity organizations in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia will collaborate to share intelligence on malware attacks using a platform called MISP. Full Story Big Ten Academic Alliance and Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN Library and Publication Platform (OAPEN) Announce a Three-Year Collective Action Agreement May 17, 2021, 12:00 PM The Big Ten Academic Alliance has entered into a three-year collective action agreement with the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN Library and Publication Platform (OAPEN) to provide financial support from all fifteen member libraries. Full Story NSF launches Engineering Research Visioning Alliance as force multiplier for high-impact research Apr 7, 2021, 11:35 AM The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering today launched the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its kind. Its founding partners are members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)/Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Foundation (EIF); and the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP). Full Story The Big Ten Academic Alliance Announces Publishing Deal with Cambridge University Press Feb 17, 2021, 11:07 AM The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have signed a three-year ‘Read and Publish’ agreement that provides multi-year reading rights to the full CUP journals package and uncapped open access publishing of eligible and accepted research at no additional cost to authors. Full Story The Big Ten Academic Alliance Announces Collective Action Agreement with DOAJ Feb 15, 2021, 13:36 PM he Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) have announced a three-year collective action agreement that provides multi-year support for DOAJ from all fifteen member libraries. DOAJ indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from around the world, providing a community-driven service to play an essential role in the creation of a sustainable model for the future of scholarly publishing. Full Story Library Accessibility Alliance Adds New Partners: GWLA and WRLC to bolster Accessibility Awareness, Assessment, Outreach Feb 8, 2021, 10:53 AM Two additional research library consortia have joined LAA: The partnership now includes the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). Full Story Chronicle of Higher Ed highlights value of collaboration, CIC Jan 29, 2021, 09:33 AM It its Feb. 13 issue, the Chronicle of Higher Education examined how collaborations can help universities leverage their resources as a way to cut costs and expand their academic reach. Institutions are increasingly seeking new partnerships or investing in existing... Full Story Big Ten Academic Alliance and PLOS Announce Publishing Deal Jan 21, 2021, 14:36 PM The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) announced an agreement for BTAA members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program. CAP is PLOS’ effort to sustain highly selective journal publishing without Article Processing Charges for authors. Full Story BIG Collection Steering Committee Announced Dec 16, 2020, 15:13 PM The Library Directors of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) are pleased to announce the appointment of the BIG Collection Steering Committee. Full Story Big Ten Academic Alliance Online Course Sharing Program Aug 3, 2020, 11:23 AM Beginning this fall, undergraduate students at a participating universities can take an online course from another participating Big Ten school each semester as part of their academic experience­­, with all tuition and fees waived. Full Story Leveraging Networks of Trust to Meet the Challenges of a Pandemic Jul 10, 2020, 11:46 AM With the advent of the coronavirus, students, faculty, researchers, and staff across campuses have been challenged in countless ways to radically change how their work is done and help serve the greater good. Full Story Maurice York Appointed Director of Library Initiatives May 5, 2020, 11:00 AM Full Story Meetings Update Apr 14, 2020, 11:02 AM Full Story Spring Meetings Update Mar 11, 2020, 13:00 PM Full Story UNL Team Wins Big Ten Student Design Contest Feb 18, 2020, 13:29 PM The Groundbreakers from University of Nebraska are the winners of the 2019 Big Ten Student Design Challenge. Full Story Leadership in a Culture of Constant Change: 2020 Women in IT Virtual Conference Jan 14, 2020, 11:34 AM Leadership in a Culture of Constant Change is the second virtual conference sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance Women in IT (WIT) peer group. The conference is Friday, February 7, 2020 1–4pm Eastern/12–3pm Central via Zoom webinar and local watch party locations. The virtual conference is free and all are welcome to attend. 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