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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.

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.

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.

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.

Maurice York Appointed Director of Library Initiatives

May 5, 2020, 11:00 AM

Meetings Update

Apr 14, 2020, 11:02 AM

Spring Meetings Update

Mar 11, 2020, 13:00 PM

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.

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.

Big Ten Academic Alliance and ASERL partner to form Library Accessibility Alliance

Jan 7, 2020, 11:44 AM

The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) and the Big Ten Academic Alliance have created a new name for their recent partnership to advance accessibility for library electronic resources. Now called the “Library Accessibility Alliance” (LAA), the program seeks to ensure all library users have equitable access to information.

CHE: The Future of Campus Libraries? ‘Sticky Interdependence’

Oct 10, 2019, 11:28 AM

A deep dive by the Chronicle of Higher Education, explores this new "vision of a more codependent system in which research libraries pledge to preserve individual collection areas, allowing other institutions to allocate spending elsewhere. In a large, fully networked library system, users could more regularly get materials from other campuses, similar to an interlibrary loan, as individual collections would be more specialized and distinct. It’s an idea, long building, that acknowledges that the competition to acquire, acquire, acquire must change."

Big Ten Student Design Competition

Oct 3, 2019, 11:32 AM

Affordability and Accessibility: A Learning Technologies Virtual Conference

Sep 20, 2019, 14:57 PM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Learning Technologies Liaisons group is hosting a virtual conference on Affordability and Accessibility for all interested staff at member institutions. This opportunity will bring together peers with a range of expertise to share ideas and knowledge. Affordability and Accessibility: Thursday, October 3, 2-4pm Central

SIO Professional Development Program on Internationalization

Aug 20, 2019, 14:43 PM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Senior International Officers'-sponsored Staff Development Program is an eight-month opportunity for early-to-mid-career staff to learn about the internationalization of higher education and best partnership practices through a series of monthly online seminars and a capstone, five-day trip to Mexico City.

BTAA and ASERL Announce Library Accessibility Partnership

Aug 1, 2019, 09:34 AM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) have entered into a two-year partnership to advance accessibility for library electronic resources, with the goal of providing equal access to information for all library users. Since 2016, the BTAA has been conducting third-party evaluations of electronic resource platforms and collections, publicly posting the evaluations for review by vendors and libraries.

Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages the Focus of $2.5 Million Mellon Grant

Jul 23, 2019, 10:29 AM

This is the second Mellon grant received by the LCTL Partnership, led by the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University, to facilitate the teaching of less commonly taught languages at all Big 10 universities in partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

Sustaining Values and Scholarship: A Statement by the Provosts of the Big Ten Academic Alliance

Jun 10, 2019, 09:49 AM

The Big Ten Academic Alliance continues its advocacy for a sustainable and open ecosystem of publication. Collectively, our institutions’ more than 50,000 faculty are supported by over $10 billion (2017) in research funding, and our institutions have similarly invested significantly in our capacity to further our missions to advance knowledge. Together, we produce roughly 15% of the research publications in the United States.

Big Ten Academic Alliance universities join forces to advance liberal arts graduates' career success

May 10, 2019, 13:00 PM

Representatives from the Big Ten Academic Alliance liberal arts and sciences colleges will gather at the Big Ten Conference Center May 8-10 to discuss ways to advance the liberal arts as a path for career success. Or

Student Voices Shape Design of Educational Spaces

Apr 19, 2019, 09:43 AM

The Big Ten Student Design challenge, hosted by the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), was designed to bring student voices into the university space design process.

2019 Women in IT Virtual Conference

Jan 30, 2019, 11:48 AM

Lead From Where You Are is the first virtual conference sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance Women in IT (WIT) peer group. Occurring Friday, February 8, 2019 from 1:30-4:15pm Eastern, the conference will include two keynote speakers, as well as a panel of three women at different stages of their IT careers.