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The Libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance are aligned in the vision of uniting our separate collections into one collection, shared and fully networked: the BIG Collection. By this phrase we mean a holistic and comprehensive understanding of what a library "collection" is: not simply the things we hold, but our services; our people; our expertise; our technology; and our infrastructure.

In advancing this future of interdependence and excellence, we are guided by our North Star in everything that we do:

In order to advance a just, trustworthy, scalable & sustainable open knowledge ecosystem, make open, more equitable scholarship our lead purpose.

On these pages, you'll find more about the services, programs, and community that are advancing this vision in a principles-centered, mission-driven, values-aligned way.

Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing Landscape Report
Launched in the fall of 2022, the Big Ten Academic Alliance [BTAA] landscape assessment of academy owned scholarly publishing activities explores the shared challenges and opportunities facing publishing programs and operations within the Big Ten institutions.
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Big Ten Open Books
Big Ten Open Books connects readers everywhere to fully accessible, trusted books from leading university presses. Established as a new model for open-access publishing focused on equity and inclusion, we invite you to explore our Gender and Sexuality studies collection.
BIG Collection: Resource Access Policy Harmonization Report
The Resource Access Policy Harmonization pilot team is pleased to share their final report. Aspirational in nature, the report includes the new BTAA Resource Sharing Agreement plus Scanning Standards; reaffirms the Principles and Protocols for Sharing Special Collections within the Big Ten; and articulates important next steps for future pilot projects and working group investigations.

Library News


Indiana Librarian, Longtime CIC Leader, Receives Major Award

Apr 21, 2011, 16:44 PM

A longtime leader in the CIC's efforts to keep government documents in the hands of the public has received a major honor for her work. Lou Malcomb, head of the Government Information and Kent Cooper Services Department in IU's Herman...

A longtime leader in the CIC's efforts to keep government documents in the hands of the public has received a major honor for her work.

Lou Malcomb, head of the Government Information and Kent Cooper Services Department in IU's Herman B Wells Library, was recently named the recipient of the 2011 "Documents to the People" Award, presented by LexisNexis/Government Documents Round Table/American Library Association.

"We are delighted that Lou is being recognized for her outstanding work in the Documents community. She has a long history of leadership among her CIC peers and nationally," said Kim Armstrong, Deputy Director of the CIC's Center for Library Initiatives. "Her current work on the CIC/Google government documents project demonstrates Lou's dedication to making government information as widely available as possible."

Malcomb led the CIC Floppy Disk Project -- launched in 1999 -- which was one of the first attempts to preserve federal depository materials in digital format. She is also one of the librarians who staffs the CIC's free, Web-based Government Information Online service.

She is being honored with this year's award for her "commitment, creativity and dedication to the principles embodied in the phrase 'Documents to the People,'" the organization wrote in a statement.