Big Ten Academic Alliance

For Building An Open And Just Knowledge Commons With University Libraries

  • Amount
    $200,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    11/19/2024
  • Term
    18 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Program
Overview
The Big Ten Academic Alliance aims to advance academic excellence through collaboration across its member universities. Its BIG Collection initiative will advance open, equitable scholarship by building a just, trustworthy, scalable, and sustainable open-knowledge ecosystem. With this grant, the alliance will accelerate community-building initiatives among its network of over 400 staff and librarians across all Big Ten institutions to achieve the goals of the BIG Collection initiative.
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for building an open and just knowledge commons with university libraries  
The Big Ten Academic Alliance aims to advance academic excellence through collaboration across its member universities. Its BIG Collection initiative will advance open, equitable scholarship by building a just, trustworthy, scalable, and sustainable open-knowledge ecosystem. With this grant, the alliance will accelerate community-building initiatives among its network of over 400 staff and librarians across all Big Ten institutions to achieve the goals of the BIG Collection initiative.