SUNY Geneseo

Milne Library

Academic Library · United States

Milne Library Publishing

https://library.geneseo.edu/publishing

Allison Brown, Digital Publishing Services Manager
Email: browna@geneseo.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
To increase the visibility, reach, and impact of Geneseo’s research and scholarship by providing open access to information, ideas, and works of imagination, and to reduce the cost of higher education in New York State by publishing SUNY-authored open textbooks.

Publishing activities began: 2012
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English; Spanish

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
Individual people: 1
Students: Undergraduate student(s)
Funding sources: Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget, Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

Journals
Monographs
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 2
Campus-based student-created: 2
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 4
Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 4

Highlights

Top Publications:

Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships (textbook)
The Missing Link: An Introduction to Web Development and Programming (textbook)
Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence (textbook)
"Play Like a Girl: An Analysis of Media Representation of Female Athletes" (article in the Proceedings of GREAT Day: Vol. 2015)
Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems (textbook)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
multimedia
text
video

Software & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)
locally developed software
Omeka
Pressbooks
PubPub
WordPress

Additional Services:

author advisory - copyright
analytics
audio/video streaming
cataloging
contract/license preparation
copyediting
digitization
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
image services
ISBN registry
marketing
metadata
peer review management
print-on-demand
training
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Digital preservation services under discussion

Policies

Accessibility policy, Author rights/copyright policy, Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, Retraction/correction policy

Web Accessibility Policy: https://www.geneseo.edu/policy/policy-on-web-accessibility
Author Rights: https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/about.html
Library Statement of Solidarity on Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Anti-Racism: https://library.geneseo.edu/about/idea-inclusivity-diversity-equity-and-anti-racism#s-lg-box-wrapper-34834461
Revisions & Suggestions: https://milneopentextbooks.org/revisions-suggestions/

Additional Information

Last Year:
Our new Editorial Team finalized updated proposal forms, and have published a rubric to accompany them: https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/library-research/19/

Highlighted Publication

Differential Calculus: From Practice to Theory

Differential Calculus: From Practice to Theory covers topics typical to a first course in differential calculus organized around the context of important historical problems, such as the motion of falling bodies and trajectories, the shape of hanging chains, and the Witch of Agnesi. This text thoughtfully guides students from a problem-solving focus based in infinitesimals through the historical development of calculus to develop foundational ideas such as limits and continuity.