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Who was Milne?

Milne Library is named after Dr. William J. Milne, who was the first Principal of the Geneseo Normal School from 1871 to 1889, and his brother, Dr. John M. Milne, who was Principal from 1889 to 1903. Milne Library was completed and occupied in 1966.

What do Fraser and Holcomb have to do with the library?

In addition to Milne, the library maintains Fraser Study Center, located on the top floor of Fraser Hall. The Fraser Study Center houses a variety of study environments for students, as well as the library’s Government Documents collection and a closed storage area for periodicals. Some backfiles of periodicals, older print materials, and select government documents are also housed in the Holcomb Building. Retrieval from Fraser Study Center and Holcomb is available through Milne Library’s Information Delivery Services’ online request form.

Fraser Hall is named after Bertha Paine Fraser, who was one of the first two women appointed to Geneseo Normal School's Board of Visitors. Fraser was the College's main library from 1956 to 1966, and housed the School of Library and Information Science from 1965 to 1983. Fraser Hall also housed the Business Library until the late 1990s, when the collection moved to Milne.

Stats

Total space: 70, 591 square feet
Annual visitors: 550,396
Hours open per week: 106
Print resources: 516,700
Current serial subscriptions: 1,500
U.S. and New York State government documents, including microfiche: 199,074
CDs, audiocassettes and recordings: over 5,000
Total number of volumes in Teacher Education Resource Center: 29,758
Number of volumes in Juvenile/Young Adult Collection: 16, 864
Number of volumes in Curriculum Resources Collection: 12, 894
Computer workstations: 90
Laptops: 185
Multimedia classrooms: 4
Students at Geneseo: 5,319
Faculty on campus: 283
Staff members: 32

Mailing address:

Milne Library
SUNY Geneseo
1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454

Time zone: USA Eastern (-5 hours GMT).

Circulation: (585) 245-5549
Reference: (585) 245-5595
Instruction: (585) 245-5593
Information Technology Services: (585) 245-5608
Teacher Education Resource Center: (585) 245-5592
Serials: (585) 245-5597
Acquisitions & Collection Development: (585) 245-5035
Information Delivery Services: (585) 245-5589
Cataloging: (585) 245-5508
Government Documents: (585) 245-5035
Director of Milne Library: (585) 245-5591