One-on-One Consultations
Email or click the link below to request a time to meet with Allison Brown, Digital Publishing Services Manager or Katie Penna, Publishing & Creativity Studio Assistant, for training on software, equipment, or general consultation.
- Allison: browna@geneseo.edu or Book a time to meet
- Katie: kgp6@geneseo.edu
For Fall 2025, drop in help is available:
- Tuesdays 12:30pm-2:30pm
- Thursdays 12:30pm-2:30pm
Student Publication Support
Current Milne-supported publications:
- Proceedings of GREAT Day
- Gandy Dancer
Great Introductory Resource from Booklyn
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Booklyn Education Manual
Books are being made everywhere. You are possibly already making books, in your classrooms or homes, in your community spaces or afterschool programs. We make books, too. We make books to make change. We make books to be joyful. We make books to make our voices heard. In this ever-evolving education manual, we’ve combined bookmaking experiences and techniques from the world over that do all of these things. The Booklyn Education Manual is a combination of instruction sheets, lesson plans, and resources to introduce you to bookmaking or to complement the bookmaking you already do.
What's in the Studio?
The Publishing & Creativity Studio at Milne Library is a dedicated space fitted with supplies, tools, and equipment for the SUNY Geneseo community to engage with both digital and physical bookmaking ranging from single issue handmade zines to fully digital publications.
- 4 computers (2 Mac & 2 Dell)
- GIMP*, Inkscape*, Scribus*, Krita*, Characterizer*, Storyboarder*, LaTeX*, MacTeX*, TeXLive*, Zinemaker*, Adobe Creative Suite (*indicates open source software)
- Electric typewriter
- Mini-collection of publishing and bookmaking related books
- Assorted supplies for zine making: markers, scissors, paper, glue, stamps and ink.
- A Provisional Press letterpress machine*
*Ink & paper for these presses are not openly available for walk-in use. Contact Allison Brown (browna@geneseo.edu) for a consultation and training on using our presses.
The following are available as kits to be borrowed from the Library Service Desk:
- 2 Simple book binding kits
- 1 Stab binding kit
- 1 Advanced binding kit
- 1 Open Press Project mini etching press and kit
Curriculum Support
The Studio and Milne Library Publishing support Geneseo faculty and their courses which incorporate publishing or bookmaking in some form. Support could include workshops on digital publishing software, one-time hands-on projects, or support for longer projects. Contact Allison Brown to learn more.
These are the current areas we support, but please get in touch if you have more ideas for how the Studio can work with your course:
- printing and word art
- simple book binding
- digital publishing
In case you want some examples to spark your creativity, here are a few ideas:
- Writing, printing, and binding a chapbook or zine
- Making a journal to use for class notes or reflections
- Making a visual representation of a key word or concept that can be combined into a visual glossary for the class.
- Designing an infographic to showcase a key concept or data
- A personal or collective commonplace book to collect course related quotes and tidbits--digital or physical
Digital Publishing
The Studio supports digital publishing through access to a suite of installed software (see above) and online applications. Support and training can be provided on the following platforms:
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Pressbooks (request access here)
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Adobe InDesign
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Adobe Express
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Scribus
These resources are not directly supported through the Studio, but are resources for Geneseo faculty and students looking to publish websites and digital projects:
See more information about Milne Publishing, our publications, and process here.
The Publishing & Creativity Studio was supported, in part, by a 2024-25 TLC Innovation Grant
