News - The Stylus - The College at Brockport

"A constant concern exists among students and faculty alike regarding the cost of furthering education. With the average college student spending $1,200 on textbooks each year, most are in the pursuit of doing so in the most inexpensive way possible. In order to cut the cost of high-priced textbooks, State University of New York (SUNY) libraries, with the support of SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology has launched Open SUNY Textbooks.  Open SUNY Textbooks is an open access textbook publishing initiative that publishes high quality, cost effective course resources by engaging faculty as authors and libraries as the publishing infrastructure.  Participating SUNY schools include SUNY Geneseo, the College at Brockport, the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY Fredonia, Upstate Medical University and University at Buffalo, in conjunction with other SUNY libraries and SUNY Press ..."