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Contact the publications office as soon as possible in your
planning process. If you delay you may find you have already
missed some important deadlines or perhaps that your expectations
exceed your anticipated budget.
Call the publications office to schedule a meeting. Come prepared
to talk about your target audience, the specifics of your product
or service, your budget, any competitors you might have, other
promotional efforts you are considering, and how you plan to
measure the success of your project. You will meet with publications
staff and we will try to learn as much as possible about your
specific project.
You need not have the original manuscript prepared when we
first meet, but the job cannot really begin until we receive
your copy. Once that happens your project will be scheduled for
production.
Priorities for publications have been set by the university
and are included in the university's Procedures
Manual. The five basic levels are: First--university publications
important to the instructional mission (e.g. catalogs); Second--special
publications for the president, vice presidents, and deans (e.g.
reports to the Trustees); Third--university-wide publications
(e.g. visitor's guide, commencement program); Fourth--departmental
and other cost center publications (e.g. financial aid reports,
recruitment brochures); Fifth-- individual publications (e.g.,
research reports).
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