Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP), a service of Florida State University (FSU) Libraries, invites proposals for openly accessible scholarly works. Our mission is to provide the FSU community with professional publishing services that ensure unfettered digital access, promote broad dissemination and impact, encourage innovation and experimentation, and amplify the voices of scholars working on niche or underserved topics. Examples of eligible scholarly works include scholarly monographs, edited volumes, journals, textbooks, and digital exhibits. You can find additional examples of our journals and book projects at our website https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/. Proposals for scholarly projects should include at least one contributor affiliated with FSU.
We will provide the following publishing services to accepted proposals:
- A digital publishing platform suited to the project
- Editorial project management (development of project plan and timeline and coordination of peer review and production work, as appropriate)
- Copyright permission templates
- Graphic design for book and journal covers
- Layout editing / typesetting vendor guidance
- Support procuring professional copyediting services
- Assignment of digital persistent identifiers (ISBNs, ISSNs, DOIs)
- Metadata creation and dissemination (cataloguing, indexing, search engine optimization)
- Digital preservation services
Proposals are due by December 1, 2025, and should be submitted via the proposal form on the FSOP website: http://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/publish-with-us/.
Proposals will be reviewed both by FSOP staff and by members of the FSOP Advisory Board. Reviewers will score each proposal using a rubric that includes the following criteria:
- Significance: Projects that promise to be significant to specific audiences or communities (academic or otherwise)
- Novelty: Projects that promise to expand FSU’s published range of topics and authors
- Feasibility: Projects that are reasonable to complete within 12-18 months, in formats that are easy to create and maintain
- Clarity: Information is clear, concise, and understandable with adequate context provided
- Openness: Projects that are intended to be freely accessible and published under Creative Commons licenses to maximize sharing and reuse
Following the review process, a maximum of two proposals will be selected for publication. FSOP staff will contact proposal authors on or after December 19, 2025, to inform them of the decision regarding their proposals. Proposals not selected may be eligible for future publishing support during the open submission window.
All FSOP authors retain the intellectual property rights in their own work. Publications are released under a Creative Commons license in consultation with the author(s). For more information about FSOP and to view our catalogue of past and current projects, visit: http://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/.
To submit: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/publish-with-us/
If you have questions or want to learn more, contact Landis Grenville at lgrenville@fsu.edu.
