The official journal of The Augustan Society, Inc., is ''The [[Augustan Omnibus|The Augustan Omnibus]]''. It is under the direction of the ''' ''Omnibus '' Editor''', who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[Editor-in-Chief]].
The duties of the ''Omnibus '' Editor are:
* To prepare articles, reviews, editorials, and letters for publication.
* To submit sufficient articles, reviews, editorials, and letters to the [[Production Editor]] by published deadlines to permit on-time publication of the magazine, or to print and distribute the issue himself.
* To solicit articles from the membership suitable for publication.
* To assist authors, directly and primarily with the aid of [[Associate Editors]] in preparing their submissions for publication.
* To ensure that the proper procedure is followed in the processing of submissions.
* To obtain copyright releases from authors, and to oblige authors to provide copies of copyright releases for material included in their submissions.
* To appoint such [[Associate Editors]], [[Proofreader|Proofreaders]], [[Advertising Managers]], and other personnel as may be needed to perform the duties above.
* To delegate work among his staff and track each item, making status reports to the [[Editor-in-Chief]] as requested.
* To name an Assistant Editor within his first year in office, and to train him so that he might be able to step up to the office of Omnibus Editor at need.
* To appoint such [[Associate Editors]], [[Proofreaders]], and other personnel as may be needed to perform the duties above.
* To delegate work among his staff and track each item, making status reports to the [[Editor-in-Chief]] as requested.==Procedure==
* To name an [[Assistant Editor]], and to train him so that he might be able to step up to the office Following is our procedure for publishing issues of Omnibus Editor at need.the journal:
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<li>Articles are received by the ''Omnibus'' Editor.</li>
----<li>The ''Omnibus'' Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publication, possible rejection.</li>
<li>The ''Note: The following procedure Omnibus'' Editor confirms that the article is under development previously unpublished, and is not that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted. Copyright release forms need to be relied upon at presentdeveloped.''</li>
Following <li>''Omnibus'' Editor performs a quick survey of sources to confirm that most necessary data is our procedure for publishing issues available (even if out of the journal:standard format).</li>
<ol><li>Article received by the [[Omnibus Editor]]is placed on list “to be edited.”</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publicationArticles are selected from the “to be edited” list and assigned to [[Associate Editors]]. When there are insufficient Associate Editors, possible rejectionhe may edit articles himself.</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublishedAssociate Editors provide copy editing (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if needed), write captions for photos and that copyright clearances are provided titles for the text tables as needed, confirm sources as seems necessary, and convert all images submitted. Copyright release forms need to be developed standard format (to the limits of available skill and deployedsoftware). In doing so, probably at they may contact the author, but this pointis not required (and at times, not possible).</li>
<li>Article is returned to the ''Omnibus '' Editor performs a quick survey of sources for review, possible return to confirm that most necessary data is available (even if out of standard format)Associate Editor.</li>
<li>Article is placed on list "to be edited"The ''Omnibus'' Editor reformats the article as needed, including insertion of quarter-page ad spots (not the ads themselves).</li>
<li>Articles are selected from The ''Omnibus'' Editor sends the "to be edited" list original and assigned the edited article to [[Associate Editors]]proofreaders (if any) and corrects errors found.</li>
<li>Associate Editors provide copy editing (including planting text references Article is sent to illustrations the [[Production Editor]] and tables, if needed), write captions for photos and titles for tables as needed, confirm sources, and convert all placed on the list “to standard article formatbe published.”</li>
<li>Article is returned to the Omnibus The Production Editor assembles the articles received into a dummy master, selecting for reviewsize (issues must be a multiple of four pages), possible return and balance (to Associate Editorthe extent that's possible).</li>
<li>Article is submitted to The Production Editor inserts the ads provided by the [[Editor-in-ChiefAdvertising Manager]] for review, possible return to Omnibus Editorsupplementing with stock ads as required.</li>
<li>Article The Production Editor does final formatting (this is sent to proofreaders where column height adjustments are made, for example), selects cover art in consultation with the ''Omnibus'' Editor, and errors correcteddetermines the final page count.</li>
<li>Article is placed on list "The Production Editor arranges for printing, trimming, and binding, then passes finished magazines to be published"[[Headquarters Staff]] for stuffing and mailing. If desired, the ''Omnibus'' Editor may perform these tasks.</li>
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