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, primarily and 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 within his first year in office, 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The ''Omnibus'' Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted. Copyright release forms need to be developed.</li>
<li>''Note: The following procedure Omnibus'' Editor performs a quick survey of sources to confirm that most necessary data is under development and is not to be relied upon at presentavailable (even if out of standard format).''</li>
Following <li>Article is our procedure for publishing issues of the journal:placed on list “to be edited.”</li>
<ol><li>Article received by Articles are selected from the “to be edited” list and assigned to [[Omnibus EditorAssociate Editors]]. When there are insufficient Associate Editors, he may edit articles himself.</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability Associate Editors provide copy editing (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if needed), write captions for publicationphotos and titles for tables as needed, confirm sources as seems necessary, and convert all to standard format (to the limits of available skill and software). In doing so, they may contact the author, but this is not required (and at times, not possible rejection).</li>
<li>Article is returned to the ''Omnibus '' Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted. Copyright release forms need review, possible return to be developedAssociate Editor.</li>
<li>The ''Omnibus '' Editor performs a quick survey reformats the article as needed, including insertion of sources to confirm that most necessary data is available quarter-page ad spots (even if out of standard formatnot the ads themselves).</li>
<li>Article is placed on list "to be The ''Omnibus'' Editor sends the original and the edited"article to proofreaders (if any) and corrects errors found.</li>
<li>Articles are selected from the "to be edited" list and assigned Article is sent to the [[Associate EditorsProduction Editor]]and placed on the list “to be published.”</li>
<li>Associate Editors provide copy editing The Production Editor assembles the articles received into a dummy master, selecting for size (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if neededissues must be a multiple of four pages), write captions for photos and titles for tables as needed, confirm sources, and convert all balance (to standard formatthe extent that's possible).</li>
<li>Article is returned to the Omnibus The Production Editor for reviewinserts the ads provided by the [[Advertising Manager]], possible return to Associate Editorsupplementing with stock ads as required.</li>
<li>Article is submitted to the [[The Production Editor-in-Chief]] does final formatting (this is where column height adjustments are made, for reviewexample), possible return to selects cover art in consultation with the ''Omnibus '' Editor, and determines the final page count.</li>
<li>Article is sent The Production Editor arranges for printing, trimming, and binding, then passes finished magazines to proofreaders [[Headquarters Staff]] for stuffing and errors correctedmailing.</li> <li>Article is placed on list "to be published"If desired, the ''Omnibus'' Editor may perform these tasks.</li>
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