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.
==Procedure==
''Note: The following procedure is under development and is not to be relied upon at present.''
Following is our procedure for publishing issues of the journal:
<oltype="I"><li>Article 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The ''Omnibus'' Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted.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>''Omnibus'' Editor performs a quick survey of sources to confirm that most necessary data is available (even if out of standard format).</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publication, possible rejectionArticle is placed on list “to be edited.”</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances Articles are provided for selected from the text and all images submitted. Copyright release forms need “to be developededited” list and assigned to [[Associate Editors]]. When there are insufficient Associate Editors, he may edit articles himself.</li>
<li>Omnibus Editor performs a quick survey of sources Associate Editors provide copy editing (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if needed), write captions for photos and titles for tables as needed, confirm that most sources as seems necessary data is available (even if out of , 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).</li>
<li>Article is placed on list "returned to be edited"the ''Omnibus'' Editor for review, possible return to Associate Editor.</li>
<li>Articles are selected from The ''Omnibus'' Editor reformats the "to be edited" list and assigned to [[Associate Editors]]article as needed, including insertion of quarter-page ad spots (not the ads themselves).</li>
<li>Associate Editors provide copy editing The ''Omnibus'' Editor sends the original and the edited article to proofreaders (including planting text references to illustrations and tables, if neededany), write captions for photos and titles for tables as needed, confirm sources, and convert all to standard format (to the limits of available skill and software)corrects errors found.</li>
<li>Article is returned sent to the Omnibus [[Production Editor for review, possible return ]] and placed on the list “to Associate Editorbe published.”</li>
<li>The Omnibus Production Editor reformats assembles the article as neededarticles received into a dummy master, including insertion selecting for size (issues must be a multiple of quarter-page ad spotsfour pages), and balance (to the 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>The Omnibus Production Editor sends does final formatting (this is where column height adjustments are made, for example), selects cover art in consultation with the Article to proofreaders ''Omnibus'' Editor, and errors correcteddetermines the final page count.</li>
<li>Article is sent The Production Editor arranges for printing, trimming, and binding, then passes finished magazines to the [[Production EditorHeadquarters Staff]] for stuffing and placed on mailing. If desired, the list "to be published"''Omnibus'' Editor may perform these tasks.</li>
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