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| − | The official journal of The Augustan Society, Inc., is ''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 official journal of The Augustan Society, Inc., is ''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: | The duties of the Omnibus Editor are: | ||
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Following is our procedure for publishing issues of the journal: | Following is our procedure for publishing issues of the journal: | ||
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| + | <li>Article received by the [[Omnibus Editor]].</li> | ||
| − | + | <li>Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publication, possible rejection.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Omnibus Editor confirms that the article is previously unpublished, and that copyright clearances are provided for the text and all images submitted.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 and deployed, probably at this point.</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>Article is placed on list "to be edited".</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Articles are selected from the "to be edited" list and assigned to [[Associate Editors]].</li> | |
| − | + | <li>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 sources, and convert all to standard article format.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Article is returned to the Omnibus Editor for review, possible return to Associate Editor.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Article is submitted to the [[Editor-in-Chief]] for review, possible return to Omnibus Editor.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Article is sent to proofreaders and errors corrected.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Article is placed on list "to be published".</li> | |
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Revision as of 19:31, 23 July 2016
The official journal of The Augustan Society, Inc., is 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.
- To solicit articles from the membership suitable for publication.
- To assist authors, directly 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, 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.
- To name an Assistant Editor, and to train him so that he might be able to step up to the office of Omnibus Editor at need.
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:
- Article received by the Omnibus Editor.
- Omnibus Editor does preliminary review about suitability for publication, possible rejection.
- 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 and deployed, probably at this point.
- Omnibus Editor performs a quick survey of sources to confirm that most necessary data is available (even if out of standard format).
- Article is placed on list "to be edited".
- Articles are selected from the "to be edited" list and assigned to Associate Editors.
- 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 sources, and convert all to standard article format.
- Article is returned to the Omnibus Editor for review, possible return to Associate Editor.
- Article is submitted to the Editor-in-Chief for review, possible return to Omnibus Editor.
- Article is sent to proofreaders and errors corrected.
- Article is placed on list "to be published".
