EDITORIAL
Perspective What has happened behind the scenes of “Heritage Photography” and why? DAVID BRYSON
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aking on the role of Heritage Photography editor was in many ways daunting as I knew there was a lot to undertake. Not just in getting the journal published on time and increasing the frequency from 2 to 3 issues per year but catching up with the behind the scenes jobs. For example; to bring the journal up-to-date with the “RPS style” for groups and regions publications and make sure we were complying with UK legal requirements.
Archaeolog and Heritage Photography: Digital archive As I wrote in the January 2019 ‘Perspective’ the back copies I had available are now in a digital archive using the RPS’s subscription to Issuu.com. The available issues are Archaeolog 1978 Issue2 through to 1980, Issue 14 and Heritage Photography Autumn 2009 – previous issue. Current issue stays out of Issuu until new issue is published.
I covered much of this in my report for the AGM but as our secretary, George Backshall, kindly pointed out it was all ‘gobbledygook’ to him i.e. “language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.” Whilst some of the following may be slightly technical I hope it will be of interest to members especially anyone who wants to publish their own book or has been asked to manage that process or who may be the editor of another journal or magazine like Heritage Photography or anyone who has had work published and wants a little extra money!
RPS InDesign template for publications As part of a volunteer induction event I was made aware of the Adobe InDesign publication template developed for group and region publications so they could be developed using the RPS style guidelines. As an InDesign user, previously PageMaker, and not a graphic designer. I decided it was best to save time by using the template. Having said that the template wasn’t entirely fit for purpose and so in developing my first edition, September 2018, I had to spend about 4 days over and above developing the issue sorting the template into a usable state. The time spent on this dramatically reduced the time needed for the January 2019 and subsequent issues. This issue completes the first year of 3 issues per year. Also there has been an increase in the number of pages to 24 giving greater opportunity for members to submit articles and reduce waiting time for them to appear though this has led to increased printing and postage costs.
Royal Photographic Society publications in Issuu stacks.
The easiest link to these is using the main RPS stacks address https://issuu.com/ royalphotographicsociety/stacks/ I have also added the journal to the http://sherpa. ac.uk/romeo/ index of journals and plan to widen access and visibility for researchers.
International Standard Serial Number and Royalties for visual artists and writers Anyone who has looked at the inside cover or back of a book will have seen the International Standard 3
