Perspective

Perspective

What has happened behind the scenes of “Heritage Photography” and why? DAVID BRYSON

Taking 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. I covered much of this in my report for the AGM but as our secretary, George Backshall, kindly pointed out it was all ‘goobledegook’ 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.

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.

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

Book Number (ISBN). The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a magazine or journals equivalent with each publication having its own number.

In earlier issues of Heritage Photography you may have noticed a slight confusion as the ISSN looked like an ISBN but also was the number for the RPS Journal.

In liaison with the British Library who provide the ISSN service for the UK, http://www.bl.uk/ bibliographic/issn.html, I have been able to update our records for Heritage Photography in print and electronic form as well as for the group’s earlier publication Archaeolog.

Arch eolog (Print) ISSN 0143-0661

Arch eolog (Online) ISSN 2632-3354

Herit ge hotogr hy (Print) ISSN 0958-0565

Herit ge hotogr hy (Online) ISSN 2632-3346

These are important for anyone looking to collect royalties from any of the collecting agencies as records for the publication of photographs or writing require an ISBN or ISSN. Claims for artistic works including photographs can be made through the Designers and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), https://www.dacs.org. uk/, or for writing and photographs through the Authors Literary Copyright Society (ALCS), https:// www.alcs.co.uk/. This income comes primarily from licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and the Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) to license reproduction rights on behalf of its member organisations. The CLA offers a number of licensing options for businesses, educational institutions and government agencies to ensure artists and writers are paid fairly when their works are copied or scanned. If you have had any photographs or writing published in books or journals these can be a useful source of additional income, though like any other income royalties are taxable.

Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 and the British Library If you haven’t come across this law and many haven’t. Every publisher in the UK is required to deposit a copy of their publications, books and journals, in the British Library and if requested in the UKs copyright libraries. This is irrespective them having an ISBN or ISSN. Along with sending a copy to the British Library, the Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, are each entitled to delivery, free of charge, one copy of every publication that they request. Information is available about the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 at http://www.legislation.gov. uk/ukpga/2003/28/contents. The web link for the agency is https://www.legaldeposit.org.uk/ In terms of compliance we had only submitted copies of Archaeolog and the 3 collections of photographs under the Heritage Photography title from 1989. We are now up-to-date with legal requirements for deposition of Heritage Photography as I was able to send the British Library a complete set of issues from Autumn 2009 onwards.

Social Media George Backshall and I have created a Facebook group which is now online at https://www.facebook. com/groups/rpsah/ Just go onto facebook and type groups/rpsah or search for RPS. We currently have 23 members on board but would love more to join us.

Ongoing behind the scenes work Developing and sustaining contributions for future issues with advance notice of themed issues. Updating the index of articles Scanning and Archiving of A&H Newsletters (Partially completed) Current wants for digitisation and archiving include: Heritage photography - Issue 1 (December 1989), Issue 2 (March 1993) and Issue 3 (Spring 1996), Archaeolog Issue 1. We would really love for every member to contribute to the journal and to have a wide range of interests published. So, if you have an idea for photographs or article and photographs for the journal. Please contact me.