August has traditionally been a quiet month for the Royal Asiatic Society. There are no meetings, lectures, or events but the library is as active as ever, as is the Journal.
Journal editor Charlotte de Blois hard at work! |
Once we accept an article or review for publication, we copy edit it and email it to India where it is typeset. A volley of emails will ping to and fro, until the contribution is perfect and ready for publication. It is then immediately published on Cambridge University Press’s site ; here it can be read, used and referred to in advance of being gathered in into a group with other articles and then neatly slotted into a printed copy of the Journal. This method has made it possible for us to develop our series of special issues without compromising the speed with which we can publish individual non-themed articles.
Equipped with new and more efficient computers we are looking forward to publishing with ever increasing speed, while Fellows will also be able to opt for electronic only JRAS, if they so wish. For those of you who enjoy the printed version of the Journal, however, there is no need to worry; under no circumstances will it be usurped by its e- equivalent.
Charlotte de Blois
Charlotte de Blois