LAUC E-Journal Resource Requirements

Step	Personnel	Costs	Time
Form Editorial Board	LAUC Board?	Board members volunteer time
Select editor in chief	Editorial Board	20-50% release time
Hire student assistant	Editor in Chief	Student Asst: 15 hours per week/ $10-12 per hour
Get E-Scholarship training	Ed in Chief & Student assistant		2 hours
Determine look and layout of journal; obtain ISSN; contact abstracting services	Editor & Editorial Board Graphic artist? Student assistant	$2000.00 1^st meeting costs $200.00
Form peer review panel	Editor & Editorial Board & Student assistant	Peer reviewers volunteer time
Select/solicit guest editors and topics	Editor & editorial board	Guest editors volunteer time
Set up publication schedule & time table	Editor & editorial board
FOR EACH ISSUE
Solicit authors	Guest editor	Guest editors volunteer time
Write articles	Issue authors	Authors volunteer time
Keep authors on schedule	Guest editor
Submit articles	Issue authors
Compile articles, give feedback on content, and write introductory essay	Guest editor
Submit complete mss to Editor in Chief	Guest editor
Copy mss	Student assistant	Need copying facilities
Select reviewers	Ed in chief
Send blind copies to review panel	Student assistant	Mailing costs
Keep reviewers on schedule	Ed in chief
Return reviewers comments to authors if revisions are necessary	Ed in chief
Submit revised article	Authors
Send mss to copy editor	Student assistant
Copy edit mss	Freelance Copy editor	$1-$4 per page; $20-$65 per hour
Make corrections	Student assistant
Proof corrected mss/galleys	Editor in chief
Format for upload	Student assistant
Upload articles	Student assistant

Appendices

1) E-Journal Cost Proposal from Ron Riggio

2) Comments from Ajit