The Director of AAU Press

Duties and Responsibilities of the Director of AAU Press

•    Prepare annual plan by consulting with the Board of Editors and the professional staff of the Press and submit the same to the Board of Editors for approval;
•    Convene the meeting of the Board of Editors in consultation with the chairperson of the Board;
•    Serve as Secretary of the Board of Editors;
•    Develop ideas for staff training, increasing publication and co-publication and their distribution and acquisition of material and financial resources;
•    Present recommendations to the Board of Editors and to the relevant University authorities for the development of the Press as indicated in no 4 above;
•    Assign tasks to editors and supervise their work;
•    Present manuscripts and assessments of manuscripts and authors communications to the Board for recommendation or decision;
•    Communicate recommendations of the Board of Editors to authors and assessors;
•    Endorse the payment of honorarium and royalty;
•    Follow-up the distribution and sale of publications;
•    Supervise the preparation of budget;
•    Enter agreement with co-publishers;
•    Enter agreements with authors whose work has been approved for publication by the Board;
•    Supervise book launching ceremonies;
•    Lead the day to day activities of the Press;
•    Prepare annual report and present it to the Board;
•    Perform other duties that may be assigned by the President or Board of Editors.