Dossier RAS JOUR/6/5 - Correspondence and Administrative Documents

Correspondence and Administrative Documents made in the course of the interaction between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Asiatic Society. Of the many documents made in the course of the interaction, these have been kept as of potential archival value. They are:

• 'RAS Journal: Proposal From Cambridge University Press', detailing services offered and potential costs. Undated [1989].
• Correspondence regarding copyright and permissions, three letters, dated 1- 10 August 1990.
• A letter to subscribers announcing that the Journal will be published by Cambridge University Press from January 1991 and advising how to pay their subscriptions, dated 13 October 1990.
• Letter from Jill Walden, Cambridge University Press, to Lydia Wright, Royal Asiatic Society, to sum up their meeting and confirm the agreements reached regarding the Journal, dated 22 October 1990.
• Notice from David Morgan, Honorary Editor, for the Publications Committee of 16 May 1991 to address concerns raised in the President's letter regarding the publication of the Journal by Cambridge University Press, dated 2 May 1991.
• Advertising letter for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and Modern Asian Studies produced by Cambridge University Press, dated 8 October 1992.
• 'Proposal to Publish the JRAS electronically' written by Andrea P.A. Belloli, Publications Officer, Royal Asiatic Society, 27 January 2000.
• Email from Martine Walsh, Cambridge University Press, concerning developments in Open Access, 2013 (electronic).
• Email from Gordon Johnson to Sarah Ansari, Tony Stockwell, Alison Ohta and Charlotte de Blois (officers at the Royal Asiatic Society) concerning the challenges of academic publishing and how they affect the Journal, dated 4 September 2018.
• 'Preparing for a more open future: A briefing document from Cambridge University Press', concerning allowing open access, dated April 2019.
• Email from Cambridge University Press regarding how the covid-19 pandemic is affecting their operations, dated 26 March 2020 (electronic).
• 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Open Access Update' (undated) laying out the process for open access. (electronic)