Authoring and publishing the student book

1-The author has to submit a request to the chairperson of the concerned department  to  state  his/her desire to publish a book through the official channels of the University. The author has to identify the symbol of the course , its  number and  its  title for which he/she will author the book or parts of a book.(if the book is associated with an academic course).

2-The author has to attach with his request the items of the academic course for which he will write a book, including three copies from his book project and additional CD copy. Too, he has to attach publishing request form and an acknowledgement of copyright and publishing rights.

3-If the department council agrees to the publishing request, the department will nominate a number  of  six specialized evaluators  at least to judge the validity of the book. The department has to be committed to use the book as an academic course for three years after being published.

4-The College council has to consider the validity of the recommendation of the Department council. In case of giving consent, it nominates a number of six evaluator at least; subsequently  it  will refer   the whole issue to the Publishing and Translation Center.

5-The project of the book has to be referred to the Permanent Committee of Scientific Publishing affiliated to the Scientific Council to make sure that  the book project meets the necessary requirements and publishing conditions  stipulated by the University and  to   recommend the names of the evaluators.

6-The Permanent Committee of Scientific Publishing will communicate      the names of the    committee  members concerned with book evaluation and judgment ,  being  composed of three members,  to the Scientific Council.

7-The Scientific council has to form a committee for reviewing the book project after investigating the recommendation of  the Permanent Committee of Scientific Publishing.

8-Each evaluator  has to be held accountable for providing a detailed report which indicates whether the book project  will be  valid   for publishing or not , with filling  in the report of book assessment.

9-  The Scientific council has to critically review the reports of the evaluators  in the light of the recommendations of the Scientific Publishing Committee. In case of approving the book project, the head of the Scientific  Council will refer a copy  from  the reports issued by the reviewing committee  to the Publishing and Translation Center which is entitled    to address the author to  either make the remarks dictated in the reports of the evaluators  or to provide his explanation    and justification  in case of being not convinced by such remarks. Thus, the Administration Council of Publishing and Translation Center  will be  fully satisfied that the author will be automatically  committed  to make  the dictated  modifications. In doing so, it may resort to a specialist.

10-The manager of Publishing and Translation Center will send  the report to the Scientific Council with a hard copy from the book project after making the necessary modifications,  and an electronic copy on CD based on Microsoft word. The illustrations and drawing should be saved using Tiff extension or Photoshop.

11-The book project has to be referred to the Scientific  Publishing Committee. After giving its consent, it will propose the number of copies submitted for printing and assess the amount of the remuneration  given to the author, editor, and reviewer.

12. Studying the recommendations issued by the committee, the Scientific Council  will refer the book to Publishing and Translation Committee to complete the necessary steps for publishing.

13-An agreement shall be entered into  by and between the University, represented by the manager of publishing and translation center and the author for publishing the book. This agreement shall be subjected to the applicable bylaws  and regulations in the University.

14- The remuneration  proposed by the scientific council  shall be  paid       after   fully completing  the necessary steps of the printing process  of the book. Subsequently , it will address the Publishing and Translation Center for paying such remuneration to the author.