American Society of Indexers Annual Meeting

May 16-19, 2002

Moody Gardens Hotel
Galveston Island, Texas

 Schedule at a Glance
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Prelimary Program
THURSDAY, May 16, 2002
11:00am – 6:00pm     Registration
2:00pm – 3:45pm     Afternoon Workshops – Group 1
  WS 1 – Evaluating an Index
  WS 2 – Intro to CINDEX for Windows
  WS 3 – Indexing Solutions: The Bayou State Periodical Index
  WS 4 – Painless Index Editing
3:45pm – 4:15pm     Break
4:15pm – 6:00pm     Afternoon Workshops – Group 2
  WS 1 – Evaluating an Index (cont’d)
     WS 2 – Intro to CINDEX (cont’d)
     WS 5 – Time Management for Freelancers
    6:00pm – 8:00pm     WS 6 – Defining Quality: What Makes an Index a Good Index
         Reception – Exhibits Open
   
FRIDAY, May 17, 2002    
Top 7:00am – 6:00pm     Registration
7:00am – 8:00am     New Members/First-time Attendees Breakfast
8:00am – 9:45am     Morning Workshops – Group 1
  WS 7 – Basic Indexing
  WS 8 – Editorial Panel
  WS 9 – IXgen Utility for FrameMaker
  WS 10 – Work Methods: A Philosophical and Practical Inquiry
  WS 11 – SKY IndexTM Professional for Beginners
9:45am – 10:15am     Break – Exhibits Open
10:15am – 12:00pm     Morning Workshops – Group 2
  WS 7 – Basic Indexing (cont’d)
  WS 8 – Editorial Panel (cont’d)
  WS 12 – Advanced Techniques for SKY Index™ Professional
  WS 13 – Journal Indexing
  WS 14 – Quantum Indexing
12:00pm – 1:30pm   Lunch
12:00pm – 2:00pm   One-to-One Peer Reviews (Separate fee required, see registration form to schedule a review.)
8:00am – 9:45am
1:30pm – 2:00pm   Exhibits Open
2:00pm – 3:45pm   Afternoon Workshops – Group 1
  WS 7 – Basic Indexing (cont’d)
  WS 15 – Windows/MS Office: Skills for Indexers and Editors
  WS 16 – Index-Editor Relations: An Atypical Case History
  WS 17 – Advanced Techniques in CINDEX I: Regular Expressions and Pattern Matching
  WS 18 – Survivor: Staying in the Indexing Game
3:45pm – 4:15pm   Break – Exhibits Open
4:15pm – 6:00pm   Afternoon Workshops – Group 2
  WS 7 – Basic Indexing (cont’d)
  WS 15 – Windows/MS Office: Skills for Indexers and Editors (cont’d)
  WS 19 – Indexing ELIS: Reconciling 40 Years of Publishing
  WS 20 – Advanced Techniques in CINDEX II: Communicating with Other Platforms
  WS 21 – Indexing by Moonlight
6:00pm – 8:00pm   Editors’ Reception (Separate fee required, see registration form.)
SATURDAY, May 18, 2002
Top 7:00am – 8:00am   SIG/Chapter Leaders’ Breakfast
8:00am – 6:00pm   Registration
8:00am – 12:00pm   Morning General Session –
  8:00am – XML: A DTD for Indexers
  9:00am – Indexing and the Law
  10:00am – Applying Cognitive Science to Improve Human Reading
  11:00am – Annual Business Meeting
11:00am – 12:00pm   Exhibits Open
12:00pm – 1:30pm   Hines and Wilson Awards Luncheon
1:30pm – 2:00pm   Exhibits Open
2:00pm – 6:00pm   Afternoon General Session –
  2:00pm – Why You Don’t Want to Index E-Books
  3:00pm – Indexing the San Antonio Register: A Historical Source for African-Americans
  4:00pm – Abstracting, Indexing, and Thesaurus Construction at the World Bank
  5:00pm – Information Architecture for Indexers
7:00pm – 10:00pm   Dinner cruise on Riverboat (Separate fee required, see registration form.)
SUNDAY, May 19, 2002
Top 8:00am – 12:00pm   Registration
8:00am – 9:45am   Morning Workshops – Group 1
  WS 22 – The Psychology of Indexing
  WS 23 – How to Develop an Index Style Guide
  WS 24 – Getting the Best from Macrex
  WS 25 – CINDEX for Mac
  WS 26 – Performance Among Nine WWW Search Engines
9:45am – 10:15am   Break
10:15am – 12:00pm   Morning Workshops – Group 2 –
  WS 22 – The Psychology of Indexing (cont’d)
  WS 23 – How to Develop an Index Style Guide (cont’d)
  WS 24 – Getting the Best from Macrex (cont’d)
  WS 27 – Serial Indexing
  WS 28 – Unsolved Mysteries: Indexing History and Archaeology
12:00pm – 2:00pm   Keynote Address Luncheon – Bill Kasdorf
Indexing in the Digital Era: Breaking Out of the Back of the Book
2:00pm   Conference officially closes.
2:00pm – 6:00pm   Historical and Nature Tours (Separate fee required, see registration form.)
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