40th Annual Meeting and Conference
Conference Schedule and Tracks
This year, workshops will take place on Wednesday, April 30, and Thursday, May 1. Both full- and half-day
workshops will be offered.
To accommodate necessary homework, Kay Schlembach’s full-day workshop, “Practical Introduction to Indexing,”
will be split into two half-day sessions, taking place the afternoon of May 1
and the morning of May 2.
Note that opinions stated during workshops and breakout sessions are
those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect official positions
of ASI.
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | |||||
| 7:00 am - 12:00 noon | Workshop Registration Open | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | WK1 |
Workshop: Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation, Part I | Heather Hedden | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) | ||||
| 1:30 - 5:30 pm | WK1 |
Workshop: Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation, Part II | Heather Hedden | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Refreshment Break (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| Thursday, May 1, 2008 | |||||
| 7:00 am - 2:00 pm | Workshop Registration Open | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | WK2 |
Workshop: Introducing MACREX v.8 | Gale Rhoades | Basic | Business |
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | WK3 |
Workshop: SKY Index Professional—From Basics to the Advanced | Kamm Schreiner | Advanced | Business |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Refreshment Break (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm | Lunch (on your own) | ||||
| 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm | Exhibitor Set-up | ||||
| 1:30 - 5:30 pm | WK4 |
Workshop: Practical Introduction to Indexing, Part I | Kay Schlembach | Basic | Indexing Techniques |
| 1:30 - 5:30 pm | WK5 |
Workshop: Scripting CINDEX Workfows | Dave Ream | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 1:30 - 5:30 pm | WK6 |
Workshop: Introduction to Medical Indexing | Pilar Wyman | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Refreshment Break (workshop attendees only) | ||||
| 3:00 - 7:00 pm | Exhibits Open | ||||
| 3:00 - 7:00 pm | Conference Registration Open | ||||
| 5:30 - 6:30 pm | New Members/ First Time Attendees Orientation | ||||
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception (Cash Bar) | ||||
| Friday, May 2, 2008 | |||||
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Conference Registration Open | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | ||||
| 8:00 - 8:45 am | Opening Keynote: "Can the Humble Page Survive the E-Book? |
Jeff Duntemann | All | ||
| 8:45 - 9:00 am | Break | ||||
| 9:00 am - 12:15 pm | WK4b |
Workshop: Practical Introduction to Indexing, Part II | Kay Schlembach | ||
| 9:00 - 9:40 am | A1a |
Energy Exercises for Stress Management | Noalani Terry | Basic | |
| 9:40 - 10:20 am | A1b |
ASI Training Course Update | Janet Perlman | All | Business |
| 9:00 - 10:20 am | A2 |
Artbooks and Art Catalogs Indexing: A How To Presentation | Enid Zafran, Chip Reese | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 10:20 - 10:45 am | Refreshment Break | ||||
| 10:20 am - 7:00 pm | Exhibits Open | ||||
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | B1 |
Herding Cats: The Challenges of Indexing Multi-authored Documents using Controlled Vocabulary | Julie McClung | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | B2 |
Degunking Your PC | Jeff Duntemann | All | Business |
| 12:15 - 1:45 pm | Networking Lunch Buffet | ||||
| 1:45 - 3:15 pm | C1 |
Indexes and the Google Generation: What you Don't Know CAN Hurt You | Chuck Knapp | Basic | Future |
| 1:45 - 3:15 pm | C2 |
Index Comparison Project, Part 3 | Cheryl Landes | Intermediate | Indexing Techniques |
| 1:45 - 3:15 pm | C3 |
Introduction to Macrex | Gale Rhoades | Basic | Indexing Techniques |
| 3:15 - 3:45 pm | Refreshment Break | ||||
| 3:45 - 5:15 pm | D1 |
Learning from Indexing "Disasters" | Diana Witt; Caryl Wenzel; Jan Wright; Pilar Wyman; Janet Perlman | All | Business |
| 3:45 - 5:15 pm | D2 |
CINDEX Update | Frances Lennie | Basic | Indexing Techniques |
| 5:15 - 6:00 pm | Individual SIGs and Chapter Meetings | ||||
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Chapter Relations Meeting | ||||
| 7:00 - 7:45 pm | Reception (Cash Bar) | ||||
| 7:45 - 9:45 pm | Awards Dinner | ||||
| SATURDAY, May 3, 2008 | |||||
| 7:30 am - 2:00 pm | Conference Registration Open | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast | ||||
| 7:00 - 8:00 am | SIG Leaders Breakfast Meeting | ||||
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | Exhibits Open | ||||
| 8:00 - 9:30 am | E1 |
Self-Publishing | Cheryl Landes | Basic | Business |
| 8:00 - 9:30 am | E2 |
Indexing using Subcontractors | Enid Zafran, Terri Hudoba, Kay Schlembach | Intermediate | Business |
| 8:00 - 9:30 am | E3 |
SKY Index Professional v7.0: A Sneak Peek | Kamm Schreiner | Basic | Business |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am | Refreshment Break | ||||
| 10:00 - 11:30 am | F1 |
Introduction to Embedded Indexing | Jan Wright | Basic | Future |
| 10:00 - 11:30 am | F2 |
Marketing Techniques for Small Business Owners | LaSheita Sayer | Intermediate | Business |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Break | ||||
| 11:45 am-12:30 pm | Closing Session: ASI Business Meeting | All | |||
| 12:30 - 1:45 pm | Lunch (on your own) | ||||
| 3:00 - 6:00 pm | Walking Tour of Denver's LoDo (Lower Downtown) |
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