The following is a list of speakers who are available to give workshops or seminars related to the subject of indexing. Speakers have listed three recent workshops or seminars they have given including the location and a contact name as a referral. It is the responsibility of anyone engaging a speaker to contact the references. (Each speaker will provide contact information for references.) A listing does not necessarily imply an endorsement by the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INDEXERS (ASI). In addition, the views and opinions of the speakers do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of ASI.

NOTE: Speakers are listed alphabetically by LAST NAME, TOPICS, and REGIONS. Full listing of each presenter can be found under name listing.

content analysis and entry selection

Do Mi Stauber

DTD for Indexes, A

David K. Ream

editing indexes

Carol Roberts

indexing, basic

Joanne Sprott

indexing, by moonlight

Carolyn G. Weaver

journal indexing

Carolyn G. Weaver

marketing

Carol Roberts

medical indexing

Carolyn G. Weaver

multiple index publications

David K. Ream

scholarly indexing

Carol Roberts

Web indexing

David K. Ream

REGIONS

Mid-West

Carol Roberts

David K. Ream

Pacific Northwest

Do Mi Stauber

Carolyn G. Weaver

Southwest

Schlembach, Kay

Joanne Sprott

Workshops and Seminars:

• Multiple Index Publications: Some Case Studies

  This workshop will show five different models for gathering data and generating multiple indexes to publications.  Two of the editorial systems use a database approach and three use dedicated indexing preparation software.  The approaches and technologies involved will be discussed, demonstrated, and contrasted.

  Last presentation: AusSI Conference Canberra, April 2001. Lynn Farkas, contact

• Web Indexes

  Definitions, contrasts to print indexes, and technologies for creation.  This session covers the various types of web indexes, design criteria for print and web indexes, methods for handling locators and links, and some demonstrations of existing sites.

  Last presentation: ASI NYC Chapter meeting, June 14, 2002. Janet Mazefsky, contact

• A DTD for Indexes

  An introduction to markup languages is presented as well as a model for an Index DTD.  This session reviews various tagging schemes, introduces the basic concepts of SGML, all leading up to a proposed model for compiled indexes that could be used for SGML and XML publications.

  Last presentation: ASI Annual Conference, May 18, 2002. Kate Mertes, contact

Workshops and Seminars:

• Painless Index Editing
• Marketing for the Shy: Alternatives to Cold Calling

Last three workshops or seminars presented:

• Painless Index Editing (ASI conference (2002); Kate Mertes, contact)
• Cindex for Mac (ASI conference (2002); Kate Mertes, contact)
• Scholarly Indexing (ASI conference (2001); Diana Witt, contact)

and

Kay Schlembach
Member, American Society for Indexing
Email: schlem@hal-pc.org
Tel: 281-550-5959

Workshops and Seminars:

• Basic Indexing

Last three workshops or seminars presented:

• ASI National Conference in Galveston, May 2002; Kate Mertes, contact
• ASI National Conference in Boston, June 2001; Diana Witt, contact
• Southern California Chapter of ASI, April 2001; Anne Leach, contact

Workshops and Seminars:

• Facing the Text: Content Analysis and Entry Selection in Book Indexing
  Presented at ASI Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, (2001), contact: Diana Witt; Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting in Richland, WA, August 2, 2001, contact: Kristin Manke; and Macrex Conference, San Francisco, March 3, 2001, contact: Gale Rhoades.

  This empowering, participatory workshop has been highly popular with ASI chapters and national meeting audiences at all skill levels. Content has been updated in 2004 based on Do Mi's new book Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing.

  This workshop surveys the practical processes that indexers follow as we interpret texts and create index structures, using examples and hands-on exercises from a range of real texts and indexes. Among subjects discussed: main topics, indexable topics, subheadings, cross-references, double-posting, and wording.

  Will travel to meetings anywhere.

Carolyn G. Weaver
Member, American Society for Indexing
Email: cgweaver@weaverindexing.com
Tel: 206-930-4348

Workshops and Seminars:

• Indexing by Moonlight
  Presented at ASI Annual Meetings in Albuquerque (2000), Boston (2001), and Galveston (2002), as well as at Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting in Seattle, September, 2001.

  Organizers:
  

  1. ASI Headquarters staff
  2. PNW/ASI: Kristin Manke

  This presentation explores the feasibility, complications, and rewards of moonlight indexing: managing a part-time indexing business while employed full-time at a salaried position. The key factors that differentiate moonlighting from a hobby or other part-time employment are that (1) indexing is treated by the practitioner as a business; (2) time available to pursue the moonlight endeavor is limited; and (3) there is a potential for conflict of interest with the other position. Special attention is given to conflict of interest issues, as well as moonlighting survival techniques and the factors that determine when it's time to either move to full-time indexing or call it quits as a moonlighter.

• Journal Indexing
  Presented at ASI Annual Meetings in Boston (2001) and Galveston (2002)

  Organizers: ASI Headquarters staff

  Journal indexes share many of the characteristics of back-of-the-book and database indexes, but are unique creatures with their own demands. Journal indexes can either be very large close-end projects (e.g., cumulative indexes to long runs of titles no longer being published) or annual indexes to current titles, providing indexers with a reliable recurring source of income. This workshop explores the unique characteristics of journal indexes, including the use of vocabulary control, index design, and building on prior indexes, as well as the practical details of bidding for a job and time management for a cumulated index.

• Medical Indexing in a High-Tech Environment
  Presented at University of Washington School of Library & Information Science Workshop, Feb. 12, 2000, Seattle.

  Organizer: Zoe Holbrooks

  Presentation for librarians and library school students covered freelance indexing as an alternative career for librarians, with a special emphasis on medical indexing.