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All workshops are half day unless otherwise indicated. |
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WS01: Principles of Indexing (Full Day)
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM Full day |
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| Faculty:Â Seth Maislin | ||||
| Level: Basic Learn the foundational principles of indexing and how to apply them effectively and profitably in this highly informational and dynamic workshop. Whether you're starting your indexing career or just looking for formal instruction, this workshop will fortify you as an indexer and (even more important) an index-thinker. Starting with the Three Easy Steps of Indexing, Seth leads participants to understand the logic and challenges behind all indexing decisions: topic inclusion, subheading construction, page numbers and cross references, language selection, sorting, and usability concerns.Lively in-class discussion is encouraged, and additional topics (tools, careers, deadlines) will be introduced upon request. Hands-on examples are provided, with discussion extending into the indexing of non-print content. Participants will learn how to find balance between the needs of client, indexer, and readers. |
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WS02: Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation (Full Day)
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 8:00 AM to 5:30 PMÂ Full day |
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| Faculty:Â Heather Hedden | ||||
| Level: Intermediate This workshop (an improved, enhanced version of the popular workshop presented in Denver in 2008) will provide additional information and practice needed for those with indexing or library science backgrounds to start working on creating taxonomies and thesauri. Short practical exercises will be interspersed among the topics. The workshop also includes demonstrations of thesaurus management software: MultiTes, Synaptica, and Data Harmony. Outline: Introduction, Definitions, Term relationships, Wording of terms and their variants, Facets and categories, Sources for terms, Software, Project processes, Related topics, Types of work available, Resources. |
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WS03: Indexing in InDesign Workshop
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Â Â 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | ||
| Faculty:Â Jan Wright MLS | ||||
| Level: Advanced Learn InDesign indexing in a hands-on session that will guide you through file management, index entry insertion, editing processes, common problems, and final compilation.This workshop is limited to 22 participants and has several requirements: participants must have substantial indexing experience, provide their own laptop computer and be willing to experiment with a new tool; directions for downloading and installing a trial version of InDesign will be supplied before the workshop. Register early, so that instructions and sample files can be supplied by the presenter to all participants before the workshop begins. This workshop is intensive and hands-on in nature. There will be a teaching assistant available to help participants with questions. |
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WS04: Will Someone Read This? Writing Abstracts that Work
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | ||
| Faculty:Â Virginia Heinrich | ||||
| Level: Basic As you market yourself for indexing work, you may encounter a publisher who offers you abstract indexing. Whoa, what is that? How do I do that compared to back-of-the-book indexing? Is it something I might want to do? Can I make any money doing it? If you know nothing about abstracting, those will be difficult questions to answer. In searches of databases, researchers rely heavily on the abstract to lead them to quality information. In this workshop, you will learn when you should have an abstract, the components of an abstract, practice writing your own, and how to recognize good abstract writing by evaluating bad ones. |
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WS05: On Aboutness
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Â Â 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM | ||
| Faculty:Â Kate Mertes | ||||
| Level: Intermediate What's it all about? That is the question capable indexers must keep in front of them as they work through a text. Kate Mertes shows you how to avoid tangents and stay focused to produce a good index. |
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WS06: More Naked Indexers
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Â Â 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM | ||
| Faculty: Fred Leise ICI-Certified Indexer, Margie Towery , | ||||
| Level: Advanced Back by popular acclaim, Fred Leise repeats his well-received workshop from last year, but this year you have the opportunity to observe and compare his indexing technique with that of Margie Towery. During the course of the workshop, Fred and Margie will bare all, as it were, as they index a selection from a scholarly work that they have not before seen. You will be able to watch the process of indexing happening in real time and see the resulting indexes change and grow during the course of the session. Toward the end of the workshop there will be ample time to compare results, and discuss techniques for both indexing and editing decisions. |
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WS07: Sky Index 7.0
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Saturday, May 15, 2010 | 1:45 PM to 5:00 PM | ||
| Faculty:Â John Bealle PhD | ||||
| Level: Intermediate This workshop presents the features of Sky Index 7.0 from the standpoint of creating an index. The focus is on how Sky features are used at the various stages of the indexing process. The major components of the presentation include entering and editing index entries, editing the index, and formatting the index. |
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