We’re bringing in the new year with a new online course, a new webinar, a new editor for Key Words, and a new feature in See Also. Happy 2017! Online Education: Medical Indexing ASI Webinar: Creating and Securing Your WordPress Website for Marketing Success New Editor for Key Words ASI Professional Activities and Salary Survey—Executive […]
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See Also — December 2016
It’s nearly the end of the year but we’re not winding down. We’ve got plans. A new short course is coming in January, plans are under way for the 2017 ASI Conference, and we’re looking for a few good people. There are some great opportunities for members to volunteer. Read on! And happy holidays to […]
ASI Announces 2017 Conference Location
The 2017 ASI Conference will be June 15-17, 2017, in beautiful Portland, Maine, with views of Casco Bay, a dozen museums—among them the Wadsworth Longfellow House, a rich culinary culture, and plenty to see and do including symphony, ballet, and theatre. We look forward to seeing you in Portland, a winner in the TripAdvisor Travelers’ […]
ASI Online Learning Course Replay: Medical Indexing with Dr. Anne Fifer
ASI Online Learning: Medical Indexing Three-Part Series with Anne Fifer, PhD, DO Medical indexing—which embraces a wide variety of medical and pharmaceutical books and manuals—is a rigorous, but lucrative, specialty for indexers. Gaining a proficiency in medical indexing can widen indexers’ client base and enhance their skill sets. This series is designed to introduce the […]
Is Medical Indexing Right for You?
by Michelle Guiliano Not everyone comes to medical indexing with the impressive credentials of S. Anne Fifer. Anne has a strong medical and academic background as a doctor of osteopathic medicine along with a PhD in Experimental Psychology. She was working as a medical transcriptionist, teaching a medical terminology course at Durham Technical Community College, […]
Celebrate!
Today is our 48th anniversary. Join in our celebration by thanking the indexers who play an important role in the production of quality books and information-discovery repositories.
See Also — November 2016
Each month, we publish our online newsletter, See Also, to keep you up to date on ASI news, chapter events, and upcoming educational programs. Ælfwine Mischler serves as the editor of See Also. Reach her at SeeAlsoEditor@asindexing.org. Upcoming ASI Events ASI Online Learning: How to Create Brilliantly Structured Indexes ASI Online Learning: Medical Indexing Recent […]
Fred Leise talks about Pan-granularism
I learned several new tricks at the annual ASI conference in June. One of them concerns a process Fred Leise developed for B-o-B indexing. He offered a brief introduction at the Saturday session, and I had a chance to talk with him later and ask him a few questions. I know you’ll be intrigued by […]
See Also — October 2016
Each month, we publish our online newsletter, See Also, to keep you up to date on ASI news, chapter events, and upcoming educational programs. – Upcoming ASI Events – Upcoming Chapter Events – ASI Members Are Honored with Awards – Recent Chapter Events – Other Upcoming Events for Indexers
Dave Ream talks about IXMLembedder
Interview with Dave Ream We asked Dave Ream, the presenter, to tell us more about the webinar Introduction to Embedded Index Creation Using IXMLembedder. Learn about IXMLembedder on the Leverage Technologies website. Register for the October 26 webinar here. Q. Can you tell us a bit about your experience? You don’t actually write indexes, do […]