Two Pre-Conference Workshops Guide Your Indexing Path Forward

New Indexers Workshop
with Kendra Millis

Thursday, April 23 at "Indexing Crossroads" ASI Conference
in Raleigh, North Carolina

9 am to 4 pm

Indexing is a specialized skill, but one that is needed by publishers of all types. In this overview workshop designed for beginners, you'll learn the basics of indexing, such as types of indexes, characteristics of an indexer, index terminology, publications that need indexes, and qualities of a good and useful index. In addition, you will gain valuable knowledge that will help you get started on the path to becoming an indexer. Topics covered will include

• index terminology;
• mechanics, such as sorting and formatting;
• textual analysis and term selection;
• software tools;
• marketing your services.

No matter what field you plan to index in, whether you have just a little experience or none at all, you’ll leave this workshop with a better understanding of what indexing’s all about and how to go about pursuing your indexing career.

(The schedule will include a break for lunch.)

This workshop will be held at:
Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh-Cary
131 Columbus Avenue
Cary, North Carolina 27518

Kendra Millis began indexing in 2008, after completing the indexing course offered through UC-Berkeley. She left a career in international education and chose to become a freelancer so she could return to her home state of Maine to raise her daughter. She has served as a Director at large on ASI’s Board of Directors and served as President in 2017–2018. She is currently one of the instructors for the UC-Berkeley indexing course. Her educational background is in Russian literature and social philosophy. In addition to her indexing work, she owns a small fiber-related business.

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“Indexing Signposts” is aimed at those indexers who have recently completed an introduction to indexing course or are early in their career. The workshop offers a unique opportunity to expand indexing skills by learning from an indexer with nearly 25 years of experience. This full-day workshop will cover the following:

• Metatopic entries and headings
• Granularity and pangranularity
• Index structure
• Structural indexing
• Textual indexing: Description and entry types
• Textual indexing: Choosing appropriate subheadings
• Editing the index

In addition, there will be several exercises that will allow participants to practice skills they have just learned. Finally, there will be an opportunity customize the workshop with discussions of specific issues that each participant is facing.

(The schedule will include a break for lunch.)

This workshop will be held at:
Hilton Garden Inn Raleigh-Cary
131 Columbus Avenue
Cary, North Carolina 27518

After twenty-five years in arts management, Fred Leise started his indexing career with the University of Chicago Publishing Program’s introduction to indexing course in 1993. Since 1995, he has been indexing nearly continuously (with time out for taxonomy consulting), specializing in scholarly works in international relations, cultural and political history, and landscape studies, among many other topics. His index to Art and Affection: A Life of Virginia Woolf was shortlisted for the ASI/H.W. Wilson Company Indexing Award in 1997, the only time that the award committee has issued a shortlist.

He is a founding member of the Institute of Certified Indexers; an instructor for the University of California, Berkeley Extension Division online indexing course; and has served several terms on ASI’s board of directors, including two terms as president.

Fred regularly presents at both national and chapter events and has written a number of articles on various aspects of indexing for both Key Words and The Indexer. He is especially proud of his article on Sherlock Holmes as indexer, which appeared in the fall 2013 issue of the Baker Street Journal.

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IMPORTANT: Your registration will be complete only after you submit your payment.