========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:05:36 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Australian Society of Indexers Subject: AusSI Medal 1995 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The AusSI Medal 1995 is on the line for publishers and indexers to vie for. Details are available on the AusSI home page: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi/medal.htm Entries close on: 29 September 1995... For details: email me (dwalker@zeta.org.au) or Michael Wyatt (keyword@ozemail.com.au) or ring Alan Walker on +61-2-380-5875 or fax him on +61-2-361-0651 Entries must come from people producing them in Australia or NZ but the product they are based on may come from overseas... Cheers Dwight Webmaster AusSI ------- Dwight Walker Webmaster Australian Society of Indexers +61-2-3986726 (h) +61-2-4393750 (w) W-F URL: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:05:50 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Lynn Moncrief Subject: Correction and Apology!! ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Everyone, We left out a vital member of our committee in the listing accompanying the ASI Web page announcement--Charlotte Skuster! Thus the complete list should read as follows: >ASI Web Committee: > Lynn Moncrief (chair) > Kari Bero > Norman Howden > Lori Lathrop > Coleen Mackay > Janet Perlman Charlotte Skuster (ASI board representative) > Neva Smith > Jan Wright > Pilar Wyman > Charlotte, a heartfelt apology to you! Your omission from the original list was purely an oversight and we truly appreciate your contributions and participation on the committee. Lynn Moncrief TECHindex & Docs ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:06:03 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Australian Society of Indexers Subject: AusSI Book Indexing Short Course - 25-27 Sep 95 Melbourne, Australia ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- For those in Melbourne in late September 95 Australian Society of Indexers are holding a valuable short course on book indexing for editors, indexers, genealogists, newspaper journalists... Check out the URL: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi/indexcrs.htm or just go to AusSI's home page and jump off there http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi Life's hotting up down here! Bye Dwight Webmaster AusSI ------- Dwight Walker Webmaster Australian Society of Indexers +61-2-3986726 (h) +61-2-4393750 (w) W-F URL: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:06:46 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Rebecca Green Subject: CFP2: Knowledge Organization and Change (ISKO4) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This message is being cross-posted to several lists. Please excuse any duplication. *************************************************************** International Society for Knowledge Organization Fourth International Conference: July 15-18, 1996, Washington, DC CALL FOR PAPERS Knowledge organization in the coming century will differ markedly from that of this past century. Continued information and document growth, expansion and change in user needs and information-seeking behaviors, and changes in technological, political, economic, educational, and social environments mandate increased development and improvement in knowledge organization tools, techniques, schemes, and systems. In light of the challenges and promises of this situation, the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 4th International Conference (ISKO 4), sponsored by the Library of Congress, and in cooperation with OCLC Forest Press, the Classification Research Special Interest Group of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS SIG/CR) and the College of Library and Information Services (CLIS) of the University of Maryland, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, USA, July 15-18, 1996 to address the theme: Knowledge Organization and Change Papers and panels addressing Knowledge Organization and Change from any of the following interlocking perspectives are invited: From an Environmental Perspective: the impact of ongoing changes in technological, political, economic, educational, and social environments on how knowledge is produced, organized, and used From an Information/Knowledge Perspective: the challenges created by changing views of knowledge (e.g., theories of knowledge, stores of knowledge) across time, cultures, languages, disciplines, users, and uses From a Document Perspective: new methods of creating and presenting documents (e.g., collaborative documents, hypertext, multimedia); changes in text composition, genres, and discourse; dynamic documents; managing document versions, variants, and views From a User Perspective: expansion of and change in user needs and user information-seeking behaviors; the effect of user interface design on users' abilities to access and assimilate information; the effect of discourse and interpretive communities, disciplinary/interdisciplinary communication, and network communications on users' conceptions of knowledge From a Knowledge Organization Systems Perspective: new developments in knowledge organization tools, techniques, schemes, and systems; natural language processing and expert systems; response of knowledge organization theory and practice to change in other arenas; management of change in knowledge organization schemes and systems The conference will also celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Dewey Decimal Classification, and papers addressing the conference theme with respect to DDC are especially welcome. Prospective speakers or panels are asked to submit extended abstracts of 500-1000 words by September 30, 1995 to Rebecca Green, Program Chair (see contact information below; electronic submissions welcome--please mention ISKO in subject line). An international program committee will review the papers, and authors will be notified of acceptance decisions by January 31, 1996. The deadline for submission of papers for the printed conference proceedings will be March 31, 1996. Conference chair: Sarah Thomas, Director of Cataloging, Collections Services Library of Congress, LM 642 (COLL/O) Washington, DC 20540-4300, USA phone: +1 202 707-5333; fax: +1 202 707-6269 internet: stho@loc.gov Program chair: Rebecca Green College of Library and Information Services Hornbake Bldg. (So. Wing), Rm. 4105 University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4345, USA phone: +1 301 405-2050; fax: +1 301 314-9145 internet: rgreen@umd5.umd.edu Local arrangements chair: Jolande Goldberg Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress, LM 556 (COLL/CPSO) Washington, DC 20540-4305, USA phone: +1 202 707-4386; fax: +1 202 707-6629 internet: goldberg@mail.loc.gov ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 11:26:18 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: TRIP10@aol.com Subject: One-Day Seminars ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- NFAIS 1995 fall seminar series: "The Essentials for Surviving in the Electronic Information Industry" -- from the people who pioneered it! "Computer Support to Indexing" - Thursday, Sept. 21, 1995 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. - Washington, DC - American Psychological Association/PsycINFO There is renewed interest in the support computers can provide to the production of abstracts, indexes, and other electronic products. Automated support takes many forms-- authority file support, display and selection from an online thesaurus, and text analysis and assignment of terms, with or without human review. The state of the art will be discussed through a general overview and case studies of pilot and operational systems. The expert presenters leading this seminar are: Jessica Milstead, The JELEM Company, who gives an "Overview"; Joel Hammond, BIOSIS, discusses "Automated Support to Indexing at BIOSIS - Authority File & "Pick List" Support"; Helen Atkins, ISI, talks about "ISI's Keywordplus - Automated Indexing Without Human Review"; June Silvester, NASA, discusses "NASA's Machine Aided Indexing - Supplying Candidate Terms in a Client Server Environment"; and Captain James Kent, National Air Intelligence Center, talks about their machine assisted indexing. "TQM-Benchmarking in Indexing" - Thursday, Oct. 19, 1995 -10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. * Washington, DC - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) This new NFAIS course is aimed at indexing supervisors, indexers, and upper management and will focus on the quality aspects within the indexing environments. The morning session will concentrate on the NFAIS Benchmarking Project as well as an overview of benchmarking basics. The afternoon session will consist of actual case studies and an interactive workshop. Sunday, Oct. 29, 1995 Expert speakers who will be presenting are: A representative from IBM or Xerox will give the Introduction and present an overview of benchmarking, Pam Weaver from Petroleum Abstracts will discuss the "NFAIS Benchmarking Project", Nancy D. Wright of the National Library of Medicine, David Weisgerber from Chemical Abstracts Service, a representative from Engineering Index, and a representative from Information Access Company, will all discuss Indexing Quality" at their respective organizations. "Information Industry Overview" - a "Pre-Online '95 Conference " session - Sunday, Oct. 29, 1995 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. * Chicago, IL - Palmer House Hilton With the information industry growing at an astounding rate, it can be difficult to keep up with it. So NFAIS is holding its one-day seminar to help the newly hired, as well as the seasoned professionals, learn and talk about the history, present conditions, and future outlook of the industry. This seminar is a must for all in the online information industry. The expert presenters that will be leading this seminar are: Richard Kaser of NFAIS, gives us an "Historical Overview"; Ann Caputo from Knight-Ridder, talks about "The products"; Jennifer Klein of Astra Merck, discusses "Producers & Vendors"; Steve Boyle of Nalco Chemical Company, talks about the "Users"; and Nancy Knight from Silverplatter Information, sheds some light on "The Future." "Basics of Abstracting" - Friday, Nov. 10, 1995 - 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Philadelphia, PA - KNIGHT-RIDDER Information, Inc This is an interactive session that will provide attendees with the background and practical insight needed to write clear, concise, quality abstracts. Presentations include discussions of current standards for writing abstracts, a description of abstracting in different disciplines, an overview of structured abstracts and a look at how technology may influence the future of abstracting. Workshops will encourage participation from the attendees in critiquing abstracts and editing author abstracts, with the assistance of the expert panelists. Professional abstractors, abstracting and indexing service abstractors, and free-lance abstractors are strongly encourage to attend. The expert panelists include: Boris Jakim from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Michael Rinehart of the Clark Art Institute, Eileen Dolan from BIOSIS, Gail Hodge from RMS Associates, NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, and other key industry players. ****************************************************************************** ******************** To recieve registration information and seminar costs, please contact NFAIS Headquarters at 215-893-1561, fax: 215-893-1564 or e-mail: trip10@aol.com. Thank you! Anthony Tripido Communications Manager, NFAIS ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 11:27:39 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Cynthia, Science Library" Subject: internship ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am looking for an experienced indexer or publisher in the Boston area to do an internship with for the Spring Semester. I have taken a course in indexing at the Univ. of Rhode Island, and have also assisted a librarian there on writing an index for a book she is publishing with Greenwood Press. I would like to gain more experience (especially in computer programs for indexing) and earn some college credits for this internship. If you are able to help me, please contact me at my e-mail address: grabke @binah.cc.brandeis.edu. Thank you. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 11:41:39 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Charlotte Skuster Subject: Keywords mailing from ASI ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The American Society for Indexers (ASI) admin. office has asked that I post the following: We are mailing the new KeyWords and the 1995 Membership Directories today. Because of the slow mail service on previous editions of KeyWords we are trying a different bulk mail system that the post office assures us will cut 3-5 days off the lag time in delivery. Please notify the admin office via asi@well.com when you receive the newsletter and directory (they are in the same package). We would like to be able to determine if it speeds up the process enough to be worthwhile to expend the extra time on this end. >From the moderator: Please do not notify the index-l or myself. The address (again) for ASI is: asi@well.com Charlotte ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:55:52 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: MICHAEL WYATT Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd Subject: MICROSOFT WORD TEXT FILES: IMBEDDED INDEX ENTRIES ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am being obliged to index software manuals using the "Index" feature of Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0. This is a very primitive feature, even for a word-processor. Each software manual belongs to a "library" of manuals (that is, a collection of manuals relating to a particular product). Each "library" consists of up to 20 manuals, which are released several times a year, so the indexes need to be maintained continuously. What I need to do is to create individual indexes to each manual; and in addition a "master" index for each "library", containing all the entries (interfiled) of all the constituent manuals, giving a volume or manual number or code and the page number(s). Is it possible to do this using Microsoft Word? If not, is there an add-on which allows MSWord-produced indexes to be tagged by volume and interfiled? Michael Wyatt Keyword Editorial Services ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:56:25 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carol Roberts Subject: fees for periodicals ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- While I'm trying to figure out how to use the archives (so far, got back only a list of dates of archives, but I'm not giving up), I would love to hear from some of you on how to charge for periodicals. I'm about to bid on a cumulative index, and I have a good idea how to construct the index itself but not how to bid. None of the usual methods--per hour, page, or entry--seem appropriate for this job. Thanks very much for any help you can give me. Cheers, Carol Roberts, indexer and copy editor | Life is good. Carol.Roberts@mixcom.com | Milwaukee, WI | ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:56:38 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carol Roberts Subject: AppleScript for indexing? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am a Mac user. I use MS Word to write my indexes, and I'm considering using AppleScript to automate some of the things that all the rest of you can do with Cindex and Macrex. For example, I know that I can use AppleScript to get a sort to ignore "the," "a," a quote mark, or whatever, when it appears as the first word or character. So far, so good. (Get to the point!!!) My question is, is anybody else on this list using AppleScript to automate indexing tasks? Cheers, Carol Roberts, indexer and copy editor | Life is good. Carol.Roberts@mixcom.com | Milwaukee, WI | ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:57:32 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Mrowland@aol.com Subject: MA Chapter ASI--Fall Conference ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Fall Conference, 1995 Indexing Education: Trainees to Master Indexers How we can work together Saturday, October 21, 1995 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Simmons College Rooms E 303 and E 305 Third Floor East 300 The Fenway Boston, Massachusetts Indexing Education: Working Together Learning from a Master Indexer; Learning by Teaching Wondering how to get started in indexing? = Wondering how to manage your increasing indexing workload? = Want to learn more about indexing? = Want to teach others what you have learned? Many new and experienced indexers work together in mentor-trainee or master-employee relationship for their mutal benefit. Our fall conference= is designed to help you decide if such a relationship is right for you and t= o guide you in developing the working/training relationship that suits your= needs. Five master indexers and three trainees or former trainees will describe their range of experiences, from indexers who hire others as assistants t= o those who focus on training and education, from those who work in the sam= e room to those who communicate by phone, overnight delivery, or electronic= mail. = Our featured speaker is Barbara E. Cohen (ASI Secretary, 1993-97), of Champaign, IL. She will present her ASI Professional Development Workshop= designed to train experienced (master) indexers in the art of hiring and training new indexers. = Pilar Wyman, of Annapolis, MD, Larry Harrison, of Rochester MN, and Tom Broughton-Willett, of Amherst, MA, will offer advice for new indexers interested in working for other indexers. Diane Benison, Vice President. of the Massachusetts Chapter of ASI, and= Maria Coughlin, of Annapolis, MD, will discuss business aspects and varieties of indexing. We'll provide opportunities for networking, so be sure to bring your resu= me, brochures, and business cards. AGENDA 8:00 to 8:30 Registration and coffee/tea 8:30 to 8:45 Welcome and Introductions, Marilyn Rowland, Diane Benison, = and Ann Blum 8:45 to 10:15 Panel Discussion: Pairs of Mentor/trainees will share thei= r experiences. Panel members include: Maria Coughlin and Pilar Wyman, Maril= yn Rowland and Larry Harrison, Jodi Simpson and Tom Broughton-Willett, Ann B= lum, and Barbara E. Cohen. 10:30 to 12:30 Concurrent panels = For experienced indexers: Becoming a Master Indexer. Barbara E. Cohen wil= l lead this workshop for those interested in hiring and mentoring others. Topics include: one-on-one training, skills for interviewing and hiring, kinds of work that assistants can perform, legal responsibilities of employers, management skills, and human resources management. Barbara has= worked with several apprentices and trainees, has mentored several other indexers, and is writing a guide for master Indexers, to be published by = ASI. = For beginning indexers: Becoming a Trainee Indexer. Pilar Wyman, Larry Harrison, and Tom Broughton-Willett will lead this discussion on how to g= et started in indexing, offering your services to experienced indexers looki= ng for assistants or trainees, making sure you get what you want out of the relationship, and working on your own. All have worked as trainee indexer= s. Pilar is Chair of the Washington DC chapter of ASI. = 12:30 to 1:45 Lunch (provided) 1:45 to 3:15 Concurrent panels For experienced indexers: Continuation of morning workshop. For beginning indexers: Business aspects of Indexing, with Diane Benison = and Maria Coughlin. The business aspects of indexing=97how to price your ser= vices fairly so that you can make a living as an indexer, how to negotiate with= clients, how to keep business records that will help you evaluate how wel= l you are doing financially, and an overview of types of indexing work available. 3:15 to 4:30 Panel and audience discussion: Sharing what we have learne= d. Acknowledgements: The American Society of Indexers has contributed to the= cost of providing this workshop through its Professional Development Work= shop program. = We especially thank Simmons College and Candy Schwartz for providing the = site for this conference and all our speakers for their generous contributions= of their time and expertise. Directions: For a recorded message providing directions by car and by pu= blic transportation, please call Simmons College at (617) 521-2000. For more information and to help in conference planning, contact:o help i= n conference planning, contact: Marilyn Rowland at 508/457-4525 or Mrowland@aol.com = or Diane Benison at 508/393- 3447 or 76620.460 @compuserve.com. --Registration Form-- Conference fee: = $45 with registration postmarked by September 9, 1995 $60 with registration postmarked by September 30, 1995 $80 at the door Lunch and coffee/tea are included. Parking is free with advance registrat= ion. = Name: __________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ Phone: ____________Fax:___________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________________ Workshop attending: = ___ Becoming a Master Indexer ___ Becoming a Trainee Indexer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:57:48 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Neva J. Smith" Subject: indexing for communications ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The list for communications librarians has just started an interesting and useful thread. One member proposed that others post what they like most and least in an index, and what they would like to add. If anyone wants to subscribe to the list, the adress is listserv@UKCC.UKY.EDU subscribe COMLIB-L Your Name I have asked the list and original poster for permission to re-post, but I don't know if it will be granted. Neva > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = Neva J. Smith, MLIS DataSmiths Information Services PO Box 2157 / Round Rock, TX 78680 email: njsmith@bga.com voice: (512) 244-2767 Editor, _Library Currents_ PO Box 2199 / Round Rock, TX 78680 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:01:24 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: American Society for Information Science Subject: ASIS Annual Meeting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ********* CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT *********** Converging Technologies: Forging New Partnerships in Information ASIS 1995 Annual Meeting, October 9 - 12, 1995, Chicago Marriott Hotel (Program outline follows. For complete program and registration information, contact ASIS@CNI.ORG; call (301) 495-0900; fax (301) 495-0810; or write ASIS, 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501, Silver Spring, MD 20910.) The complete program is available at http://ranga.berkeley.edu/ASIS/asis95.annual.cnf.html with a registration form that does not require support for tables. The complete program is also available at: http://www-slis.lib.indiana.edu/asis-95. This site requires table support at this time for the registration form and it includes pre-prints of selected contributed papers. Plenary Sessions Monday, October 9 Technological and Policy Developments: Access Robert Lucky, Vice President, Applied Research, Bellcore Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center Vinton Cerf, MCI Corp. (Invited) Tuesday, October 10 Content and Conduits: Is There a Public Interest in Competition Michael Katz, Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, October 11 The Trouble with Groupware Len Kawell, Iris Associates (subsidiary of IBM Corp) TECHNICAL PROGRAM- Session Titles Monday, October 9 The Life (and death?) of Print A Federated Approach to Information Resource Organization: New Roles and Models for Managing Information on Campus Community Health Information Networks Contributed Papers -- Images Current Applied Research in Natural Language Processing Plenary Session Technology and Policy Developments Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval: Findings from the CNI White Paper Contributed Papers: Libraries End-Users' Models of Database Searching and Database Structures Overview and Update on the NSF Digital Library Initiative Publishing Styles: Practical Hints for Creating Your Own Publications Case Study: Automatic Indexing of a Large Document Collection Convergence or Divergence in Education for the Information Professions? A Dialogue Between Educators and Consumers Career Outlook for Information Professionals Tuesday, October 10 Content and Conduits: Is There a Public Interest in Competition? Advanced Tools for the Navigation and Use of Information Across the Internet Establishing Common Ground: Technologically Focused Relationships in Context Partnerships Between Academic and Business Worlds: What Works Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Computer Interaction: Present and Future Contributed Papers: Indexing NISO Standards Session Scientific Collaboratories : Technological and Sociological Issues Re-Inventing Information Services -- Linking IS to Business Strategies Advanced Information Retrieval Systems: System Design and Significance of Interfaces Contributed Papers: Information Needs of End Users Systems for Information Exploration and Retrieval: Demonstration of Research Prototypes Classification and Technology: New Roles for Maps of Knowledge Accessing the Internet: Chaos or Complexity ASIS Annual Business Meeting Converging Universes:://Forging Users into Relevant Submission~/ Wednesday, October 11 Plenary Session: The Trouble with Groupware Doctoral Forum Global Networks & Transborder Information Exchange International Information Sector R&D Initiatives Innovative Electronic Information Pricing: Seeking a Win-Win-Win Model for Users, Vendors, and Providers Contributed Papers: IR Research "Help Desk" Software: Usage and Avoidance in Libraries and Information Centers Electronic Resources in Support of Scientific and Technical R & D Global Information Infrastructures - Chaos or Coordination? Contributed Papers -- Bibliometrics Contributed Papers: Information Technology Partnerships Through Global Multimedia Networking Contributed Papers: Information Seeking Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere: Health Information in the Fourth Dimension Thursday, October 12 Internet Interfaces to Harness Health Sciences Sources Virtual Information Maps Distance Education for Information Science Intelligent Information Filtering: Oxymoron or Off-the-Shelf? Contributed Papers: Communication Technology Contributed Papers: System Design Theories of Information Science Converging Technologies: The Mexican Experience PRE-CONFERENCE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES Saturday, October 7, 1995 9:00am-5:00pm, Separate Registration * Practical HTML: A Hands-on Workshop * Database Indexing: An Update * Copyright and Intellectual Property in an Electronic World Sunday, October 8, 1995 9:00am-5:00pm unless otherwise indicated; Separate Registration * Introduction to SGML * Digital Libraries -- Computer Concepts and Technologies for Managing Library Collections * Management and Privacy Issues for Internet Service Providers * Developing a Quality Presence on the Net * Establishing a Community Network - or How to Start a Freenet * Text Encoding for Information Interchange * 6th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: An interdisciplinary meeting 1:00pm - 5:00pm -- No separate registration necessary * Documentation and Information Science: The Influence of the International Institute of Bibliography (IIB) and the International Federation for Documentation (FID) Conference Facility & Headquarters Chicago Marriott Downtown Rates: Single $123 Double $123 Add prsn: $20 Suites: $480+ For additional conference and registration information, contact ASIS: Email: ASIS@CNI.ORG Phone: (301) 495-0900 Fax: 301) 495-0810 Mail: ASIS, 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Maryland Relay Service number for the hearing impaired: (800) 735-2258 -- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:01:53 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Lori Lathrop <76620.456@compuserve.com> Subject: Indexing weekly newspaper ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- A local weekly newspaper, which has been published for 23 years, has asked me about indexing all of it's back issues. I would probably be responsible for coordinating the efforts of several volunteer indexers (after "educating" them first, of course), and I've been thinking about ways I'd go about it. I think I'd have everyone use the old-fashioned index-cards-in-a-shoe-box method; then I'd review the index cards, make any necessary corrections, and have a typist key in the entries. The editor of the paper is especially interested in retrieving information on people; for example, if someone comes in and asks to see the obituary for their Aunt Nellie who died six years ago, the editor wants the newspaper staff to be able to retrieve it easily. Now, what I'm wondering is this: What kind of databases (or indexing software) do most newspapers use for this sort of thing? And do they share their databases with other newspapers around the country? Thanks in advance to folks on INDEX-L who can provide some info or ideas for this project. Lori ************************************************************************* Lori Lathrop ----------> INTERNET:76620.456@compuserve.com Lathrop Media Services, P.O. Box 3065, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 Office: 303-567-4011 / Home: 303-567-9533 *************************************************************************