Indexes are created to help people find information. Indexers work hard to find the best words to describe the topics covered by their books and collections. This book is an aid to decision making in indexing. It aims to look at decisions that indexers have to make everyday. Many book indexers are created by professional indexers, but others are made by authors and editors. Indexing is part of their job for librarians, museum curators, technical writers and subject specialists. The book provides something of value for all indexers.
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'The Indexing Companion is a well-titled and valuable book. ... A strong point of the book is its structure and organisation of tis contents.' Webology
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Indexing Companion gives an overview of indexing for professional indexers, editors, authors, librarians and others who may be called upon to write, contribute to, edit or commission an index. Based on publishing standards, textbooks, and the consensus of the indexing community, it is an aid to decision making in indexing.
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Glenda Browne trained as a scientist and librarian, and works as an information specialist. This has involved the creation of indexes to books, periodicals and online help, thesauruses and metadata for websites, and classification schemes for organisations. Glenda maintains her library skills one day a week at Westmead Hospital Library.
She teaches indexing for various institutions including Macleay College, Macquarie University and ANZSI (Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers). Glenda has also taught taxonomy construction at UTS and website indexing at UNSW and for ANZSI.
Glenda writes about indexing and information science for various publications including The Indexer, for which she is the international correspondent and Online Currents, for which she is a member of the editorial board. With Jonathan Jermey she has written Website indexing (2nd ed., Auslib Press, 2004) and The indexing companion (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Her index to The indexing companion was Highly Commended in the 2008 ANZSI Medal awards. On a lighter note, Glenda was the winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature, for an article on the word 'The', and the problems it causes for people trying to put lists in alphabetical order.
Glenda is vice-president of the NSW Branch of ANZSI and has previously been ANZSI newsletter editor, ANZSI NSW treasurer and president, ANZSI national vice-president and conference administrator.
She teaches indexing for various institutions including Macleay College, Macquarie University and ANZSI (Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers). Glenda has also taught taxonomy construction at UTS and website indexing at UNSW and for ANZSI.
Glenda writes about indexing and information science for various publications including The Indexer, for which she is the international correspondent and Online Currents, for which she is a member of the editorial board. With Jonathan Jermey she has written Website indexing (2nd ed., Auslib Press, 2004) and The indexing companion (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Her index to The indexing companion was Highly Commended in the 2008 ANZSI Medal awards. On a lighter note, Glenda was the winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature, for an article on the word 'The', and the problems it causes for people trying to put lists in alphabetical order.
Glenda is vice-president of the NSW Branch of ANZSI and has previously been ANZSI newsletter editor, ANZSI NSW treasurer and president, ANZSI national vice-president and conference administrator.
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Indexing for Aussies,
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While there is useful information in this book for anyone interested in indexing, the prospective buyer should be aware that it has mostly to do with indexing in Australia. There are only 7 pages in the entire book that even mention the *Chicago Manual of Style*.
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Jon and Glenda have written a very useful, informative book that covers the state of indexing as it exists today. In addition to basic technique, they cover international standards, including some lesser-known standards, such as Dublin Core and OAI-PMH. Their coverage of indexing software is useful, especially the portions that deal with PDF files. They offer useful tips throughout the book, for example, on pg 39 with respect to estimating index length and the fact that it's easier to remove things than to add them; also, pg 45 on the topic of repagination, where one is advised to start with the bigger numbers lest some of the new numbers become identical to old ones. I enjoyed the many sayings scattered throughout the book, as on pg 44 where it's noted that working with PDFs and walking on water are easy if both are frozen. Moreover, you can bet your sweet jar of Vegemite, it's well-indexed. Thank you Jon and Glenda! Good job!
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This practical book belongs on every indexer's desk. It's got lots of examples and draws on the extensive experience of the authors and on the wisdom of many writers about indexing. I find it very helpful in my day to day indexing work, and it's very readable. It takes a comprehensive look at indexing, and includes information on book indexing, collection indexing, different content formats and specialised source material. There's information on term selection, quality control, controlled vocabularies, standards, software and hardware, and observations on threats and opportunities for indexers. The authors are Australian but they demonstrate an international perspective. The printed index is thorough and easy to use, and was rated `Highly Commended' in the 2008 ANZSI Indexing Awards. See also the favourable review in The Indexer, vol 25: 214-15.
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embedded indexing, undifferentiated locators, automated categorisation, dedicated indexing software, other multivolume works, freelance indexing, many indexers, most indexers, indexing societies, synonym rings, other indexers, indexers work, collection indexing, indexing jobs, embedded indexes, subject metadata, taxonomy generation, periodical indexing, turnover lines, collaborative tagging, indexing projects, filing rules, multimedia indexing, book indexing, database indexing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Indexing Companion, Dublin Core, The Chicago, Specialised Source Material, Public Health Bulletin, The Indexing Work Environment, Structuring Indexes, United States, New Zealand, Susan Olason, Bile Ducts, Microsoft Word, Medical Subject Headings, Indexers Available, Selecting Terms, Society of Indexers, Library of Congress, New South Wales, Michael Thorn, Hazel Bell, Sherry Smith, World Wide Web Consortium, The Netherlands, Nancy Mulvany, Marcia Bates New!
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embedded indexing, undifferentiated locators, automated categorisation, dedicated indexing software, other multivolume works, freelance indexing, many indexers, most indexers, indexing societies, synonym rings, other indexers, indexers work, collection indexing, indexing jobs, embedded indexes, subject metadata, taxonomy generation, periodical indexing, turnover lines, collaborative tagging, indexing projects, filing rules, multimedia indexing, book indexing, database indexing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Indexing Companion, Dublin Core, The Chicago, Specialised Source Material, Public Health Bulletin, The Indexing Work Environment, Structuring Indexes, United States, New Zealand, Susan Olason, Bile Ducts, Microsoft Word, Medical Subject Headings, Indexers Available, Selecting Terms, Society of Indexers, Library of Congress, New South Wales, Michael Thorn, Hazel Bell, Sherry Smith, World Wide Web Consortium, The Netherlands, Nancy Mulvany, Marcia Bates New!
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