Articles – Sanet le Roux

Reading Like an Indexer – blog post by stephen ullstrom

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Sanet le Roux

Reading Like an Indexer

‘Catalogue and Index’ September 2018 issue

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

The September 2018 issue of ‘Catalogue and Index’, is a special issue on indexing. This periodical is published by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group, a Special Interest Group of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals).
You can download a PDF of the whole issue or individual articles at https://www.cilip.org.uk/members/group_content_view.asp?group=201298&id=760736

Contents:

FAST forward? By Alan Danskin
Methodologies for classifying repositories, by Robert T. Kasenchak
Subject indexing in a repository, by Clare Playforth
History of index creation, by Helen Bilton
Comedic indexes, by Paula Clarke Bain
Foundation of the Society of Indexers, by Rosemary Dear
Directions in indexing, by Pilar Wyman
Changed needed in the subject index, by Liz Antell
Online language classification, by Lucile Deslignères
Machine translation, by Lynne Bowker
Retrospective cataloguing Case study, by Max Zanotti
CILIP Conference 2018 report, by Lynn Thorn
Letters & responses

When to Hire an Editor and Indexer

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

A blog post on ideasonfire.net by Cathy Hannabach
https://ideasonfire.net/when-to-hire-editor-indexer/

“What to do when you’re completely overwhelmed” by Kate Hamill

Posted on October 9, 2014April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

I enjoyed this article, probably because I was feeling somewhat stressed at the time. Now I want to know where I can get ‘chocolate-covered coffee beans’! A shout-out to Kate Hamill for making me laugh and reminding me of the 45/15 rule.
Full article here: https://www.freelancersunion.org/blog/2014/10/06/completely-overwhelmed/

“Working from home” by Matt Gemmell

Posted on May 29, 2014April 4, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

Working from home has a number of difficulties and challenges. In many ways, it’s a battle for mastery of yourself. The author of this article talks about a few of the issues, and how he handles them.
http://mattgemmell.com/working-from-home/?fb_action_ids=276200089226121&fb_action_types=og.likes

BIM Indexing and Proofreading Services: Bookshop scene

Posted on July 18, 2013April 8, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

I love this explanation of the value of indexes by BIM Indexing and Proofreading Services:

That woman over there, by the Psychology section, is leafing through the very last pages of a book she just grabbed off the shelf. I know what she’s looking at. She seems pleased to find the information that she wants in the book as she turns to the page where the index directed her…

Indexing Life – a blog

Posted on September 3, 2012April 11, 2018 by Sanet le Roux

“Rule Number One” blog entry on the blog ‘Indexing Life’ by Sydney Wolfe Cohen:
“The rules of indexing, not counting those that are the responsibility of basic education, are few. The most useful are grounded in common sense and should therefore be self-evident. Among these …”
http://www.indexinglife.com/rule-number-one-2/

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