Category Archives: Indexing Society of Canada

Book review: Indexing Names

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

This review appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Bulletin, the Indexing Society of Canada’s newsletter. *** “It’s just a name index. It should be pretty straightforward.” How many times have we heard that from a client—or even said it to … Continue reading →

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An e-Interview with Noeline Bridge

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

This interview appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Bulletin, the Indexing Society of Canada’s newsletter. *** Editor of Indexing Names Noeline Bridge has been an indexer for more than 20 years. She has published numerous articles on indexing and … Continue reading →

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ISC and EAC Conferences 2012: Personal perspectives

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Iva Cheung| 1 Comment

Now that I’m finally done summarizing my conference notes, I thought I’d share some of my own reflections on the experience, which ended up being much more invigorating than I had expected. Initially the conferences were just an excuse to … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 2—Hands-on ebooks

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

David Ream and Jan Wright once again took to the stage to elaborate on indexing of digital files. Ream said that there aren’t a lot of usability studies that compare search versus indexing. BNA’s “Using Online Indexes” is one, but … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference, Day 2—To award or not to award?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

The Indexing Society of Canada is planning to establish a new award to recognize excellence in indexing. Indexing societies elsewhere in the world have their own awards, but Canadians aren’t eligible for most of them. At the ISC conference, Max … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 2—New standard, more interoperability

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Michèle Hudon, associate professor at l’École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information at l’Université de Montréal, spoke at the ISC conference about ISO25964, a new standard for thesauri. ISO25964 will replace ISO2788 and ISO5964, out-of-date standards for monolingual and … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 2—The re-indexing dilemma

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Max McMaster, an award-winning indexer and representative of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI), spoke at the ISC conference about reindexing. For a new edition of a book, a subsequent annual report, or a bilingual document, do … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 2—What is the future of indexing?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

Cheryl Landes is a technical writer and indexer who sees a changing role for indexers—one that is rife with possibilities. Today people are consuming content in four main ways: through print, on e-readers, on tablets, and on smartphones. In the … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 1—Getting work with the federal government

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

I’ve attended a number of “getting work with the feds” presentations, but Marion Soublière’s at the ISC conference was by far the most engaging, informative, and coherent of them all. Soublière is a writer and editor and the author of … Continue reading →

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ISC Conference 2012, Day 1—American Society for Indexing’s Digital Trends Task Force

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Iva Cheung| Leave a comment

ASI’s David Ream and Jan Wright gave the ISC a report on their work with the Digital Trends Task Force (DTTF), which came into being  in the summer of 2011 after the issue of electronic publication indexing was brought up … Continue reading →

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