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 Do you or your employees spend time searching your documents for information you know exists but is irretrievable?

Do clients call asking questions you know are answered in the supporting documents you provide?

Answering "yes" to either of these questions may mean that investing in index creation will allow for more productive use of your time.

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Why Use a Professional Indexer?

"Professional indexers have the advantages of objectivity and experience in many fields of interest and scholarship...[They] have mastered the craft of indexing,...and are accustomed to timely delivery of their product."

Index or a Concordance ?

Computer programs exist which record every occurrence of words (not on an exclusion list) which then are sorted in alphabetical order. Such a printout "cannot in any way substitute for a real index prepared with the aid of human intelligence ....The decisions required [to create an index] are of a far higher order than computers are yet capable of."

[quotations from Chicago Manual of Style,1993]

My Qualifications

  • More than thirty years of professional experience organizing and accessing information, including

    • --eleven years as reference librarian;

    • --more than twenty years as self-employed indexer


  • Diversified subject background in computer software; business; social sciences

  • Formal education:

    • B.A. in American Studies (Lycoming College)

    • Masters in Library Science (Drexel University)

    • Masters in Business Admin (Drexel University)

    Sample Projects (A extensive list is available as a PDF file):

    • Organization meeting minutes

    • AT&T Employee Benefits manuals

    • Corporation products catalogs

    • Computer software documentation

    • Published texts by various publishers, including:

      American Management Assoc.

      • Benchmarking Book (1992)

      • The Brave New Service Strategy (1999)

      • Complete Guide to Selling a Business (1993)

      • Creating a Flexible Workplace (1994)

      • End of Office Politics as Usual (2001)

      • Fair, Square and Legal. 4th ed. (2004)

      Sybex, Inc.

      • i-Net+ Study Guide (2000)

      • Mastering Maya 3 (2001)

      • Microsoft Office 97 User Certification Study Guide (1998)

      • Novell's Guide to Netware LAN Analysis (1994)

      • Setting up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP Working Together (2004)

      IDG Books

      • various titles in the "Dummies" series, including Excel, Lotus Notes, Paradox.

    Capabilities

    • dedicated indexing software with WordPerfect or Microsoft Word available for final editing and file conversion to format of your preference.

    • desktop publishing software (FrameMaker and Microsoft Word) available for embedded indexing.

    Final Product Format

    • Final index can be uploaded to your computer by modem, or provided on floppy disk.

    • Hard copy can be printed according to your specifications on laser printer



    Page revised June 6, 2005
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