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Legal indexing – Session 3 -1 February 2022

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Tuesday 1 February 2022

ANZSI Professional Development Program

Session 3: Legal indexing

Date: Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Time:

12:00 -1.30pm  NZDT – New Zealand
10:00 -11:30am  AEDT  –  ACT, Victoria, NSW
9:30 -11:00am  ACDT  –  South Australia
9:00 -10:30am  AEST  –  Queensland
7:00 – 8:30am  AWST  –  Western Australia

Host: Sherrey Quinn

Presenters: Madeleine Davis and Karen Gillen

RSVP:  Please register with Madeleine Davis  by Monday 24 January 2022

This session will focus on general legal indexing and will provide an overview of the different types of legal texts including annotated legislation,  legal handbooks/working guides, academic textbooks,  loose-leaf publications and journals. It will cover the basic conventions of legal indexing with regard to appropriate content, vocabulary, headings, filing, locators, presentation and updating indexes.
NB Bookings are essential:  Sessions will be held via Zoom. Participants will be emailed login details prior to each meeting. To ensure that you receive your login details, please book a place for each session by the due date listed above.

ASI Zoom event: What’s in a Name? Invert Your Thorns into Roses

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What’s in a name? Seemingly simple, in reality, a name can be a thorn in the side of indexers. To invert or not to invert?—that is just one question. Other times, you cannot tell what the dickens the name is. The American Society for Indexing is excited to bring together four experts who will share their knowledge about indexing names. No longer will you be false to any person’s name.

The American Society for Indexing (ASI) Zoom event will encompass four presentations:

  • Challenges in Indexing Names – Noeline Bridge
  • Issues in Indexing Russian Names – Sergey Lobachev
  • The Mystery of Spanish Personal Names, a Look at Gender and Culture – Francine Cronshaw
  • Genealogical Indexing: The Name’s the Thing! – Carolyn Weaver

Altogether there will be 3 hours of programming plus 30 minutes of break. Each session will be followed by a 10-minute break or networking time. The formal sessions will be recorded and recordings will be available for one year following the event for those who register. Sister association members may use coupon code SWEETROSE to register at the member rate.

For more information go to https://www.asindexing.org/news/special-event-whats-in-a-name/

Continental Connections – International Indexing Conference 17-18 Oct 2022 – Berlin

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To coincide with the triennial meeting of ICRIS (International Committee of Representatives of Indexing Societies), an international conference will be held in the heart of Europe, enabling participants to explore one of the most famous and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

A provisional programme is now available   – go to: https://dgi-info.de/provisional-program/

Registration opens in May 2022.

ASI new online learning course – The Queen of Sciences—Indexing Theology, Spirituality, and Religion

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Three-Part Course with Kate Mertes

October 13, 20, and November 3, 2021

10 am Pacific; 11 am Mtn; 12 pm Central; 1 pm Eastern
Although Thomas Aquinas referred to theology as “The Queen of Sciences,” it’s becoming a rather obscure branch of academia. Scholarly journals bemoan the distressing lack of denominational support and resources for serious theological texts, and theology is no longer the biggest faculty and department at most major universities. But, the readership for religion-themed books remains very high (one of the fastest-growing areas of the publishing industry, in fact) and there are numerous presses specializing in texts on religious topics. For indexers, this is an important field to consider.
Many indexers, though, are uncomfortable with books on religion, spirituality, and theology. They might feel they lack expertise and qualifications. If this is a topic you think you might be interested in, though, this webinar series is a great way to see if you should dip your toe in the water.
Three hour-long webinars will introduce you to indexing religious books; ponder the issue of faith, worldview, and doctrinal basis; consider the acquisition and use of specialized knowledge, some of which you may not know you even have; and we’ll finish with a practicum, looking together at a theological text and discussing how best to approach it.
When Thomas referred to theology as “the queen of sciences,” he was using science in the medieval sense of a body of knowledge. Theology is not hoo-doo or mumbo-jumbo; it’s a body of knowledge, and it’s open to anyone to acquire it.

Course outline (see the full outline on our webpage):

Session 1—Introduction to indexing religious material
Session 2—Acquiring and using specialized knowledge
Session 3—Practicum on theological indexing
About our Presenter
Kate Mertes is sole proprietor of Mertes Editorial Services, providing indexing, information retrieval, and editorial expertise for complex, challenging projects in law and the humanities. Kate took her B.A. in medieval studies, a Ph.D. in medieval history, and a post-doctoral degree in theology, and after teaching at university level for several years moved into publishing with a stint at Oxford English Dictionaries. After nine years as a managing editor of indexing with Research Institute of America, a legal publishing company, Kate started her own business in 1998. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Kate served on the board of the American Society for Indexing (ASI), as president of ASI twice, and as conference chair for three years. Kate is also a founding member of the Institute of Certified Indexers.
Kate is also the author of  Good Governance and Politic Rule: The English Noble Household, 1250-1550, and chapters in many of ASI’s publications on the indexing of legal, historical, and theological materials. She is a co-author, with Fred Leise and Nan Badgett, of  Indexing for Editors and Authors. In 2013 Kate was the recipient of the ASI/EIS Award for Montesquieu’s  Mes Pensées, and was given the Theodore C. Hines Award for services to indexing in 2014. In 2015 she received the ASI/EIS Award for  The Joseph Smith Papers: Documents: Volume 3, February 1833 to March 1834, published by the Church Historian’s Press.
For more information and to register visit
https://www.asindexing.org/online-learning/theology-mertes/
The coupon code for our sister associations is 2021LEARNING
On the webpage, click the Register Now button, place the code in the coupon code box, and click Apply to get the ASI member rate.

SI will be holding a two-day online conference on 9-10 November 2021. Dennis Duncan will be the keynote speaker together with his indexer, Paula Clarke Bain

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The outline programme has now been uploaded to the SI website conference page: https://www.indexers.org.uk/society-business/conferences/conference-2021-boosting-your-indexing-business  with a direct link to the programme: https://www.indexers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Conference-2021-draft-programme.pdf)
More details about individual sessions in due course.
Bookings will open later this month including the discount codes for members of other societies and networks.
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