Melbourne Indexers: Comparing indexes to biographies

'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Comparing indexes to biographies The way indexers index the main character of the biography can vary from not having an entry under their name to placing everything under their name to something in between. Then the way the indexes are set out can vary. Suddenly subheadings are not filed alphabetically but in page number order […]

Melbourne Indexers: Five things from the indexing puzzle bag

'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Five things from the indexing puzzle bag The indexing puzzle bag contains a collection of topics we may puzzle over. What is the common way to display page ranges? How do you index book introductions or the long preface, particularly those with Roman page numbers? How and why do you turn an indexing job down? […]

Melbourne Indexers: Improving indexing speed

'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Improving indexing speed More haste, less speed, they say (and we have probably all experienced). We will discuss tips on how to improve your indexing speed. Carparking is available down the side of the building. If you are travelling by public transport there is a tram stop nearby, and Glenferrie Station is just a couple […]

Melbourne Indexers: Selecting indexing terms

'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Selecting indexing terms In a group exercise we will select indexing terms for a short article and compare the results Carparking is available down the side of the building. If you are travelling by public transport there is a tram stop nearby, and Glenferrie Station is just a couple of tram stops away. After the […]