[Neasis-l] Indexing presentions program, Dec. 13

[Heather Hedden]

  *Topics in Indexing
**A Joint Program of the New England Chapter of the American Society of 
Indexers (NEASI)
and the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication*

Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 5:45 - 9:00 pm (dinner program)
Hilton Garden Inn 
<http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BOSBUGI>, 
5 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803, Phone: 781-272-8800

5:45: Networking
6:45: Dinner
7:15: News and Announcements
7:30: Presentations

*Index Comparison Projects
*Presented* *by Cheryl Landes
Can an indexer's background and subject specialties affect the way he or 
she indexes content? Indexers with extensive experience in specialized 
areas decided to find out in this two-part project. In the first phase 
in 2003, they indexed a technical book. Three years later, they indexed 
a collection of essays. One technical and one non-technical indexer 
participated in both phases, and no one saw the other's work until it 
was completed. At that time, they compared their indexes, and the 
results of that comparison are presented in this talk.
*Cheryl Landes* has more than 15 years of experience as an indexer and a 
technical writer in several industries: computer software, marine 
transportation, manufacturing, and the trade press. For the past five 
years, she has worked as a technical writer for Phoenix Controls 
Corporation in Acton. She is a senior member of STC, the former manager 
of the STC Indexing SIG, and the incoming vice president of the Pacific 
Northwest Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (PNW/ASI).

*Indexing Moving Documents*
Presented by Seth Maislin
Indexing in today's world is like trying to catch fish with your hands. 
Information changes, users change, and the context around both changes, 
too. In this presentation, we'll investigate what tools are available 
for indexers who have to build stable indexes in unstable environments. 
We'll divide information transfer into three components -- storage, 
search, and presentation -- and apply a few simple techniques to make 
indexing more manageable, even in a fluid environment.
*Seth Maislin* is an indexing and information architecture consultant. 
He is the current president of the American Society of Indexers, and he 
teaches for Simmons College, Bentley College, Middlesex Community 
College, and nSight. Given that he works at home with two children under 
the age of two, it's amazing he gets anything done. Nevertheless, Seth's 
current client list includes Mercedes Benz, Elsevier, Progress Software, 
Microsoft, MIT, Pitney Bowes, and several others.

*Cost
*Payment received by December 8:
    $25 for members of NEASI or the STC Boston and Northern New England 
chapters
    $15 for full-time registered students (with college ID)
    $35 for other STC members and non-members     

Payment received after December 8 (space permitting):
    $35 for members of NEASI or the STC Boston and Northern New England 
chapters
    $25 for full-time registered students (with college ID)
    $45 for other STC members and non-members

*Registration* is being handled by the STC Boston Chapter 
<http://www.stcboston.org/programs/decprogram.shtml>.
Send your check, made out to "Boston Chapter STC" to:
Cindy Cookson, ArchiText Inc., 23 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Andover, MA 01810
Specify if you are a member of NEASI. (Cindy Cookson has the NEASI 
membership list.)

For questions, contact Heather Hedden heather at hedden.net, 978-371-0822, 
or Cindy Cookson cindy at architext-usa.com, 978-409-6112.

Program websites:
http://www.stcboston.org/programs/decprogram.shtml
http://www.newenglandindexers.org/events.htm

-- 
Heather Hedden
President, New England Chapter
American Society of Indexers
http://www.newenglandindexers.org

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