Social Networking for Indexers panel discussion
Panel discussion with Glenda Browne, Jan Wright and Tracy Harwood.
Includes results from mini-surveys of indexers about the social networking tools they use.
Jon Jermey and Glenda Browne — Indexing professionals
Book, journal, website and database indexing and consultancy
Panel discussion with Glenda Browne, Jan Wright and Tracy Harwood.
Includes results from mini-surveys of indexers about the social networking tools they use.
On the ‘rules’ that we follow, and when it makes sense to do so. Considers classified vs. specific entry; not indexing topics of chapter headings; and not writing the index in the book.
for papers presented at the ANZSI conference, Wellington, March 2013.
Author-it. 2012. ‘ePubs Publishing Extension’, http://www.author-it.com/index.php?page=epub
Baker, Mark. 2012. ‘Too big to browse; too small to search’, http://everypageispageone.com/2012/03/03/too-big-to-browse-too-small-to-search/
BNA Law School Education Series. ‘Using online indexes’, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2248375/Using%20BNA%20Indexes%20study.pdf
Book authoring software, http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book%20authoring%20software
Glenda will be talking about the importance of the IDPF EPUB Indexes Working Group for ebook indexing from the point of view of editors and publishers. The EPUB Indexes specification (currently in draft form) sets the scene for an invigorated ebook indexing environment. It will enable the creation of active, linked indexes with all the functionality of a print index and a lot more. Glenda will discuss:
In this two-part session, Glenda and Jan will discuss software options and combinations used in today’s eContent indexing. Jan will cover how page layout software, word processing, and our own indexing packages can be used to embed, link, or prepare indexes for a variety of outputs: PDF, ebook, print, etc. Glenda will cover tips and techniques for how to index differently for ebooks. When there are no pages, it is even more important to keep the reader and their route to the text in mind.
By Jon: First published in Online Currents – (19:10) 1
Ongoing security concerns with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have led several commentators to suggest that users should switch to another web browser. Is this really necessary, and if so what are the alternatives? In this article I compare Internet Explorer with two rival programs: Mozilla Firefox and the Norwegian browser Opera.
The basic functions of a web browsing program are simple: to download files from the Internet, store them on the user’s hard disk and display that content on the user’s screen. Prior to the Web there were many special-purpose programs which allowed this for specific kinds of content, but it was only in 1993 that the development and wide acceptance of HTML as a language for web pages made it possible to write general-purpose browsers.
By Glenda: First published in Online Currents – Vol.18 Issues 1, 2 and 3, Jan-Apr 2003
Automatic categorisation is the new ‘killer app’ for information access on Web sites, intranets and portals. However, is it really the solution to information overload, or is it just another promised technological fix that doesn’t deliver? This three-part article examines the state of the art in automatic categorisation. This part examines research in classification theory and its relevance to automatic categorisation. The second looks at some of the principles and practices in automatic categorisation, while the third focuses on specific software products.
This paper will examine developments in automatic indexing and abstracting in which the computer creates the index and abstract, with little or no human intervention. The emphasis is on practical applications, rather than theoretical studies. This paper does not cover computer-aided indexing, in which computers enhance the work of human indexers, or indexing of the Internet.
Research into automatic indexing and abstracting has been progressing since the late 1950’s. Early reports claimed success, but practical applications have been limited. Computer indexing and abstracting are now being used commercially, with prospects for further use in the future. The history of automatic indexing and abstracting is well covered by Lancaster (1991).
Online Currents volume 29 part 1
This article was inspired by the ALIA Wikipedia and Libraries Info Evening in Sydney.
By Jon. For Online Currents
By Jon: First published in Online Currents 2002 – 17(5): 20-22
There are several types of intrusive Web promotion methods, and an abundance of programs available that claim to be able to stop or limit them. Among the best known and widely used are Pop-Up Stopper, from PanicWare, which disables pop-up windows and Ad-Aware, from [[LavaSoft]], which removes spyware. Both are available in free or paid ‘professional’ versions over the Web. Combined programs and banner ad stoppers are less user-friendly and may cause serious system problems for some users.