Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:37:17 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Charlotte Skuster Subject: index-l demographics and other matters Index-l subscribers--While there is a lull in the conversation, I will fill you in on the demographics of our list: As of today there are 245 subscribers. The subscriber list hovered around 180 for the first two and a half months and has been steadily increasing since mid-October. Most are from the US but there are 16 countries represented (circling the globe!). The breakdown is as follows: Country Subscribers Australia 5 Austria 1 Canada 12 Finland 2 Germany 1 Great Britain 3 Israel 1 Japan 2 Netherlands 2 Norway 1 Saudi-Arabia 2 Singapore 1 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1 Taiwan 2 USA 208 There is no way for me to know more about individual subscribers beyond what can be surmised from messages. Addresses indicate that we have a mixture from academic institutions, government, and those using commercial networking services (like CompuServe and Well). Among the academics are library/information studies students enrolled in indexing classes. For those of you who joined the list after September--there were some substantial issues discussed during July, August, and September. Some of the more provocative discussions included: Automatic vs. manual indexing Accreditation/certification of indexers Use of "passim" Indexers' rights and acknowledgement of indexers In addition, in September the draft of the new NISO standards was distributed in three parts. If you would like to see previous conversations (including the standards), you can request the archives by sending the following message to listserv@bingvmb: Index index-l You will receive a list of files named log9207, log9208...and so on. When you decide which month's archive you want to look at send another message to listserv@bingvmb: get index-l log9207 (or 9208... I am working a frequently-asked-question file and will make it available as soon as I can wheedle some more disk space from the computer center. Keep those messages coming! Charlotte ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:14:48 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Rollie Littlewood . . . (608) 26 2-7385" Subject: existing ANSI standard on indexing ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Birdie MacLennan writes (on 15 September 1992) ... "... Nancy Mulvany cited the Z39.4-1984 standard so I tried to get a hold of it -- only to find it was out of print." When I called ANSI this week [office of Marissa Limon, (212)642-4976], I was assured that it IS in print and available for $13. It is probably also available in many major university libraries (I found it in our Engineering College library). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rollie Littlewood (608) 26 2-7385 InterNet : RLittlewood@MACC.Wisc.Edu University of Wisconsin-Madison BitNet : RLittlewood@WiscMACC Institute for Molecular Virology or LittlewoodPK@WiscPSL & Laboratory of Molecular Biology Campus DECNet : WIRCS2::RLittlewood 1525 Linden Drive Madison WI 53706-1596 FAX : (608) 26 2-7414 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:01:20 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was LARSSON@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU From: LARSSON@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject: Susanne Humphrey article on Indexing ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Indexers and medical librarians will surely be interested this recently published article by Susanne M. Humphrey. The cite follows: Humphrey, Susanne M. Indexing biomedical documents: From thesaural to knowledge- based retrieval systems. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 4:343-371, 1992. Sections include: 1. Historical background of indexing at NLM. 2. Need for concept indexing by humans. 3.Conventional indexing. 3.1 The MEDLINE indexing operation 3.2 The indexing process 4. Knowledge-based indexing 4.1 The MedIndEx system 4.2 Construction and management of knowledge bases 4.3 Hardware and software 5. Knowledge-based retrieval 6. Current status and trends (selected from the Milstead Report) 7. Future directions including 72 references Ms. Humphrey has done an excellent job covering this topic in an interesting and easy to read fashion. Laura Larsson larsson@u.washington.edu =========================================================================