From: SMTP%"LISTSERV@BINGVMB.cc.binghamton.edu" 7-JAN-1996 08:12:22.72 To: CIRJA02 CC: Subj: File: "INDEX-L LOG9511A" Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 08:11:03 +0000 From: BITNET list server at BINGVMB (1.8a) Subject: File: "INDEX-L LOG9511A" To: CIRJA02@GSVMS1.CC.GASOU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:28:01 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: BALIPETZ@cnsvax.albany.edu Subject: Re: Society of Indexers (SI) - UK ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The address for general correspondence to the Society of Indexers, as given in the April 1995 issue of THE INDEXER is: 38 Rochester Road London NW1 9JJ England Their telephone number is given as: 0171-916 7809. People on SISP-L who do not receive THE INDEXER may be interested to know that it gives information (on the inside front cover) on officers and contact addresses for all four societies that contribute to the journal --US, Australian, Canadian, and UK. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:28:13 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: maryann@mnrosdp.revisor.leg.state.mn.us Subject: creating indexer directories ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'm interested in hearing from other chairs of ASI chapters, or from people in other groups of publishing professionals, about the pleasures and pitfalls of producing a directory of members. I'm thinking about the kind of directory that functions as a marketing tool, one that is mass-mailed to local publishers. Our ASI chapter brought up the question of doing this last year. The members in attendance were interested, but the response to the information-gathering questionnaire was too small for us to go forward. I'm wondering: Is a group with 30 members big enough to do this? How many participants do we need to make this work? What format do publishers prefer (resumes? ads? one standard format?) If you've done this, I'd appreciate any information you're willing to share. Maryann Corbett maryann.corbett@revisor.leg.state.mn.us ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:31:35 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Jonathan Jermey Subject: Re: Multi-author works ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- At 14:58 30/10/95 ECT, Nan wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >I am indexing a multi-authored book which is really a collection of essays. If I >use terms that are accepted in the field, should I cross reference the author's >own terms? > In a word, yes. You also have to consider what terms a naive reader might look things up under - e.g. someone might look up 'dugong' and 'manatee' under 'sea-cow', even though the book never actually uses the term 'sea-cow'. Jonathan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Jermey & Glenda Browne (Blue Mountains Desktop Pty Ltd. - ACN 071 232 016) Blaxland NSW Australia jonathan@magna.com.au Australian Wildlife in the Cheese Shop: "We had some, but the cat's eaten it." ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 09:31:48 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: American Society for Information Science Subject: ASIS '96 Mid Year Call for Participation - Due 11/15 ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Digital Revolution: Assessing the Impact on Business, Education and Social Structures San Diego, CA May 20 - 22, 1996 As the Industrial Revolution radically altered the means of production and transformed in the process the way people viewed their work, their societies, and each other, so too the Digital Revolution has the potential to profoundly alter the way that societies function at the global, local and personal level. From the vastness of the internet to the microchip in a greeting card, a revolution is emerging. The concept of the Digital Revolution relies on two senses of the word "revolution:" that of drastic change, but also that of motion allied with rotation. This is not the first revolution we will confront, neither is it the last. The first suggests the upheaval we are confronting; the second is a reminder that we have been here before: other massive social changes such as the Industrial Revolution had raised equally profound questions and challenged the way that we view the world. What does it mean to participate in this Revolution? What does it mean to ignore it? The Digital Revolution, simply put, involves both subtle as well as radical changes in the way that information is created (by anyone, for example, with a home page or e-mail account as a soapbox), stored (in media, as yet unknown in archival quality), and transmitted (more and more of it, faster and faster in numbers we struggle to comprehend). We would like to think that the effects will be felt by everyone: and in terms of population groups this is true: young as well as old, men as well as women, any ethnic or national group you can name. No employment category (nor the unemployed) will be left out: academics, clergy, police, architects, sales clerks. But parts of these groups will be left out: and the distance between those included and those not included is widening. Any discussion of information demands the consideration of many paradoxes. Perhaps the most important of paradox for this conference is that of information's economic nature: it is an important economic good, but also it is an essential component of all political and social interaction, especially in open, democratic societies. It is a social good that contributes to THE social good: exacerbating the distance between those that have and those that do not. The conference is an exploration of the issues of and the effects that this Revolution is having - or will have - on the ways we conduct business, the ways that we teach, and the ways that we interact to build a social structure that forms our society. The conference seeks to identify and understand the dynamics of these changes, and to develop and debate methodologies for this assessment. Invitation The 1996 ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, "The Digital Revolution: Assessing the Impact on Business, Education and Social Structures" is focused on the trends of the Revolution, their effects, and consequences - intended as well as not, in these particular arenas. We encourage submission of reports of specific events in the Revolution, such as the digital libraries initiatives; evaluation of tools and devices to manage, store, retrieve, and explore the products of the Revolution; and assessment of the policies and guidelines emerging to support its development. We encourage reports of research exploring the areas as noted above. We invite submission of papers, panels, tutorials, demonstrations, and other imaginative uses of the products and processes of the Revolution itself which will enable its understanding. Any message sent to asis96@chestnut.lis.utk.edu will automatically generate an electronic version of the call and the submittal form. It is also available at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville School of Information Sciences homepage at http://pepper.lis.utk.edu/ under ASIS. TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS Contributed Papers The initial intent to submit should include the title and an extended outline or draft paper. Papers should address one or more of the issues outlined above. Presenters of accepted papers will be allowed 15-25 minutes for delivery. All papers will be refereed. All intents to submit papers must be received by November 15, 1995. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 1995; camera ready papers will be due by February 1, 1996. Panel, Special Interest Group, and other Presentations Individual contributions and panel discussions are welcome. All intents to organize sessions should include a description of 250 words indicating the topic and proposed speakers to address the topic, with contact information for all speakers, and an estimation of the time desired. A form for proposing panel sessions is attached. All intents to organize panel presentations and other program suggestions must be received by November 15, 1995. Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 1995: a final list of speakers, with complete contact information, and camera ready copy (full length if desired, or abstracts) will be due by February 1, 1996. Two copies of your proposal and abstracts are required. A paper copy or electronic copy (encouraged, e-mail or ASCII file) should be sent to the addresses below. You will receive instructions for submission of final copy upon acceptance. Deadlines and Submission Addresses: Contributed Papers Proposals/Abstracts: postmarked by November 15, 1995 Finished Papers by February 15, 1996 Panel, SIG and Other Sessions Proposal/Abstracts: postmarked by November 15, 1995 Final speakers and abstract by February 1, 1996 Copy of all proposals to both addresses: Jos -Marie Griffiths Attn: ASIS 1996 Mid Year Meeting University of Tennessee at Knoxville 804 Volunteer Blvd Knoxville, TN 37996 jgriffit@utkvx.utk.edu American Society for Information Science 1996 Mid Year Meeting 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 29010 (301) 495-0900 rhill@cni.org -- ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 14:59:04 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Carolyn Weaver Subject: Organizational meetings, Pacific NW Chapter,ASI ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER American Society of Indexers. (This title is unofficial at the moment, but we're getting there! Come to our next meeting and find out more. Remember to bring your brown-bag lunch as well as your ideas.) When: Wednesday, 8 November 12noon - 2 p.m. Where: Bellevue Regional Library Meeting Room 3 1111 - 110th Avenue N.E. Bellevue, Wa. Why: Find out results of membership survey. Help set direction for our chapter. Talk-up your program wishes. Meet other indexers. Review and approve the draft bylaws. Ten ASI members from Washington and Oregon (the minimum needed to form an ASI chapter) met at Elspeth Pope's house in Shelton, WA., in October to review the regional membership survey and determine the future direction for our group. The consensus of those in attendance (and the results of the survey) indicate that it is time to get formally organized as a Pacific Northwest Chapter which will include both Washington and Oregon. Bylaws were drafted, but before they are submitted to ASI Headquarters, we wanted to provide additional opportunity for review by indexers in both states who were unable to attend the meetings of the ad hoc committee. Accordingly, meetings have been scheduled in Bellevue, WA. at the date and location above, and in Portland on November 11 (location and time to be announced). Do come with your lunch and your ideas for the future. Thanks to Keri Bero, there is also a STRICTLY UNOFFICIAL, STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION(!) home page for the regional group, which gives more information about the chapter formation and interim officers (until elections are held). Check it out at http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~bero/ASI/index.html. For directions to the Bellevue Library, contact Carolyn Weaver at cweaver@u.washington.edu or 206/930-4348. For information about the Oregon meeting, contact Julie Kawabata (jkawa@teleport.com), Louise Martin (lmart@teleport.com), or Karen Shoemaker (karen@edgewood.portland.or.us). Carolyn Weaver Bellevue, Wa. e-mail: cweaver@u.washington.edu voice: 206/930-4348 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:55:47 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: JPerlman@aol.com Subject: Re: Arizona ASI Group ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Attention indexers in Arizona (and New Mexico) Although we can't claim to be a chapter or even a chapter in formation, we're going to try! All ASI members in AZ and NM, as well as any other interested indexers, are welcome to attend our first get-together, as follows: Saturday, December 2nd at Noon on the ASU campus, Memorial Union, Chrysocolla Room (2nd floor) There will be networking, informal presentations, discussion of chapter status, and we hope to plan future meetings. We aim to succeed! Please call for more details or if you can't attend but are interested. Janet Perlman (602) 569-7302 in Phoenix Nan Badgett (520) 825-2892 in Tucson ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:55:59 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Mrowland@aol.com Subject: Cape Cod Joint ASI/FLEA Schmooze ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Society of Indexers and the Freelance Editorial Association will hold a joint Cape Cod Schmooze on Tuesday, November 7 from 6:30 to 9 pm at the East End Grille, 247 Main Street, Hyannis, MA. Stop by for food, drinks, or just to chat about indexing, writing, editing, copyediting, proofreading, desktop publishing, finding work, etc. Please call Paul Kemprecos at (508) 398-9872 or email Marilyn Rowland at Mrowland@aol.com for further information. Marilyn Rowland Pres., MA Chapter, ASI ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:56:17 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: francine cronshaw Subject: Re: creating indexer directories In-Reply-To: ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- As the newly appointed "chapter" contact for New Mexico, I am also wondering about directories. We are a relatively small group, about six folks scattered around northern New Mexico. My notion was less grandiose, perhaps. I am putting together a list of indexers (usually ASI members) with all relevant contact information. In addition, I have tried to determine adequate descriptors for the indexing specializations of each person. The guiding notion is that we indexers are the single best source of referrals for each other. If we have a list to post near the phone, we can refer the overflow to our local colleagues. Here in New Mexico indexers have a problem of invisibility among locally based publishers. One finds out too frequently that what little indexing work there is gets shipped out to Colorado. As well, my own experience sending a packet to locally based publishing houses is zero responses to ten packets. I'm not sure sending a directory would remedy that. Francine Cronshaw East Mountain Editing Services Tijeras, New Mexico ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 10:56:44 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Annblum@aol.com Subject: Re: creating indexer directories ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- MaryAnn, The Maine Indexers Group has published, or is in the process of publishing, a member's directory to be sent to publishers and other organizations. The person to contact about this is Nick Humez (207) 772-8168. This is an incredibly active group of indexers and they are extremely productive. I'm planning on attending their next meeting! When I was involved more in Chapter Relations, I communicated with Nick regularly, and recently met Ed Prucha at an MA meeting. He is another active member of that group. Hope this helps! Ann ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 11:00:16 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: muccie@siam.org Subject: Philadelphia ASI group meeting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Philadelphia group of ASI will hold its fall meeting on Saturday, November 18, 1995 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Brandywine Baptist Church, Route 1, Chadds Ford, PA. All are invited to hear Rita Bartholemew, Reference Librarian at the Ridley Township Public Library, discuss indexes from the user's point of view. Contact Ann Cassar at 610-459-2380 for further information or directions. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 11:03:12 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Angela Thor Subject: Indexing interviews (tape & newsletters) In-Reply-To: <9511030459.AA19201@erc.cat.syr.edu> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Can anyone suggest any good reading, or offer any advice on indexing newsletters which contain a lot of interview material. This is one of those labors of love jobs. I index journals, but this feels different. Also would like information on indexing interviews on audio and video cassette. Thanks for any help you can give. AT ************************************************************************ Angela Thor athor@erc.cat.syr.edu LIBRARIANS ARE NOVEL LOVERS! ************************************************************************ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 11:03:50 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: KCentilla@aol.com Subject: Info wanted on becoming an Indexer ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I would be interested in any information anyone has concerning becoming an Indexer. What training, software, who you contact for jobs, etc. Any resources I could look at. Any info at all will be appreciated. Thank you. I'm in Southern California. Kristin C. Lane ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 13:42:04 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: maryann@mnrosdp.revisor.leg.state.mn.us Subject: Twin Cities chapter of ASI, meeting w/PEN ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Twin Cities chapter of the American Society of Indexers will hold a meeting on Tuesday, November 14, at the Maplewood Public Library, Maplewood MN. This will be a joint meeting of ASI and PEN, the Professional Editors Network. A panel of editors and indexers will answer questions about their experience in publishing work and in freelancing. The meeting will be from 6:45 to 8:45, with a short business meeting pre- ceeding the panel discussion. There will also be time for networking and business card exchange. To get to the library from the south, travel north on 35W to Hwy. 36. Continue east on 36 to Hwy 61. Go north on 61 to Beam Ave. Turn right (east) on Beam. The library is on the right (south) side of the street. Questions? Call Maryann Corbett (612)297-2952, day, or (612)645-5985 eve. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 16:51:51 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Susan Healy Subject: Re: Info wanted on becoming an Indexer In-Reply-To: <199511061703.MAA12772@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Kristin, Welcome to Index-L! This is as good a place as any to begin learning about the world of professional indexers. Have you checked out the ASI WWW page and indexing FAQs? That is another good place to start. The FAQs will provide answers to your questions plus give you more resources to explore. Indexing is a wonderful profession for self-motivated, widely-read, master wordsmiths. Concise writing, discipline, and the ability to quickly read and digest new material is a must! Many of the participants on this list are freelance indexers. Others, like myself, are salaried employees of publishers, research organizations, libraries, and other institutions that have need of our services. Welcome aboard! Sue Healy welsone@freenet.fsu.edu s.healy@genie.geis.com On Mon, 6 Nov 1995 KCentilla@aol.com wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I would be interested in any information anyone has concerning becoming > an Indexer. What training, software, who you contact for jobs, etc. Any > resources I could look at. Any info at all will be appreciated. Thank you. > I'm in Southern California. > > Kristin C. Lane > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:32:31 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Gail Thornburg Subject: Electronic publishing position ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Electronic Publishing/Customer Support Analyst needed. Frontier Engineering is is search of a professional to assist on an electronic publishing project. LAN and end user support experience required; ability to develop basic on-line user applications using Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, or Visual Foxpro required; strong Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office skills required; strong people skills a must. SGML or HTML knowledge a plus. Applicants must have a four year bachelor's degree and 5 years of proven software and/or technical support experience. Apply to: Frontier Engineering Sciences, Inc. 5100 Springfield Pike, Suite 401 Dayton, OH 45431 Phone 513/256-9464, Fax 513/256-9057 EOE/AA M/F/D/V [You may also contact Gail Thornburg, thornbge@cyxsmtp.wpafb.af.mil, if you have further questions about this position.] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:32:41 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Nancy Humphreys Subject: fees for abstracting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The ASI newsletter mentioned that someone on another forum reported receiving the same fees for abstracting as for indexing. I wondered if this is the usual experience? It seems to me that abstracting is something that can be done by more people than indexing and therefore (using the supply and demand of labor model) would pay less. As I might be looking to hire an abstractor, I'm interested in rates. Also, is there a midwinter ASI meeting planned for San Francisco this year? I haven't seen anything about it. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:32:51 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Nan Badgett <76400.3351@compuserve.com> Subject: Acronyms ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- What is the current trend for treating acronyms in computer books? Are locators placed with the acronym with cross references from the spelled out word, or are the entries double posted? I think a novice would tend to look for the acronym first since they may not know what it stands for :) For example, JANET (Joint Academic Network), 5, 7 Joint Academic Network. See JANET (Joint Academic Network) OR JANET (Joint Academic Network), 5, 7 Joint Academic Network (JANET), 5.7 Thanks, Nan Badgett Word-a-bil-i-ty ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:29:26 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Pmauer@aol.com Subject: ASI Annual Meeting in Denver, CO ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I'm still confused about the dates for the ASI Annual Meeting in Denver in May of 1996. In Montreal, I received a handout with the dates of May 18-20, and was told that these were the correct dates. In the most recent issue of KeyWords, the dates are posted as May 16-18. I'd like to take advantage of discount reservations for airfares and hotel reservations, but I'd like to confirm the dates first! Can someone please advise me? Thanks, Peg Mauer ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:29:59 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: REvans4@aol.com Subject: Re: Acronyms ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- If there are only a couple of page references, I include entries for both versions: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 99-101 Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), 99-101 If there are many references, I include the references on whichever version the reader is most likely to look at first: HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 99-101, 105-107, 213-215, 298-304 Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) See HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) If the spelled-out version is rarely used, I include only the acronym version: JCL (Job Control Language), 113-115 Dick Evans ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:30:11 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Seth A. Maislin" Subject: Re: Acronyms In-Reply-To: Nan Badgett <76400.3351@compuserve.com> "Acronyms" (Nov 7, 11:32am) ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- When it comes to indexing acronyms, I have always stuck with one (rather ambiguous) rule: Index the more common or popular term and use a cross reference for the less common or less popular term. In other words, File Transfer Protocol. See FTP World Wide Web (WWW), 34, 57 WWW. See World Wide Web But now you see why this is ambiguous: Which is truly more popular, "WWW" or "World Wide Web"? I personally choose the latter because nobody ever actually speaks "WWW" aloud, and thus it is never "heard." But that's a pretty arbitrary decision. I've tried standardizing by using cross-referencing for *all* acronyms, but there are always situations where that just isn't practical. I mean, who looks up "BASIC programming language" under "Beginner's" or -- at least in the computer world -- "MIT under "Massachusetts"? So standardization has never worked for me, and I've given up trying. I would thus recommend that a standard is developed for determining which term is more popular -- and this involves a tiny bit of research (which basically amounts to asking around or else talking to the project manager or head editor and deferring to his/her judgment). Eventually you develop a knack for "just knowing." There are two easy cop-outs, though. First, if the two terms end up right next to each other in the index (as "World Wide Web" and "WWW" often do), you only need one of them anyway. This occurs all the time, which is fortunate, and then you are only left choosing which to use first: the term or the acronym? Second, if there's only a single page number involved, I simply write both as entries with page numbers. Finally, when I have page numbers, I always give both the term and the acronym, in whichever order. For cross references, however, I only use one for the entry and the other for the term to be references. In other words, with a main entry of FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 33, 56 I'd use the cross reference File Transfer Protocol. See FTP instead of something as redundant (but perhaps more meticulous) as File Transfer Protocol (FTP). See FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Seth ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:30:21 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: maryann@mnrosdp.revisor.leg.state.mn.us Subject: Re: fees for abstracting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Here's a possible reason for abstractors' fees being higher than indexers': If there's any validity to what we heard from Dan Dabney at our September Twin Cities ASI meeting, the field of information science has generated ample evidence that machines are BAD at abstracting. Thus, there are people out there who are already persuaded that they've got to have a person do do their abstracting. As regards indexing, lots of folks do harbor the notion that a machine should be able to do most of it. Not that I agree with them, mind you, but we know those ideas are floating around. They could account for the fee difference. Maryann Corbett ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:30:31 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Macrex@aol.com Subject: Re: fees for abstracting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In a message dated 95-11-07 12:09:25 EST, Nancy Humphreys wrote: >> Also, is there a midwinter ASI meeting planned for San Francisco this year? << Yes. I believe the date is Saturday, January 27th and the location is the Holiday Inn in Emeryville. I'm sure that the next issue of the Golden Gate newsletter will have the details. Gale Rhoades Director Macrex Sales & Support Office ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 16:49:41 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Neva J. Smith" Subject: Re: creating indexer directories In-Reply-To: <199511021430.IAA09973@zoom.bga.com> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Maryann and All, I've thought about Maryann's query regarding regional membership directories for a couple of days. (snippet follows): On Thu, 2 Nov 1995 maryann@mnrosdp.revisor.leg.state.mn.us wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I'm interested in hearing from other chairs of ASI chapters, or from people in > other groups of publishing professionals, about the pleasures and pitfalls > of producing a directory of members. > > I'm thinking about the kind of directory that functions as a marketing tool, > one that is mass-mailed to local publishers. [snip] > > Maryann Corbett > maryann.corbett@revisor.leg.state.mn.us My initial reaction is "ASI puts out the _Indexer Locator_ which publishers can have. It's well organized and looks good." Then, of course, I remembered the answer I got when I asked Bobbie at the administrative office about "circulation." She told me that only about 75 paper copies go out every year. I still don't know if I'd want to create and mail out a directory of my chapter members to a large target audience. I wouldn't consider it unless I could gather a list of the specific individuals responsible for selecting indexers. It can be expensive to do. I do know that people call the ASI office for suggestions, and referrals are made over the phone. To sum up, I'm willing to be convinced that it's a good idea, but I'm still sitting on the fence. Neva President-Elect South Central Chapter ASI > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = Neva J. Smith, MLIS DataSmiths Information Services PO Box 2157 / Round Rock, TX 78680 email: njsmith@bga.com voice: (512) 244-2767 Editor, _Library Currents_ PO Box 2199 / Round Rock, TX 78680