From LISTSERV@BINGVMB.cc.binghamton.eduFri Aug 25 11:00:29 1995 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:55:26 +0000 From: BITNET list server at BINGVMB To: Julius Ariail Subject: File: "INDEX-L LOG9507C" ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:05:22 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Kari Bero Subject: Chapterhood ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Even though this message is aimed at indexers primarily in Washington and Oregon, we can use the help of all indexers who have suggestions. There will be a meeting on 23 July (Sunday) at Elspth Pope's home in Shelton, WA to begin the process of organizing a chapter to replace the more casual meetings we have been having over the last three years. Elspeth will be happy to send a map to anyone who would like to spend a Sunday in the woods, and after a good lunch, help us launch what we hope will be a Pacific Northwest chapter. For those of you who are not fortunate enough to live in the Puget Sound region, we would appreciate your input; specifically what are the greatest benefits YOU have gained from being part of a chapter, rather than just meeting a fellow indexer occasionally. Your ideas will help us move more positively towards a chapter. --Elspeth Pope respond to: Ludgate@wln.com PO Box 58, Shelton, WA 98584 (360)427-0760 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:07:39 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Dwight Walker Subject: Re: Indexing the Internet? Why not? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This is an answer to a question about meta terms in headers of Web pages - use for indexing etc. Have a read of the Concordia University paper on the URL below. Cheers Dwight >X-POP3-Rcpt: dwalker@godzilla >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:49:24 +1000 (EST) >From: Michael Middleton >To: Dwight Walker >Subject: Re: Indexing the Internet? Why not? > >On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Dwight Walker wrote: > >> Hi Mike! >> >> I posed the question of using meta terms in the Web pages on INDEX-L and Ned >> wrote back... >> >> Can you answer the questions about browsers having visible key terms. If you >> can, do you know what level most HTML authorware go to, 2.0 or 3.0... I >> think Netscape has extended HTML e.g. mailto etc. > >I can't answer your question, but you might have a look at Desai's >http://www.cs.concordia.ca/bcd/semantic-header.html that I mentioned in >my paper. > >Michael Middleton > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- Dwight Walker +61-2-3986726 (h) +61-2-4393750 (w) W-F My Home Page: http://www.zeta.org.au/~dwalker AusSI Home Page: http://www.zeta.org.au/~dwalker/aussi.htm ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:07:59 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Ed Deane Subject: SOFTWARE TO TRANSLATE MICROFICHE ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Say, is anyone aware of any software that has been developed to 'translate' text data from microfiche to a computer file? (Would prefer PC related software, but any leads in in Operating System, would be appreciated). Has anyone done any work on this area? Thanks, in advance, for any leads here. You can reply to me individually if you prefer: eddeane@computek.net Ed Deane eddeane@computek.net ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:08:14 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: MCLAUGHB@cgs.edu Subject: SoCal Summer Meeting ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Southern California Chapter of ASI will be holding a joint meeting on August 5 with AMWA, the American Medical Writers Association. We'll be discussing interesting topics related to medical indexes. Bring your questions and comments for a free-ranging discussion. Lorraine Schacher has volunteered her home for this event, a picnic- potluck. We will provide hotdogs and buns, condiments, baked beans, and soft drinks. Please bring a dish to share, such as chips/dips, salad, or dessert. Also, please bring a folding chair or blanket to sit on. Lorraine's address is 3424 Maplewood Ave., West Los Angeles (see Thomas Bros. map #49, D-2). Her telephone is 310-397-5255. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 17:05:19 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Locatelli@aol.com Subject: Indexing software ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Thanks to all of you who responded so helpfully to my request for information on indexing software. I have collated the responses and have already sent copies to those who had previously requested the information. For anyone else interested in the results, just drop me note and I'll be happy to e-mail you a copy. Fred Leise "Between the Lines" Indexing and Editorial Services ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 17:05:30 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: maryann@mnrosdp.revisor.leg.state.mn.us Subject: Re: Chapterhood In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jul 95 17:05:22 +0700." ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello, Elspeth, and best wishes to those studying the question of chapterhood. I joined the Twin Cities chapter when it was already a going concern, so I can't make the precise comparison you ask for. Nevertheless, I think I can say something true about the difference between informal groups and chapters. Indexers can work in such isolation that I could remain completely ignorant of another indexer even if that person lived within blocks of me. Only when that person joins the national, and when the national then tells the chapter about him/her, do I learn that I have a neighbor who shares my interests. With the national's recordkeeping help, chapter status helps us find out about other indexers we wouldn't otherwise meet. Maryann Corbett maryann.corbett@revisor.leg.state.mn.us ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:28:14 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Lori Lathrop <76620.456@compuserve.com> Subject: Rocky Mountain Indexing Conference ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (ASI) is pleased to announce the first annual Rocky Mountain Indexing Conference. The conference will be on Saturday, September 30, 1995, at the Boulder Public Library. The agenda is: 8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM - Noon BASIC INDEXING TECHNIQUES Speaker: Linda Fetters, Past President - ASI, and author of _A Guide to Indexing Software_ and _Handbook of Indexing Techniques: A Guide for Beginning Indexers_ Noon - 2:00 PM Lunch / Schmoozing 2:00 - 3:30 PM HANDLING THE FREELANCE LIFE Speaker: Vicki Agee, Agee Indexing Services, Albuquerque, NM, specialist in periodical, book, and archival indexing 3:30 - 4:00 PM Break / Schmoozing 4:00 - 5:30 PM INDEXERS IN CYBERSPACE (with Internet demo) Speakers: Lynn Moncrief, TECHindex & Docs, Tustin, CA and Janet Perlman, Southwest Indexing, Scottscale, AZ REGISTRATION FOR ASI MEMBERS: ---------------------------- $30.00 Advance registration (before 9/01/95) $35.00 At the door REGISTRATION FOR NON-ASI MEMBERS: -------------------------------- $45.00 Advance registration (before 9/01/95) $50.00 At the door Send registration form below to: Lori Lathrop President - Colorado Chapter, ASI P.O. Box 3065 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 ********** REGISTRATION FORM: Name:___________________________________________________________________ Company/Organization:___________________________________________________ Mailing address:________________________________________________________ City:___________________________________ State________ Zip____________ E-mail address:_________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________ Fax:_______________________________ Make checks payable to ASI - Colorado Chapter, and mail this form, along with your registration fee, to: Lori Lathrop, ASI - Colorado Chapter, P.O. Box 3065, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 ********** CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS: ------------------------- Registration fees are fully refundable, less a $5.00 handling fee, if cancellation notice is received by September 8, 1995. QUESTIONS? ---------- Contact Lori Lathrop at 76620.456@compuserve.com or LMLathrop@aol.com or by calling 303-567-4011 or 303-567-9533. ************************************************************************* Lori Lathrop ----------> INTERNET:76620.456@compuserve.com Lathrop Media Services, P.O. Box 3065, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 Home office: 303-567-4011 / Home phone: 303-567-9533 ************************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:28:27 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: J.A.Lawrence@massey.ac.nz Subject: Re: SOFTWARE TO TRANSLATE MICROFICHE ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Ed, what I suspect you need is a microform reader scanner. This can be used as a reader printer but can also act as a digital scanner. There ia a series of very good articles on this technology im `Microform Review" 21(4) Fall 1992 p.146-153 If you have difficulty getting copies I will be happy to FAX them to you if you E-Mail your Fax no. Good luck >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Say, is anyone aware of any software that has been developed to 'translate' >text data from microfiche to a computer file? (Would prefer PC related >software, but any leads in in Operating System, would be appreciated). Has >anyone done any work on this area? Thanks, in advance, for any leads here. >You can reply to me individually if you prefer: eddeane@computek.net >Ed Deane >eddeane@computek.net > > Judy Lawrence Audiovisual Librarian Massey University Library Private bag 11054 Palmerston North New Zealand Phone 64 6 3569099 ex 7839 Fax 64 6 350 5605 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:28:43 ECT Reply-To: amadigan@ednet1.osl.or.gov Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Ann Madigan Subject: Re: Indexing software ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Fred, Please send me a copy of your info re indexing software. I'm considering a new career! Thanks, Ann Madigan -- x ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Ann Madigan, District Media Coordinator Stanfield School District phone: (503) 449-3851 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:28:55 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: JEVN@aol.com Subject: Re: Indexing software ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am interested in receiving a copy of your results. Thanks! Judy Evans email: JEVN@AOL.COM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:29:07 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Australian Society of Indexers AusSI Subject: New site for Australian Society of Indexers Web pages ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am glad to announce that AusSI now has its own Web site and account. As of now, I have moved all the files to the following URL: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi Please update all your bookmarks, hotlists and HTML handiwork... Any mail to AusSI about the Web page or anything in general may be directed to: aussi@zeta.org.au Max McMaster at mindexer@interconnect.com.au is also a prime contact point... If you should use my private account's Web page you will be kindly pointed to the above ;-) This is a step forward and I look forward to greater things to come. Next issue of our Newsletter should be spelling out the above plus inviting participation in the content to be held in it. Here's to the future! Long live AusSI Web... Cheers Dwight ------- Dwight Walker Webmaster Australian Society of Indexers ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:29:19 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Dwight Walker Subject: Re: Hardware backups ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >>Hmm. Interesting idea. I have a 286 PC at home that would function well as a >>DOS-based backup. My question is, how do you connect the two? What hardware and >>software are you using? > >>John Overbaugh johno@spry.com > >DOS 6 comes with a simple two-machine networking system called INTERLNK. I use ZIP by E. Meyer. It is a very small shareware MSDOS utility (13KB). You must have a serial cable and a NULL modem to connect the two computers. Start ZIP on say the 486 then put it into server mode. Start ZIP on say the XT. From the XT (client) end you can issue commands like Fetch and Log (change directory). It is a little clunky with one letter commands but is not that hard to learn. The beauty of it is that you don't have to boot up one of the machines with INTERLNK and the other with INTERSVR simultaneously. You just start ZIP on one then ZIP on the other. It can download whole disks or directory trees creating directories on the fly at the other end. I believe you can use it to update files by choosing to not overwrite data that is newer etc... Speed is about 2KB/s Anyway, I have loaded it to: godzilla.zeta.org.au /arch/Local zip.zip Bye Dwight Source: Australian Personal Computer magazine 2 or 3 years ago - stuck to cover ---------------------------------------------------------- Dwight Walker +61-2-3986726 (h) +61-2-4393750 (w) W-F My Home Page: http://www.zeta.org.au/~dwalker AusSI Home Page: http://www.zeta.org.au/~aussi ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:29:45 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: "Neva J. Smith" Subject: 2-day Chapter workshops? ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Indexers, here is my Bottom line first: Would you attend a 2-day chapter meeting of your ASI chapter if it was offered? Background: The South Central Chapter of ASI encompasses Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. I am looking for ways to make chapter meetings worth the time and effort of travel over long distances. We do move our meetings around to various cities. My line of thought was perhaps once a year we would have a 2-day miniconference, and our other meeting would retain the 1 day format. I hope we could put together practical hands-on workshops with best-practices panel/discussions, and perhaps some trans-organizational presentations. For example, I'd like to ask the Society of Technical Communicators, the Special Libraries Association, and a copyeditors' group to co-sponsor a program. (Not all at the same meeting.) I think that our members would be drawn to a conference with substantive information, and wouldn't be as interested in social-event meetings. (Who wants to drive 4 hours in each direction to go to dinner?) It may be possible to have social get-togethers in smaller, localized groups. Please feel free to send responses directly to me at njsmith@bga.com if you don't want to reply to the list. Thanks in Advance for your thoughts on these things. Neva > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = > = - * - = < = 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 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:30:18 ECT Reply-To: Indexer's Discussion Group Sender: Indexer's Discussion Group From: Elinor Lindheimer Subject: Re: Chapterhood ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Maryann Corbett gave us yet another advantage of ASI chapterhood over informal group of indexers. Here are a few others: Money: For each person who is a member of your chapter, you get $3 per year from ASI, which helps with postage and other expenses. Training: You become eligible to have an ASI-sponsored workshop. Leadership development: Active members of a chapter learn valuable skills in meeting planning, speaking, interpersonal relations, etc. These skills translate into a professional demeanor that comes across to clients. Status: Behind a member, or even better, a director of a chapter looks very good on a resume. You show that you are active in your profession and have the respect and backing of your colleages. Good luck to you all in the Northwest! Elinor Lindheimer President, American Society of Indexers