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Distance Learning

Indexing courses offered by other organisations include:

Society of Indexers

The Society of IndexersExternal link has written and administers a training course based on the principle of open learning. Units, tutorial support and formal tests are all available separately so that individuals can learn in their own way and at their own pace.

Training in indexing: the Society of Indexers’ course, by Ann Hudson, IWP - Information  Wissenschaft & Praxis, 2007, Heft 8, Seiten 407-409.External link

American Society for Indexing

The American Society for Indexing course External link is adapted under license from the Society of Indexers' prestigious and well-established distance-learning course. 'Distance learners will be able to explore indexing and how to index via three self-study units supplied on three interactive CDs.'

Graduate School, USDA

Run by the Graduate School, USDA, these correspondence course are popular in the US.

  • The Basic Indexing courseExternal link uses 'back-of-the-book indexing techniques based on the style of the University of Chicago Press, the most common style used by U.S. publishers'.
  • The Applied Indexing courseExternal link builds on the Basic Indexing course.

Indexing classes offered by the Graduate School (USDA), by Kari Kells, IWP - Information Wissenschaft & Praxis, 2007, Heft 8, Seiten 410-412.External link

University of California Berkeley

University of California Berkeley's Indexing: Theory and Application (distance learning course).External link 'In this course, you learn the fundamentals of writing, editing, and delivering back-of-the-book indexes to publishing clients. You also learn the basic format, guidelines, and term selection approaches of embedded and Web indexing, using three major indexing software programs to complete several of your assignments.' Course syllabus. External link

  • Globalization and the indexer: reflections from the UC Berkeley Extension course: by Sylvia Coates, Heather Ebbs and Max McMaster, The Indexer, 2011;29(1):31–33.

Hedden Information Management

Hedden Information Management External link offers web-based training in indexing of web sites and intranets to both experienced and inexperienced indexers. Courses comprise Taxonomy Creation and Web Site indexing.

Other Courses

The American Society for Indexing lists various other indexing courses and workshops.External link

 

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