Distance Learning
Indexing courses offered by other organisations include:
- Society of Indexers
- American Society of Indexers
- Book Indexing Personal Tuition (BIPT)
- Graduate School, USDA
- University of California Berkeley
- Hedden Information Management
- Other courses
Society of Indexers
The Society of Indexers 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.
American Society for Indexing
The American Society for Indexing course 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.'
Book Indexing Personal Tuition (BIPT)
Book Indexing Personal Tuition (BIPT) (formerly Book Indexing Postal Tutorials) is a correspondence course originating in Scotland. It consists of five tutorials, involving the compilation of indexes to short texts, chosen to represent most of the problems an indexer is likely to meet.
Please contact Ann Hall or via post: Craigbeck Farm Cottage, Moffat, DG10 9QP, Scotland.
Graduate School, USDA
Run by the Graduate School, USDA, these correspondence course are popular in the US.
- The Basic Indexing course 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 course 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.
University of California Berkeley
University of California Berkeley's Indexing: Theory and Application (distance learning course). '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.'
Hedden Information Management
Hedden Information Management 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 of Indexers lists various other indexing courses and workshops.
