Melbourne Indexers: What was your most challenging index?
What was your most challenging index? What aspects of the job made it challenging? Perhaps it was your first job, the clients were difficult or the book itself was massive […]
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Melbourne Indexers: How are books constructed?
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall 1 Pakington St, Kew, VIC, AustraliaHave you ever made your own book? After a brief discussion on the process of how a book is bound there will be a chance to make your own simple […]
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Melbourne Indexers: Index to the Chicago Manual of Style index chapter
'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, AustraliaThe chapter on indexing in the Chicago Manual of Style is published separately with its own index. The content of the 16th and 17th editions is very similar, yet their […]
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Melbourne Indexers: Embedded indexing
'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, AustraliaWhat is embedded indexing? One form is to embed the index in MS Word. How is this done and can indexing software be used to assist? Various options will be […]
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Melbourne Indexers: Five things you like to have at hand while indexing
'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, AustraliaYou have the indexing software and a copy of the item you are indexing, what else do you require or like to have at hand to work effectively? It could […]
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Melbourne Indexers: Comparing indexes to biographies
'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, AustraliaComparing indexes to biographies The way indexers index the main character of the biography can vary from not having an entry under their name to placing everything under their name […]