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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, Australia

    You 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 […]

  • Melbourne Indexers: Comparing indexes to biographies

    'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Comparing 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 […]

  • Melbourne Indexers: Five things from the indexing puzzle bag

    'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Five things from the indexing puzzle bag The indexing puzzle bag contains a collection of topics we may puzzle over. What is the common way to display page ranges? How […]

  • Melbourne Indexers: Improving indexing speed

    'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Improving indexing speed More haste, less speed, they say (and we have probably all experienced). We will discuss tips on how to improve your indexing speed. Carparking is available down […]

  • Melbourne Indexers: Selecting indexing terms

    'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Selecting indexing terms In a group exercise we will select indexing terms for a short article and compare the results Carparking is available down the side of the building. If […]

  • Melbourne Indexers: Shortened forms

    'Peppercorn' Meeting Room, Level 1 Hawthorn Library 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

    Shortened forms Shortened forms can be abbreviations, contractions, acronyms, initialisms or symbols. What’s the difference? What punctuation is needed? How are they capitalised? How do you make them plural? How […]