New England Chapter
American Society for Indexing

New England chapter (NEASI) Fall 2019 Meeting

Saturday, December 7th
10 am – 3:30 pm

The Richard W. Black Community Center
48 Lebanon Street
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

$10 members/$20 non-members
(lunch included)

10:00-10:30 Registration and Coffee

10:30-10:45 Welcome and Introductions

10:45-12:00 Using Tablet Computers for Indexing

Marking up proofs for indexing is a mainstay practice for many indexers, yet many of us prefer greener work habits and enjoy the portability of our work. Enter the tablet! With special electronic “pens” indexers can mark up proofs right on screen and even use their tablets as a second monitor while inputting index terms. Tablets can also be used for other business practices such as signing contracts. Michelle Guiliano and Joan Shapiro will demonstrate how they use iPads for indexing in conjunction with Windows-based computers. (A version of this workshop was presented at ASI’s “Bloom in the Desert,” Scottsdale, Arizona, April 27, 2019.) We’ll even do a live demonstration of marking up an excerpt from The Invention of the Sewing Machine (see below).

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Business Meeting

Preview of “Indexing Crossroads,” 2020 national conference

1:30-2:45 Indexing Exercise and Review:

Peer reviews are helpful way to see the work of other indexers and discuss the challenges of indexing. This indexing exercise goes beyond the typical peer review process by having all attendees prepare a short index prior to the meeting. We will all be indexing two chapters from the book The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper and at the meeting we will discuss the similarities and differences among our indexes. Upon registration, a pdf of the entire book will be sent to the participant so register early! You will not be required to share your index with other chapter members but to fully participate in the discussion you should have completed the index ahead of time.

2:45-3:30 Wrap-up and networking opportunity

Registration Information

There is parking onsite and overflow parking on the street.

The Hanover Garden Club will be holding their annual Holiday Sale from 9 a.m. to noon in the same building. They will be selling fun things like scarves, plants, and food as a fundraiser for their activities.

Event:
Indexes in Ebooks and Embedded Indexing

Date: Thursday, April 5, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Cengage Learning, 10 Channel Center, 3rd floor, Boston, MA
Evening rate parking is available in a lot on A Street for $8 or in the Necco Street garage for $10, or take the Red Line to Broadway. It’s also not far to walk from South Station.
This event is free.

In an event co-organized by Bookbuilders of Boston, the New England Chapter of the American Society for Indexing (http://newenglandindexers.org), and the Digital Publications Indexing Special Interest Group of American Society for Indexing (https://digital-publications-indexing.org), and hosted by Bookbuilders member Cengage Learning (www.cengage.com), we will learn and discuss issues in incorporating the book index into digital publications.

We will have a featured presentation on Indexes for Digital Publications followed by brief presentations on the status of index production from two leading publishers: Mary Rabinowitz, Executive Director, Higher Education Production for textbooks at Cengage Learning and Teresa Elsey, Senior Managing Editor of the group that produces ebooks for the Trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This will be followed by a Q&A, and hopefully some good discussion. There will also be networking time and food sufficient for a light supper (rice bowls from Grainmaker). Join us!

“Indexes for Digital Publications: “The Battle of the Books”
Presented by Stephen Ingle
In 1704 the Irish author Jonathan Swift satirically described a literal “battle of the books” in the King’s Library in London. Today we are witnessing several battles in the digital publishing sphere: between proponents and opponents of indexes, between freelance indexers and their customers who want more for less, and even between individual indexers about the best way to approach indexing for digital books. The good news is that we are starting to see some emerging solutions to these conflicts. This presentation will offer suggestions on how publishers can maximize customer value by utilizing the potential of digital indexes in the most cost-effective way.

Stephen Ingle is the president and CEO of WordCo Indexing Services, Inc. (www.wordco.com), founded in 1988 and located in Norwich, Connecticut. He has served on the national board of the American Society for Indexing (ASI). His interests include publishing workflows, especially as they pertain to digital publishing. He is presenting at the Textbook & Academic Authors Association annual conference in Santa Fe in June.

Register here.

Please direct any questions to Heather Hedden at heather.hedden@cengage.com