Dear fellow indexers, If you didn’t get around to submitting your entry to the 1st ever ASI Web-Indexing SGI Award it’s not too late. Submission for...
The fee for exhibiting at the American Society of Indexers ASI conference (which includes the pass to attend the conference session) costs only $1 more than...
For those of you who don't already know, the American Society of Indexers (ASI) of which the Web Indexing SIG is an affiliate, has changed its name to the...
The Web Indexing SIG will need to update its web site banner that appears at the top of every page to reflect the name change from the "American Society of...
Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to introduce myself :-) My name is Sara and I have a background in librarianship and genealogical research. I'm just about...
Hi Sara, Welcome to the group. You have come to the right place if you want to learn about web indexing; some of the best persons in the field are members. ...
It's good to see ASI broadening its interest group outside of indexers to all in the indexing world. With Google and Yahoo! used so broadly I am sure indexing...
Actually, ASI members have long included indexers with interests in areas beyond books indexing. The only members ASI doesn't have are computers, whose ...
While not a computer, I am a computer programmer. And the word index does not equate to sort. The word index has referred to book indexes for centuries but...
From an article in today's NY Times. They not only write the books -- they also generate the index for each. The books can be profitably printed and sold one...
Hi everyone, I would like to arrange a meeting time for SIG members so that we can meet and get to know each other. This does not have to be at the time being...
You definitely need to sort data to find information. I guess there is also classification which gives more depth to the index. A thesaurus can help a person...
The Web-Indexing SIG of ASI will meet from 5:15 until 5:30PM on Friday, May 2, during the time frame designated for SIG and chapter meetings. If you have an...
I have just about completed the first stage of my Alphabetical Internet Index. << http://www.alphabeticalist.com >> My strategy has been to wade through 13...
My problem is with the whole enterprise: before seeking for ways to manually construct an internet index you need to demonstrate that a manually-constructed...
Hi Marty, You are missing step (0) -- determine whether there is a problem in the first place. You have _assumed_ that there is a problem with finding ...
... in part: "You are missing step (0) -- determine whether there is a problem in the first place. You have _assumed_ that there is a problem with finding...
New linked Internet indexes to "hobbies" and "sports" Here is our new linked index to hobbies -- just put up today. http://www.howto-ville.com/hobbies.html ...
About the Internet Public Library (IPL) -- one of the best Internet directories. A consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science...
Our website now points to 15 important and authoritative directories. We use their “topics” and "subjects" as a start for a controlled vocabulary. The...
Indexing the Internet -- a guide to some good articles on the subject. Evidently, it is no longer (2008) fashionable or even acceptable to consider the...
Dear All, My name is Margaret Pappas. I am a professional librarian however, I am VERY NEW to indexing. I have a book indexing project that will entail VERY...
Hi Margaret, Welcome to the web indexing SIG. Are you stating that you want to index the book and also include the exact paragraph, line and place where the...
Hi Margaret (and others) I may be missing the point of your email, having now deleted your original one, but your 'interesting' way (below) looks to be...
On a computer screen, a search say in Google, would highlight the word in the page in the results pages in bold or with some colour background such as yellow. ...
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