Date: November 11, 2007, 2-4 pm
Speaker: Heather Hedden
Presented by the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers
A-Z indexes are the standard means of searching within books, manuals, and online help, but are often needlessly replaced by on-site search engines when it comes to web sites and intranets. This presentation shows the advantages of A-Z indexes for web sites and how and when to implement them.
In this program, Heather will present the following:
* Examples of web site A-Z indexes
* Benefits of A-Z indexes and the types of sites for which they are most suitable
* Demonstrations of how to use two different web site indexing tools, HTML Indexer and XRefHT
* Special considerations in indexing web sites
* A discussion of other kinds of indexes, databases, and taxonomies
Location: San Mateo Main Library, 55 West Third Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402
Parking is free in the underground garage. The library is fully accessible.
This event is free, but registration is requested. To register contact Margot Diltz, Cengage Corp., 650-413-2724 or [email protected].
About the Speaker: Heather Hedden is an information taxonomist with Viziant Corporation in Boston and also principal of Hedden Information Management, through which she provides contract indexing services. Previously she worked on thesauri and taxonomies as senior vocabulary editor at Gale here in Belmont (previously Information Access Company in Foster City). She was a member of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (1994-1997) before moving back East and joining the New England Chapter, where she served as vice president (2005) and president (2006). She was also manager of the Web Indexing SIG of the American Society of Indexers for two years (2005-2006). In addition to giving conference workshops on web site indexing, Heather teaches an online course in web site indexing through the continuing education program of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and she is the author of the book Indexing Specialties: Web Sites published by Information Today Inc. Heather can be reached at [email protected].
For more information, contact Roslyn Donald, Business Librarian, San Mateo Main Library, 650-522-7815 or [email protected].
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