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New South Wales BranchAGMThe Annual General Meet ing of the New South WalesBranch wi l l be held at 6.30 pm on Wednesday '1 2March 2003, at the New Hong Kong Restaurant , 44Macleay Street , Pot ts Point . The AGM wi l l be fo l lowedby a Chinese banquet , at the subsid ised cost of $30pe r pe rson , d r i nks i nc luded .

RSVP Alan Walker by 10 March v icepre: ;G. . iu : ;s i .O T q

For fur ther in format ion see the not ice on page 5 ofthe January/February issue of the News/etter.

Indexinq CoursesC_onduct-ed by MaxMcMasterVenue: Centre for Business Solut ions, 40 Royal Street ,East Per th.

Jou rna l i ndex ingThis hal f -day course is speci f ica l ly designed for anyoneresponsib le for prepar ing annual or cumulatrveindexes for journals, magazines, or newslet ters in al ibrary, commercia l publ isher or communi tygroup/society set t ing. The course wi l l cover : decid ingwhat to index; number of indexes to be inc luded;sty le of author entr ies; t i t le entr ies; anonymous i tems;and select ion of subject terms.

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Refresher Back-of-Book indexingThis hal f -day course is speci f ica l ly designed for thoseindexing students who are p lanning to at tend thefu I l -d ay I n termed iate Back-of-Book indexin g cou rse,but have forgot ten or are unsure of some of the basicindexing e lements. Areas to be covered inc lude:select ion of headings and sub-headings; format t ing ofnames; cross-references; issues of edi t ing and sty le;and length of index.

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Jun 19-21ASI conference, Vancouver, Canada

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Indexing the World of InformationAn intqrnat iqnal qonfe. renc-e_hqsted by the

Austra l ian Society of lnr iexers

The Austra l ian Society of Indexers wi l l be host ing an in ternat ional indexing conference in September 2003.

Dates: Fr iday 12 to Saturday 13 September 2003

Venue: Car l ton Crest Hote l , 169- i7g Thomas Street , Sydney

Cost : Austra l ian Society of Indexers members AUS$330, non-members AUS$380. Late reqis t rat ion (af ter13 July) members AUS$3S0, non-members AU5$430

The conference program features papers and panels g iv ing an in ternat ional perspect ive on indexing names,indexing standards and the teaching of indexing. Also featured are papers and panels that examine how thetradi t ional sk i l ls of indexing, thesaurus construct ion, c lass i f icat ion and database management are in tegrat ingwi th the in format ion archi tecture and content management of the onl ine wor ld.

This conference is packed wi th in terest ing topics, chai lenges and ins ights.

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crs-Anna (iiflbrcl (A(ll-R), \''icki

Court (I l .oyal Historical Soc:ict\ ' ) and

Marr Russel l (Womcn's l lcalth \ ' ' icto-

r ia)-provided a st imulat ine nichl <l1'

tht--ir own t:xpcriences n'ith the d<:vel-

opmcnt-, mit intcnancc and intcncled

usagc of i l Lhcsatrt 'us rvhich rvould be

rrniqrrc t<t t . i reir c:<t l lect ions at lcl rc-

quirt : t le nts., , \ I l of ' thest ' meelir l5{s t 'cre Iol lowcd

bv cl inncr l t t a trcarbr, resl l luranl

u'hr:r<: t l r<r (:ol lvcrsal i()ns ancl bonhtl-

mic r:xtcnrlcd fal into thc nieht. I l is aqreal ple.rsurc to the (,omrnitt .ec that

t.hcst: I icc rvorkshops alt fact. sl .udcnts,

indcxcrs, l ibrarians, cditors, archi-

vists-tht: rvholc brcadth o{ ' thc inlor-

m:rt ion profi :ssion and t]rc c:nsuing

dinner l) ; l r t \- cnsures thal new {aces

arc welcottt t :d int.<-r otrr Sot: ietv and

hopefrr l l l ' remirin rr ' i lh trs for sonrcr

vcitrs l() aonic.Wt' conch-rt lc 'd l l t t ' r 'c:trr rvi lh ; t t l -

o t h c r h o m r ' - l r r s t ' t l p l t ' - ( . l r r i s t m : r s

er:l -l ogtt h t:r.

NIax lr{<. l lastt : t 'has bccn len busr

taking his trainine c()r.rrses in index-

ing back-of-t lrc-book, r latabascs. prr:-

torial col lcct ions altcl . jorrrnalsthrclughout , ' \uslmlia ; t trd ctven as tar

as Neu Zeaiand. - l-hank

votl {br being

such a rvonderful antbassarlor nnd

rnc:ntot, Nlax.Both NIax and .f ohn Simkin havtr

pror, ir lccl input to thc Sociclr 's l- t luca-

t ion Commrlte<;, ancl . fohn has onct:

again takcn on th(: rolt : o{ Chair of thc

jr-rdgine pancl {br t l ' rc lndexcrs Nlcdal,

togethcl rvi th .A.nrr Rcnl lev anrl I 'anl

. lonas. \ \ Ie l . i rank thern al l l i i r thtr t inrt:

and thought thev givt: to lhis role.

As I anr steppit ls down f i t lm bcinq

I 'rcsidenl of thc \r ictori i rn Branch al

this AGN{, I rvoulcl l ikc' to thank sin-

cerely al l thc Crlmmit lee members f irr

thc constanl suPl)()r l : lnd cnthusiasnr

thel ' havt: givcn to me in this rolc.

.Jenniler Csorba 1()ok on the posit . ion()f S(:cret.itll' t\\'() Y(litrs aqo artd hlts

madc :r rvonderful contr ibution in t .hl l t

role. I havt: depcndcd upon her good

humour and mctictr lous applicat. ion

in he r rcslxtnsi l t i l i t . ies and shal lgrt:ath miss her c:ont.r ibul ion i tr fu-

ntrc.l{ ;rrgarct Findlay and AC}.R havc

onc.c again provide:r l us rvith 'hotne

i rnd hca t t i r ' , n ( ) t o r l l ) f i r r our ( ,ommr l -

lee meetinqs btrt . also for sonrt of <lur

workshops and mosl. o1'our lraininq

scssion. We do aJrprcci:rtc: thcir ge rt t :r-

oslt \ ' .

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sponsorccl br )r l ielscn I3ookData. . f i l lH al l i dar, 's in r lcx I o t .h t : ( )xJbr d' l ' cxtbookof Orthopaed,iu urttl l-ratuna (Oxfbrrll inivcrsitv l)ress) rvas highl l ' conr-nrenrk:r l , :urcl . , \nn I ludson's indcx l .or.h t-. .l ourrt a I o f t h e Rri t.ts h .,lrr: lure ol o g i; al1tss t.t ci a !.iott lvas c<lmmenrlcd.

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Conference 2003This vcar's conferencc is in ( l l : rssor

on e7 to 29 . |u r rc 2003, a t S t ra thc lvc lcUnivcrsit i ' , ncar the centre o{ ' t}rc cit l .Cal led'A Scots Quair ' , the r:onf 'ct 'cncervi l l rrrvt:r ' :r rvicl t : rangc of ' topics rt ' -l : r t c r l t c r index ing . (Aquo,n ' i s a l i te ran ,rvork in Scols langrragc-).

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'book in-dcxing' i inlone 'Bri tairr 's besl l) ;r idpart-t imt: . ;obs' and clainrcd l l ral in-dcxcrs r:oulcl carn f30 an hotrr, l . i rr-rsmaking f( i00 fbr a 20-horrr u'eek. As aresult. thc Sor: ictv of lk:t :s lvr:rc f looclcdwith en quiric s liont Eat rcaclcrs. A let-l c r \ ' : r s s ( ' r l l ( , l h c r n l r g ; r z i n t ' p , r i n t i n uo u t l l r ; r t i t q l r ' < ' a n ( ) \ c l - o i r t i r n i s t i r '

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postcr-l on l.hc Socit:t1' rvcbsite.A l thor rg l r i l w ; rs a J r i t v tha t the ar t i -

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inclexing has prorlpted n)c t() root

arormrl t . l rrr lrrgh mv <l ld lrrclcx-1., post -

irrgs in scarch of mt'- fwelve Step l ' ro-gram fbl lndexers. Althougli it rvas

sc:nt i l l r-nos( f i lur vcltrs ago, rt r :nighthavc somt: tangerrt ial rclevance 1o thcprescnt discussion.

\Vcl l , thc thread ort legal indexirrg,and thc commc:nt t- iral a supportgroup andior ' 12-step prograrr i ur ightlrt' nt:t:ricd br. defio<-kcd larvvcrs lrlt'-i n { t l r , ' i r r t l t ' x i r r g t r a r l t . l t a : 1 , r ' , , t l i l , ' t lnlc out ol 'my letharg-r" to expancl this

[semi-seriousJ suggestion to indexersin scncr:r l . '

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come Lurnirlrage;rblc.C,anrc to believe that clnlv sell'-conJlrlertt:r antl rt I'ou,er of Detach-

nrent coulr l restort us t() siul l t \ ' .Nlacie :r clccisiotr to turn ()ul ' pr()-

l i ' ss ion : r l l i r cs i r r r t l t ' t ' p t t t ; t l i o r tsolcr l() t l tc pracl- i t :c of our cltosct ' tcal l i rrg as wc underst irnd i t .l\ladc a searchinll arr<l fearless rt'-vicn of thc' orgauizir l . iotr ancl stvl t :

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indexes, : tncl rvhen wc l{cru wr()ng

hopec.l thal rvtr criukl t:atclr tht: t:r-rors in l jmt:-

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I )e r year ( l0 i ssues) o r t :S$9 fo r a sum-plt: ol thc i l rst threc issues, palablc:thror.rgh Pavl'al lrvhich adds thc r:ostlo vour crcrl i l r :arr l) . 11 is rvr i t tcn t l\ l r n r ' r \ l r r l r ; r n r . k t t r , N n l o n l ( ) s l i n -clext--rs as I lre: arrt hcir' <tl lttdexing Boohs .

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lbr an onl inen(\ ' \ l ( ' t l ( ' r- tht:y 've gol to be kid-dingl ' , countcrcd bl commcnt.s ol) thecost. ol-crc;rt ing ancl clcsigning contcntno mal.ler vn'hat the dcliverl nrr:l.hoclis, ancl Lhe exyrected valuc of thr: ccln-tent givcn th<: credentials of thc au-thor. I lopcful lr ' , Nanq' cari makc acclmrl<:rcial success of ' this as thc v;r lrrco{ '

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gcl \ \rha( votr iral l i rr ' .- fhc

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' IJou lo r l :rkr monev rt:acl ingbooks' (n' i th salan f igurcs on in(lcx-in!r and comJrarair lr prol 'essions suc.lrns Icr:hnical rvr i t ing). Thcre: is also a

Q&A sccr. ion which acldrcsses ques-t iclns o{ ' mult ivolunrc indcxt:s andwhether l i r l l nan.res have to bc in-c.lr-rdt:d afi.r:r' abblcviutions. Thc soft-lvar'(i sccl ion lookcd al cliax andZont:al irrnr (a f ircrr l l l ul i ich keeps in-lr lr( lcrs out, rrn(l ;r lso givcs vor. l controlovu' Lhc surprising number of ' cr;n-n t r : l i o t t s v r ) r n ( ) \ \ n ( o m l ) u l ( ' t l r i t ' s l omakt: rvi t l i l .hc: Intcrnr:( rvi th<iul askingvou f irst. !) .

Wc al l knon that lVlari lyn lvlonro<:was born

'Nornur .J<:an', or do rvei

Nanct ' 's rt :s<:arcir on thc lveb cori-l l rmcd 1h;i t hcl birth name \\ .as'Nornra.Jc; lnt: ' . I 'v<: also used thc rvelrI o <onllrm Lhc t.orrccl 'n'ersicln of'namcs. althotrch i t ustral ly . tust con-f irms thc incrediblt : I)r 'ol)ort ior l ofmislakcs on Lht: lvt:b. 11's <ibviorrs I 'nrnot t-hr: onlv on(l unslrre aboul' l )o ro l . l t t :a N lackr l la r ' r ' s ' l )o ro th t :a\{cl(c1lar ' . { i rr cxamplc.

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Ilc:rslr, secrtion (\,\'ori ssuc) .

Sydngy MorningI{era ldDecember 28-29 2002l n ' N e w s R c v i t : n ' ' ( p a e e l ' 1 ) . J o h nIluxley n'r i tes, 'Funnir:st book ol ' t .ht:year: ir dead-hcat between Trugical$, IlVas un Onlt 7-utin:

'l-ht Ootnplde ['ett:r

Ooolt rnd Rreu:er's Rogttcs. I'illains tLndLt:centrics, br' \\Iilliam I)on:rlrlson, inrvhosr: h:rnds even the indt:x bt:contes

a dangerous rvcal)on. Fclr examlt lc:,"\{agnetic, bel icr, ing onr:sclf to bc.See L,dinbrrrqh, I ' r ince: I 'hi l ip, Dr-rkc:o l . " '

Robert DessaixA Mother 'sDisgraceAngus & Robertson, Pymble,NSW, 1994L, \1 , E , A , 13 , C l , D . . . and rvhv no t ? lnthis aut.obioeraprhical rvtirk-c:c:ntrt:clon his discovcrf 'o{ '}r is nnlural molhc:r,bul ;r lso c.<ivcrine his studies irr I l rrs-

si ir- l{obt:rt [)cssaix writcs (p. 02):'- fhc

ciass papcr wo h;rd to rvr i fc on

l)ostocvskl lvas lcss "[ ic:c:": i t had to bt--coucht:r l in str ic:t l r , Marxist i i tcrarl 't ( :rms and thc bibl ioeraphi had to lr t :-

gin rvith thc letter L I 'or Lcnin, then soon lo N{ fbr Marx, [- fbr L,ngels andonlv Lhcn to A. B. ct.(. . No onc minrlcdo r t l r o t r q h t i l o d d . \ \ ' r ' r r t ' r t ' . j t r s t g i r i l r uunl<; ( lacsar' . \ luch thc sanre thinehauocns lodar in Auslral ian tert ian'i n ' t i t u t i o t t s , l r l i t ' r a l l , r . h e r t ' , i I n o t i nthe b ib l iography ' , a t l cas t in the lcx t ,rve i ind thc obl isat.or-\ . n)el)t ion ofI \ r i s t ( ' \ r , S a i d , I j o r r r ; r r r l l . L a t ; t t t .l r igarat, . . . Wc.. just havt: : t rvidcr rangcol orthod<ixics stnrgel ine lol domi-nl lnc<: 1rcrc-anrl the prrbl i<. 's indif fer-cl lco lo al l of them is nol <:oncealed,

. i r rs l ienorcd . 'Dessaix l ikc:r l Ci lnberra. and rvrote

o f i t 1p . t5 i r ) : ' . . .

i t uas : r l rnos t c lass lessin a Sovicrt sorl of u'a1' ( th;rt is, r igidlv

strat. i f ied, bu1 not arr:orr l i r tg to \ thoorvncd wirat).

- fhc pr:oplc rvi t i t st. :r l .us

in t lre: <'onrrnrrnitv seentt- ' t l to btr t i r<:irrte l l ig<'nt siu-pr 'oftrssors :rnd l)()cl .s

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AncestorVol. 26, No. 4, December 2002Anotht:r ' discussion oI al irhabetic:t lo r d e r - l h i s t i n r t i t i s l h t t ' t ' ; r s , r t t t i r t ' t tbv Linda ( lroorn (p. 2l) rvhv EssitrAckland and l)orothy li-unl.on's por-trait .s havc b<:cn cat:r loguccl, but( , o r r g l r \ \ ' l r i r l a n r . ( , o o l r i e \ \ ' i t l t e r s a r r r II . :rr Zwickl, 's art- st i l l wait ing. Sc:rrchfbr portraits of' thc A to (ls :lli r t - t . p : / / w w v t . n l a . g o v . a u / c a t - a -logue/p ic tu res . \Vork on t l t< r o th -ers is proeressing slorvl l ' .

From lndex-LOne inck:xcr noted that his rvcbsitewas almosl rcadv frrr rclt:as 10 sec :lr)indexer's rvcbsitc, rvi th ;rn indcx, so tcr

h t - 1 . : / ' w w v r . v i o l a t - i r . . ' o m .\\rhat rvould vorr provide i{' :tsked

Iirr a Clinclcx? . l ;rn asked: 'Art: you

sure i l r locsn't havr: somcl.hing to dorvith Cll inda the so()( l rvi tr :h? Like.iusttaD volrr hccls thrcc t inrcs anrl r :ou

h ; i . . a r , i n r l e x i ' h . a i r t p l i t ' c l : ' l f r a r t '

r :reated a Glinclex. I used t.hc subentl-\ 'l ic ld to holcl thc definit ion. sortcd astht: first subentry. Tlis clefinition tvas

in i tal ics. I t madc' Ior a neal lookingindex l ' ( l t i s ; r combincd Glossan andIndex). I think rvt: might sonn st:c the

cvolut ion of Windexes-conrbi nt:d i t .r-cl i :xes and \\rcbl iographies, l ist incl lR.Ls fbaturing late-breaking inl irr-mation that is crrrc: ial to thc book brrtarl ivcd too lalc. I havc bcen thinkine:rbout t . i r is as I havc just indext:d abook about d ie i ta l te lev is ion , andweek b1'week I see ncws rt: lcases abotr lnew devcloJrmt:nts-although thc(.ontent can' l b( i added to tht: book, al ink to the I rR l - ruou ld he lp . But , o f(orlrse, oncre thc index has bt:ctt t :ont-

pl<:tet l therc rvi l l st i l l be late-brcakingncrvs that crn' l bc l inkt:d to.

Austra l ian Sty leVol. 10, No. 2, December 2002On page 8. . f ; lnres Lambert, t :cl i tor ol 'the XlacEtarit Book of 'Slaltg, r'cvierved

tlw ()xfttrd I)ictionart o[ RhtnirLg Sktrtg,t - - r l . . f ohn A ' ro . OI I I ' . 2002 or .h ic .h he

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I )o in ls ou l i s no1, s t r i r - t l r spcakrng. a

r l i< l ionan ' ) . I I t ' wr i l t : s : 'For usab i l i t r ' ' ss:rkt: . :rn alphabct ir :al l ist o{ t :r 'cn'rhvrning slanq tcrnr is inchrdcd in a 2'1' / : yrage i t tclc:x. rvhich rclcrs tht: reader

l.() ol lo or morc pagc nrtnl l lers. \ l ickct\ l o u s t : < o n : l h r e e s ( ' l ) a r a l ( ' t ' t r l r i e s( :Sror rsc , housc , anr l u rouse) . I ln fb r -

trrnatr:h anolher 2,1 tz' : pages wercn' l

sl)cnl 1() srrPph t l tc rcvc- 'rst: i trdex.- l -h is

i s a g rca l shumc, Ib r i f ' on t 'wantsl() kno$' hon, lo sav pie in rhyrningslanq vou have to go t() t-hc 'Food atrr. ll )r ink' section (f ound eithcr br ' f l ick-ing through t l t t : book, or via tht: <on-

tcnts pagc), then f lnd tht: ' ln the

l lakcn ' subst:ct ion (some I 4 page s

in ) , then { - rn r l thc l i s t i r " r , ' f i r r 'P ic ' . A b i tt()o mu(:h l ikt ' Captain Kirk, for mrl i k ing . '

lndex inc t ourHer i tao 'eReuben lvtuiiker (ed) 2000,ASAIB, JohannesburgThis 54 pagc I i5 booklct crrntainseieht Jr;rJrcrs rc:rd al thc ASAIB (Asso-

ciat ion of ' Southern r\ f i ' ican lndexersanrl I l ibl iogr ' ;rphcrs) con{crcnc:<: heldin -f ohannt:sbrrre in 2000.

It is intcrt:st ins that thc Sout.hcrn.,\{ i ican indext:rs .sharc a socict l ' rvi th

b ib l iograph<: rs : the Canar l i i rns jo in

rvith abstractols; and i \usSl menrbersin two sl;r lr :s n' i thout br;rnches nrcclu i t .h t :ditors.

Kt:,vnotc addlcrss bl' -l-on'r

Lodge,pp . l -3 .

- l i rm Lodge, a po l i t i ca l sc i -

cn<:(: acaclenri<.. spokt: about uri l i t i rr-i ;rn apirroaches I o te achinqin f i rrm;rt. ion access without

cmphasising in[ irrm:rt ion analvsis. I- Ics;r id:

'Bibl iograJrhers an<1 inclexers areindispcnsablr: ;r l l i i :s in thc nerv rvorld<if inf irrmaticxi. in hdir ing us sclcr: lanrl t l iscrinrinatr: bcl lvct:n u'h:r l ishclpf ir l and rvh;r1 is uselt:ss - and ntoreinrportanl l l in bui lding bridges bc:-twcon in<:rt :asingh arcan('spccial isr ls. ' I Ic Icl t thal thcre w'as i tnct:d fbl bibl iographr, oricntcd to thent:t ' r ls of the counln' ( in his l lc lcl ,

emphasising lransnational ccln-rpar;r-t .rvr: str.rdics and avoir l ing the ht:ar1'LIS crnJrhasis). for lnorc resoul 'ccsabotrt th<' rcst ol , \ fr ica (to his knorvl-t :r lgt ' no l ibr:rn' in South ., \{ i ic:a sub-scribcd to ;rnv dailv r\fi'icann ( ' $ s l ) a J ) c r ( ' x ( c p l t h < , s t ' P t r b l r s l r t ' d i r l

ncighbouring stalcs), and for morc al-Icntion to rendering ac.r.cssible andrrsirblt ' thc kntxvk:dgc' resourccs thcl 'i ln '<:. F-or cx:rtnplc, hc knows o{'no in-dt:x 1o a singlu run of arrv Soutir Afr i-can nc\\ ' -sl)ap('r , ncithcr clot 's an1'

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l ibran havc l l les o{ ' t}rc: sttrclcnl press -

cruc.i :r l f i rr un<lcrstanrl ing lrol i t icalchangcs in ther cotrntn. ( ln somc: rt 'al 's

inclcxers sek:cl rvhar is hclpf ir l - e.g.bv avoiding p:rssing m(inl ions an(l

onl l indcxir lc substantivc inlbrmlr-t ron in books - bu t in o th t : r n : rvs I b t ' -

l ieve our urrbiascd approach to

infbrmation l)erhaps dot:s not : l lwavsscl lc our uscrs irs well l rs i t rrrL-r ld. In

in{brnratiori storcs such as inl.ratrcts.rvhert: f lO l)cr cerl l o[ ' trsc might bt: <if '

iust a few sr:ct iotrs i trdcxinq melh()ds

that hiehl ight kt--r ' scct ions Inat ' bemorc inrportant than thosc t.hlt( givc

dcmor:r ir t ic ucccss to e'r 'cn' sinelc bit ofinfbrnration on 1h<: intrzrnet.)

C)ther irapers in this publ icat iond iscr . rssed th t ' ro l t 'o f indcr< : rs and b i i t -

l iographers in democntl ising palat:-ontologl" and tht importanl rolc o[ '

oral histcln' in cloctrmenling 'Afr ican

and othcr ncglected cxpcrienccs'. A

pal)er on thc ' \nslo-Bocr South -. \ l r i -

r:an War (Ssr rc{'erenr:<: needt:cl {i'om

IJoer lYar\ discusst:s tht-- imJrortanct: ol

i tems in privatc col ler:t ioIrs, along \\ ' i th

thc dif t lcult ics of acccssitrg theni, andthr: importanl lolc of ' t .hc lnternt:1 ,:rnrl the user o[ l ' -ncodccl Archival I) t ' -scriJrt ion (!-A.D) to rnake inrl i :x f incl-

ir-rg aids general l l ' usablc. -I-hc

dcvclopnrent ol ' the lD,\S;\ I)enroc^

racv' l 'hesautus (based on []rc ILO ancl

E,RIC thcsauruses) is cl isr:usscd bv oneo[ the consultants rvho rvorked on in-

dcxing materials for the I(utlwanonsResource f,errtre o[ the Inst. i tute l i l r

l)emor:racv in Sout.h,\frica. -l-ht:y

usedthc Dervel' Cllassifir:at.ion schemc, zLl-thougli m;rnl, librarians, critical ol the

cultrrral bi:rs i t shorvs. have: deviseclthcir olvn classif i cat ion sclt tmt:s.

Newswri teThe NSW Writers'CentreMagazinelssue 1 23, February 2003In ' l - i teran' t inrc bonrb' (pp. 3, l6),. J c n n i l e r \ i s b e t d i s c u s s e s r t r ' l i s l i c i r r -

Icrprctat iolrs of the plavs ol ' S:rmuelReckett. , af i t :r stt 'otrq protesl.s bt ]r is

ncpht: lr (also cxeculor ol his estale)

about t.hr: usc of nrrrsit' it-t tirt. rccetrl

Sydner l-ht::ttrc ComJr:rnv prorhrctiott<tI ' Entlganre. She qu()lcs l)amicn() ' l )orrnel l . diru:ctor o[ 114m,t. l l4rcrt

talking about his t :hoicc ol set. I I t :

ccluldn't ch;tnqc Lhc lcxt, Lrut saicl:' t i rerc's no set in thr: original pl i4' , brrt

I arsued that the rvholt: pro.iccl rvas

aboul polvet ' and th<: abusc of polvcl '

ancl hou, in{brmation is powcr, so rvc

rrst:cl thc l ibrarr as a mcfaphor I i ;r

sonrcborh'u' ] to h;rs al l the' l rowcr anrl

a l l th t , in {b rmat ion . ' ( l }u l : l s some()n( :

s;r id: ' I I in{brn-r:rt ion is Jrowttt ' , whr

rk rn ' t i i b ra r iuns nr lc th t ' rvor l r l? ' )

al ia lNFSPECmai l ing l i s t30 January 2A/O3i \ lso orr thc poiver o[ ' inibmration.., \1an l lundl askcrl n'hct l tcr i tnvon('knerv tht ' s()ur '( ' ( : ol ' t .ht: r lr .rotat ion' ln-l i rrmation is the currcncl o1' dcnr<>c-ra<l, ' , attr ibut(rd to Thomas.f cffcrson(thc prizc l i rr an atrsrvcr wert: t :clpies <i{ '

thc tn,o bestscl l ing books froni , \usl ib

I'r'css - one r.rf'lvhich is lltcbsilt index-

i .ngt1. F,\t ; i tcth Swan repl icd that thisrp,rotc is in tht ' l ist of ' 'unconfirnred

quotes' of -I-hnmas

.f cf l trst ln alh t t l r : i i wwv: . nont , - i c ;e -L-L c : , . o rq i

l ib r ; : ry , rquot -e : i . h tn ,L , l h t : s i t t : l i l r '

the l ib ra r r a t Thomas. )e f fe rson 'shome, Nlontice l io. \ 'ou can also

search t lrc -Ihomas.f

cf{ i :r 'son })trPcrsin tht ' l - ibrar-r o1' ( ,ongress al

h t , t ,p : , / , /menory . Ioc . qov , i

anmen/nt i querlr . htn-1.I. l l izabeth Swan also noterl that Na-

t ional GeoqraJrhic is now offering afi-et: irrclcx frorn I888 onrvards at

n t f l : w n ' r . f r c t r o n a - L o - r ' q r a o i r j .. ̂ o : n . f u l t i ^ a t i . t r . ' , r x 1 I ( . r F .ht,mI. No {ul l text is inch-rclt 'c l , }rol-

cvcr.

Key WordsVol . 10, No. 6,November/December 2002' f i re

I(e:r ' \Vorcls - l-ablc

o{ '( lonlents is

ar,ai lablc onl ine al ht, t .p: i /w', lv, ' . c- l .c i nJ-x i ng . crcr / 5i t *

keycont . sh t rn L l i to . 1 -hc . j t i r - r rna l i t -

sclf is only avai lablc' lcl nrcmbers, zr l-

though rt snurl l st: l t :cl ion o1' l i r l l text

a r l i c les i s a r a i l a l , l t ' a ltr t- t-p : , , ' . /wir 'w . a:. ; i nclexi nt g . or g,/

s i t -e / ke \ ' ' l -as t . sh tml .The critcria fbr thc \{ilson t\r'ard

(t.hc l lS vcrsiotr of our Indexing

Nlcda l ) an : l i s ted on p .149. - l -hev

in -

cluclc:E nn intrr iduclon' lx)tc, i l ' index

firat-ures ncccl cxprianationE usc;rblt : and plt :asing fbrmat,

tyl)ograph)' and style . and

approl)r iate nrrmber ol pagestr brinf l ing tosclhcr ol similar

( oncepts ; inc lus ion o f a l l

signif icant i l t :nrs: reprcscntat. ion ol

conc(:l)ts bv irlecisc :rnd

unarnbiguous consistcnl headingsQ a scarchable ordcr' ; localors shoulcl

tal lr , rvi th t irr : l t :xl ( I gucss i l nct:ds

savine! ) ; str in gs o1'undif l i : rcn t. ial .(rdl()c: l t ()rs should gcneral l t ' bc

avoidt:d: c:ross-refere:trces shctult l

Australian Societv of lndexers Newsletter

b<: adcouat<:: rrbbrcr. ' iat ions sh<iuldbt: cxplaincd.-fhc

l ist is a ust: i i r l wi l ol comrnuni-cat. inq standards to irrrk:xers anrl pub-l i shcrs who s r r l rm i t cn l r rcs .

ASI is rvriting l)ress relcascs abciuluseful indexes as : l rval of educatingtht: publ ic ;rboul lht: v:r lrr t : of indcxes(p. 150). lndcxt:rs c:rn scnrl inlorma-t ion to ASl, u,hi<Jr writcs Ihr: J)ress rc'-lcasc irnd subnri l .s i t t .o rt :r :onrmcndedpublic.:r t ions.

'( l lassif lcat ion sche:nrr:s and inlbr-

mat ion : r rch i tcc tu rc ' (pp . 152- I 50) i san ar t i c l ( : b1 Be l ia I l : rss Weinberg ona ne\! cours( ' she has devt: loped rvhichplaces inlormation architecturef irmlv on a busis o{ tradit ional c: l ;rssif i -cat ion t l lcon'.

AffpressNewsletter of the Society ofEditors, QueenslandNovember 2002' ( ,rr :at.or lo (,onsumcr ((,-2-Ci): ivhat arvorld l ies ir i bctween!' is a renort bvH e l t ' r t ; r B o n d ( ) r r l h ( ' ' ( r ( a l ( ) l t , , ( . a . -sumer in t lrc digital agc' (C-2-C) pro-ject organised br' (.lomrnon (.lrcrunrl

Publishing. C-2-( l is a suJrplr ' chainstudv of tht: book publishine industn'.focussing on technolottr, markcts anclsk i l l s .

I ' rrbl ishine slal. ist ics in 200 1 sug-gcst lhat rnost lxrbl ishing in Austral iais in tht: cdur-al. ior i sector, ancl ablrrr li ( t p t ' r ( ' ( ' n t i s d o n t b r o r g i r r r i s u l i o n .f o r r v l r i < l r p r r l r l i s l r i r r t i s n o l a < o l t 'busincss.

-fhis has rclcvancc to nlar-

keting and broadcnins our cl icntbasc:. I( also showed book salcs clown19 prcr cen1 . I havt: scen this {-rgureelservhere, rvi t . l . r t .ht, r lrop att.r ibuted tothr: introrlrrt : t ion ol ' Iht: ( lS-f. brrt i t . isharcl to b<:l i r :vc: a l0 or:r ' r 'c:nl ( lS-l- crnbe so lc lv rcspons ib lc lo r a l9 pcr ccn tdrop. ()nlv ')() orrt ol 208 , ' \ t-rstr ' :r l i : rnpub l ishcrs uerc n rak ing n p ro f i t .

Digital r ights n-ranaeenrent (DI{N{)rvill bc larecly handlt:rl bv t:lcr:trrinic( o l l t ( ' n l m ; t n i t u ( : m ( ' l t l s r s l t ' l i l s u s i t t gdigit .al obicct iclenti f icrs (DOls) tcrspccif i , inl r : l l r :ct tral [)r() l)( ]r ty r igh t s lbrcvcn ch t rnk o f in f o rn ia t ion tha tmighr br: r l istr ibutcri rndcJrcnclenl lr , .D() ls l ink nlol.a(l :r t .a rvi t .h conl.cnt.. anrlal low Ibl Jr;rrt :nt-<rhi lr l rcl ;r t iorrshi lrs.and chrrnks of various size s. CAL(Oopvrieht . , \scnc:y Limited) ni l l: ldminister D()ls in Austral ia.

- lhis bri t :{ srrmrnAn, c:ont. inucs u' i t1-r

i c leas on t :Books , nen,sk i l l s , and t ra in -ine . l t l l so no tcs tha t therc : i s $20

mil i ion lronr t . l ' rc I ' -PICS (Enhanced

I ' r i n t i n g l n d r r s t n ( . o m p e t i t i v c n e s s

Scheme) f irnrl a'";r i l ; rblc {br distr ibu-t ion i r - r the nex t l8 n ron ths . I 'm no lsure horv cloself indcxing l i ts intothis. but i f you iravc icleas l i i r ( :()s1-re-

dur:t ion r lr fut.ure-orientecl stralcgiesin thr: publ ishing { iclcl i t might bc\v t ' ; r t l t m: rk ing i r suqgcs t i ( )n .

For n lu r ( ' in [ i r rn ra t i , rn sceh t t p : / / v r ' , t v t . c - 2 - c P r o j e c t . c o n; t n r l i r r - . p : w w v : . : r o i . ̂ r . r .

Eibl i .ography:Dead Duc'k 6rUsefu l Tool?Proceedings of a ConferenceHeld in Johannesburg on 26June 2002Jacquel ine A. Kal ley (ed),ASIAB, Johannesburg-l-his publication inclurlcs {ivc papcrson bibliography, ir.rcludine the histonof the Soutlr ,A,Ii'ic:an Bibliorrraphv,typers ol' bibliographl,. t ire rescarchvalrrcr o{' biblioeraphl,, bibliograp}ricalsen'ices to posteradualc st-udcnls alt lNISA, and tht-' I) ieit.al Inraeine I 'ro-

-ject of South Africa (DISA) as a cligit.;rlbibliograpirv.

Piet E. Westra (pp. 3-1a) dcscribcsthe first South African bibliographl'(SABIB). lr,hich init iallv had no sub-icct or t it lc index. so these rverc addcdrctrosJ)(xrtivcl-v-a harder job, as thebooks wcrr: n<i lor-rgcr to hand, al-t l r o r r uh ( ' i r l ; r l ( ) t . | l r ( ' r ' s i l l l no l a l i o t t s \ \ ( ' t ( '

{ irrrnrl t .o lr t : rrsel i .r l . - I 'his job took thc

bcst part ol st:vcn years. The bibl iog-r;rJrhc-r, lackine nrost indexers' abiI i tyt.o Ialk on our subfcct ad inf initum,thorrght ther<: n'rrs not.hing much tcrsav about i t cxccpt:

'Shc had startedrvith thc f irst entni irr volunre I o1't . l r t :bibliography and assisnecl it a subjecrand then thc second and third entry,unti l sht: arr iverl at thc cn(l of ' thc l l rstr 'olumr:. And then shc hacl stnrtccln' i th thc sccond,' and so on.

Christ ie Theron 1pp. l5-24) l istsdiscipi ines reiatcd to bibl iographr' ( l i -brarianship, bibl iolosr,. in{ornral ionscience, arrd textual scholarsir i l>) ancln 'pcs o l 'b ib l roeraph ics bv fo rm and

[)Llr[)osc.- l 'hc l) lSA projt :ct (pp. 4 l-49) cart

tre secn at rvwn'.al i icabib.org, alongwi (h o ther b ib l ioc raph ies , par t i cu-larlv ;rboul Ali'ic;rn \\''()men. It hasbeen a labour o{ ' love ()\ 'el lho last 25vcars. anrl is worl l-r a look.

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