About Me
I have a broad business and computer background which allows efficient indexing in a wide range of subjects. My background includes computer software testing, technical writing, and project management in the telecommunications, help-desk, banking, income tax, healthcare billing, and real estate industries.
Areas of competence include, but are not limited to, accounting, business, computers, genealogy, real estate, textbooks, and travel.
I use the following reference materials unless otherwise specified by the client.
• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Words into Type
Affiliations: American Society of Indexers
Rocky Mountain Chapter of American Society of Indexers
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Business Management
USDA Graduate School Basic Indexing course
Conferences and Workshops:
October 2007 - "Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies" presented by Fred Leise
October 2006 – “Decision Making in Index Design” presented by Sherry Smith and Kari Kells, authors of “Inside Indexing: The Decision-Making Process”
October 2005 – “Perspectives on Book Indexing: Best Practices and Business Nuts and Bolts” by Nancy Mulvany and Gale Rhoades
September 2004 – “Facing the Text: Content Analysis and Entry Selection” by Do Mi Stauber
May 2004 ASI National Conference – Alexandria VA
“Indexing for Beginners” by Kay Schlembach
Elizabeth Walker
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