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American Society of Indexers
Annual Conference
RACING INTO THE MILLENNIUM!
June 9-13, 1999
Crowne Plaza Union Station
Indianapolis, IN
The American Society of Indexers (ASI) is currently accepting proposals for
general session presentations, workshops, and roundtable discussions at its
31st Annual Conference, which is scheduled for June 9-13, 1999, at the
Crowne
Plaza Union Station in downtown Indianapolis.
The theme of the ASI 1999 Annual Conference is RACING INTO THE MILLENNIUM!
It
will feature a variety of topics, such as:
Basic Indexing Skills
Branching Out and Building Your Portfolio
Client/Indexer Relationships
Editing Indexes for Usability
Embedded Indexing Techniques
Index Usability Studies
Indexing Electronic Documents
Indexing Historical Texts
Indexing Periodicals
Indexing Scholarly Texts
Indexing Scientific and Medical Texts
Indexing Technical Documentation
Indexing Web Documents
Marketing Skills in the 21st Century
Negotiating with Clients
New Indexing Tools
Resources for Professional Indexers
The Subtleties of Advanced Indexing Techniques
Thesaurus Construction
Writing Abstracts
DEADLINE: November 2, 1998
Your proposal should contain the following information:
1. Your name, address, phone/fax numbers, and e-mail address
2. A brief bio (less than 150 words) that describes your
qualifications and experience
3. Title of your proposed presentation
4. Format (select one of the following): General Session
Presentation or Panel Discussion (30-40 minutes),
Workshop (one-half day or full-day), or Roundtable
Discussion (1.5 hours)
5. A/V equipment requirements
6. A one-page abstract describing your presentation, panel
discussion, workshop, or group activities (if any).
Presentations and panel discussions should be 20-45 minutes and should
allow
10-15 minutes for questions from the audience. Workshop length may be
either
one-half day or full-day. Roundtable hosts should have sufficient material
to
promote discussion for approximately 1.5 hours.
Submit proposals to one of the following conference planners:
Sandi Schroeder
Schroeder Indexing Services
2606 Old Mill Lane
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Phone: 847-303-0989
Fax: 847-303-1559
E-mail: Sanindex -at- xsite -dot- net
or
Lori Lathrop
Lathrop Media Services
7308-C East Independence Blvd., #316
Charlotte, NC 28227
Phone: 704-531-0021
E-mail: 76620 -dot- 456 -at- compuserve -dot- com
The deadline for proposals is November 2, 1998. Acceptance letters will be
sent by November 30, 1998.
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Lori Lathrop ---------->INTERNET:76620 -dot- 456 -at- compuserve -dot- com
President - 1998-1999, American Society of Indexers
Lathrop Media Services, 7308-C East Independence Blvd., #316
Charlotte, NC 28227 / Phone: 704-531-0021
URL - http://idt.net/~lathro19 (note: that's a "nineteen" at the end)
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