Presentations and Workshops

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PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS  "Periodical/Database Indexing Workshop." Online workshop through Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education Program, June 1-July 12, 2014; October 1–November 11, 2013; April 1-May 12, 2013; October 1-November 11, 2012; April 9-May 20, 2012; October 1- November 11, 2011; May 3-June 13, 2011; January 4-February 7, 2011;  "Introduction to Periodical/Database Indexing." Workshop co-presented with Ruby Gutierrez at the American Society for Indexing Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, May 1, 2014;  “Getting Started in Periodical/Database Indexing.” Presentation for the New York Chapter of the American Society for Indexing, New York, New York. November 15, 2008;  “Editing Your Indexing.” Panel discussion for the New England Chapter of the American Society for Indexing Spring Meeting, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. April 5, 2008;  “The Unbearable ‘Aboutness’ of Periodical Indexing” and “Everything Is Illuminated: the Mysteries of Controlled Vocabularies Explained.” Two presentations for the Heartland Chapter of the American Society for Indexing, Richmond, Indiana. October 20, 2007;  “The Unbearable ‘Aboutness’ of Periodical Indexing.” Poster presentation at the American Society for Indexing Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 23-26, 2007;  “The Unbearable ‘Aboutness’ of Periodical Indexing.” Presentation for the New England Chapter of the American Society for Indexing, Spring meeting on Non- book Indexing, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, March 24, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS  "The Heart of the Matter: An Introduction to the Challenges of Periodical Indexing." Index It Right! Advice From the Experts Volume 3. Enid Zafran, editor. Medford: Information Today, Inc.; 2014; pp117-144.  "Names in the Performing Arts," Indexing names. Bridge, Noeline, editor. Medford: Information Today, Inc.; 2012; pp227-238.  Ten Things I Learned Teaching a Workshop on Periodical/Database Indexing Online. Key Words 19(3):78-80 Jul-Sep 2007;  Conference Report: The Unbearable ‘Aboutness’ of Periodical Indexing. Key Words 15(3):84-85 Jul-Sep 2007.  Film Literature Index. co-edited with Deborah Sternklar. Albany: Film and Television Documentation Center; 1979-2005.

RECENT CONTRACT PROJECTS  Currently teaching online course, Periodical/Database Indexing Workshop, through Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education Program;  Indexing grants awarded by private foundations for the Foundation Center;  Indexing English and French performing arts and literary journals for European database;  Researching and writing over 8,000 scope notes for the Humanities Thesaurus subject terms of EBSCO’s Humanities International Complete database as well as analyzing any problems in thesaurus term relationships and identifying errors in subject assignment for the database’s periodical articles;  Reconciliation and names research for database authority file.  Creating and maintaining film and television thesauri, researching correct terminology choices and developing relationship mapping;  Developing and supervising the maintenance of authority files for film and television/video titles and company names using proven library standards and best practices.

EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley, Masters of Library Science University of Iowa, Iowa City, MA Film History and Criticism Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, Courses in Theater and Film University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, BA cum laude, Humanities

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Society for Indexing, Member New England Chapter, President (2010) New York Chapter, Board member (2007-2009) Periodical/Database Special Interest Group, Founder and former manager Capital District Library Council (Albany, NY), Member Society of American Archivists, Member