Newsletter of the Society of Indexers ISSN 1363-9854 Issue no. 2 Summer 2014

he Society’s marketing team have been busy, covered that a tribune is a workstation for a journal- Tand we thank them for all their work. Sandy ist sitting in the media box at a venue. Wondering Aitken expands on her fascinating background. if that might explain why some newspapers have Nicola King reports on her day at the London Tribune in their names, she has found that a tribune Book Fair, where Ann Kingdom joined a panel of can also be one who upholds or defends popular experts at one of the seminars. rights and it is actually that sense which applies.

We are sad to note the death of John Simkin, A recent Antiques Roadshow was filmed at the who was a regular international attender at many Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester which conferences. Jill Halliday provides an appreciation. is home to this year’s conference. It’s not too late to book, and there’s an excellent programme awaiting Hazel Bell reminds us of Mrs P – an indexer on us in this lovely venue. First-time attenders are the streets, no less. guaranteed a warm welcome, a discounted fee and a very special yellow spot on their badges. With the Commonwealth Games fast approach- ing, we are pleased to reveal Shona Campbell’s We wonder if anyone working primarily on dig- other hat. MF’s training is somewhat more seden- ital information might be prepared to share her/his tary, although she does expect some exercise in her experiences [your editors, alas, lack this expertise]. role as a volunteer in the tribune team. She has dis-

Presidential Musings

I spent a weekend recently wrestling my experience, it arrives weeks after call it, is not a connection I can afford with a review – a long one for the the review you’ve written is in print. to lose), went in person to HUP’s New York Times. The book under You just cross your fingers and hope London office and cadged a copy. review was a monster: The Novel: for the best. More upper-body labour and tedious A Biography, by Michael Schmidt, What is most galling is that the travel. The book has, as offered to the published by Harvard University proof copy, which is all you have to public (but not the reviewer), an ex- Press. It comes in at 1172 pages long, work with, is not just an ugly, im- cellent index – uncredited, of course, covers 700 years of literary history, perfect thing but has no index. With and in eye-strainingly small point 340 novelists and over 1,000 novels. Schmidt’s maximum opus (lifting size. Par for the course. As I say, a monster. the thing was my early morning This practice by publishers, I was sent, as is normal nowadays, upper-body exercise) it was like connived at by literary editors, is an not the hardback bound copy but ‘Un- reviewing in the dark or blind re- affront to the author (many indexless corrected Page Proofs’ – accompa- viewer’s buff. You remember that the books cannot be done justice to, in nied, as is again normal nowadays, by author wrote this about that, but for the short time reviewers have) and – strict prohibitions on resale or quot- the life of you, you can’t remember as will be felt by SIdelights’ readers ing in reviews without cross-checking what page it’s on. It was doubly hard – an affront to the indexer whose against the bound copy. And, as is with Schmidt’s book because it didn’t honest labour is rendered so offen- normal nowadays, you have to ignore have topical chapters, just omnium sively secondary and, by implication, that last prohibition, if you’re a gatherum sections. unnecessary when it most certainly reviewer, because you don’t have the I finally, the day before the review is not. damned bound copy. Quite often, in was due (the ‘Times’, as Americans John Sutherland

Editorial 1 – Presidential musings 1 – Executive Board report 2 – Behind the Scenes 3 John Simkin: Appreciation 3 – Profile: Sandy Aitken 4 – Network Broadcast 4 Training Course Committee 4 – Marketing Committee 5 – London Book Fair 6 – My Other Hat 7 File compression 8 – MACREX news 9 – The A–Z of Mrs P 10 – Letter 10 – Diary 10 – Conferences 12 Local groups 14 – Who’s Who 16 Society Matters

SIdelights Issue No. 2, Summer 2014 Editors: Moira Greenhalgh, 2 Oakroyd Society News Close, Arnside, Carnforth, Lancs., LA5 0ET; Moyra Forrest, 27/1 Starbank Road, Edinburgh, EH5 3BY Congratulations to email: [email protected] Page layout by Watermark, New Advanced Members (MSocInd(Adv)) Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9ER Printed by Barnwell Print Ltd, Shona Campbell – Sevenoaks Dunkirk Ind. Estate, Aylsham, Norfolk, Claire Hodgson – Leyburn NR11 6SU Janice Rayment – Exeter SIdelights is the quarterly newsletter of New Accredited Indexer (MSocInd) The Society of Indexers Woodbourn Business Centre Rosalba Putrino – The Netherlands 10 Jessell Street Sheffield S9 3HY Executive Board Report tel: +44(0)114 244 9561 fax: +44(0)114 244 9563 email: [email protected] The 42nd Executive Board (EB) meet- above-inflation increase of £8, which It is issued free of charge to members. ing was held in London on 3 April. will see the annual rate increase from The Society wishes to assert that all Finances were top of the agenda £118 to £126. This will be put to the opinions expressed are those of the contributors. as Jan Rayment (Finance Director) membership for a vote at the AGM. All enquiries should be directed to the presented the 2013 accounts. As Preparations for both this year’s Office Manager or to the Secretary, expected (see January’s meeting) the and next year’s conferences are pro- John Silvester, at the above address or Society posted a loss during the last gressing well. The Cirencester Com- [email protected] Articles, letters or other items are financial year. There are a number of mittee have finalized the programme always welcome but should be contributing factors for the drop in and booking has gone live. Dawn discussed with the editors to ensure income, including a declining mem- Dobbins (Conference Director) and they are suitable and can be bership and a decrease in the number Paul Machen (Office Manager) have accommodated. Unexpected and unsolicited material of students. This is obviously of great had several meetings with the SfEP to will be treated as a letter and will concern and not sustainable in the finalize discussions for the proposed normally be limited to a half page. Any long run. The Board had a lengthy joint conference in 2015. A joint con- copy may be edited, cut or refused discussion about areas where cost tract has now been signed by John publication, or submitted to the Executive Board or others for comment. savings could be made. Silvester on behalf of the SI. Items should be sent by email or As already noted, the number of The Executive Board will have submitted on disk as RTF or plain text members of the Society has a large vacancies to fill after this year’s files. Photos should be 300dpi at the impact on finances so the renewal AGM as both Adele Furbank and size at which they will be reproduced. figures for this year were particularly Jan Worrall come to the end of their Advertising rates important. Overall the number has terms of service. The EB will still Full page (inside) £100 again declined but for the first time a need a minimum of five members Full page (back cover) £110 ‘Non-Renewers Survey’ was run by to remain quorate – any less and the Half page (inside) £60 Half page (back cover) £65 Sandy Aitken (Marketing Director) workload and responsibilities would Two fifths page £45 to help the SI get a clearer idea as to become too onerous. The hunt for One-sixth page £30 why some members choose not to new volunteers continues. Our Presi- Small ads for SI members renew. The percentage fall is about dent will also be retiring at the AGM (max 50 words) £10 For further information contact the same as in 2013, with the majority and the EB appreciated the names [email protected] being either students or non-working that members put forward as possible indexers. Finding cost-effective ways candidates to replace John Suther- The Society of Indexers is a company of advertising and reaching potential land. A proven interest in, and support limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales. Company new members is one of the Marketing for, indexing were felt to be the most Registration No. 6303822. Committee’s top priorities for the important criteria. Registered address: coming year. The revision of module A of the Woodbourn Business Centre The Society’s financial situation Training Course is nearing comple- 10 Jessell Street Sheffield S9 3HY also had an impact on the annual dis- tion and the EB approved proofread- cussions on the increase in member- ing costs. It is also planned to make ship subscription rates. Traditionally the Embedded Indexing Course avail- Autumn 2014 SIdelights the annual increase is roughly in line able to students and Jan Worrall is Copy deadline with inflation; however, the EB had finalizing costings for this. Friday 25 July 2014 to consider how much of the shortfall The next meeting will be held in Planned distribution should be covered through a subscrip- London on Tuesday 8 July 2014. Friday 4 September 2014 tion increase. It was finally agreed Amanda Speake that the Board would recommend an [email protected]

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Behind the Scenes John Simkin – an As the strapline of this article is not part of a local group are welcome ‘Behind the Scenes’, for this edition I to contact me. appreciation thought I would write about Execu- I would like to stress how im- tive Board (EB) meetings: when and portant it is that SI members com- John Simkin, who died earlier where they take place, and what they municate with each other and with this year, was a founder member are like, for those of you who are new members of the EB. If there are of the Australian Society of In- or who have never been involved developments in the indexing market, dexers, now ANZSI. He served with governance of the Society. such as the change of policy from El- as President, Vice-President and The Executive Board (EB) of the sevier, then it should not be assumed newsletter editor, was actively Society of Indexers has four meetings that the EB will know. Please do get interested in training and quali- per year: three in London, where we in touch with someone on the EB if fications and was an enthusiast rent a meeting room near St Pancras you hear anything which might affect for professionalism. His back- station, and one by Skype in the UK indexers. The current EB are the ground was in librarianship, and depths of winter when travel is most friendliest, least intimidating bunch he was author (and indexer) of likely to be disrupted. The London of people you could wish to meet several books and many arti- meetings run from 1.30pm to 5.00pm (have a look at the ‘who’ tab for our cles and papers. To members of (-ish), timed to take advantage of team photo on the EB pages of the SI, and particularly those of us cheap rail travel. SI website, and our email addresses). who have been involved with We follow a formal agenda, which [See also Who’s who on p. 16 – Eds] the international group over is circulated in advance, and we have Between meetings, members of the the past 15 years, he was the an appointed minute-taker. Reports EB stay in contact with each other via quiet Australian gentleman who of EB meetings have been posted on an email list which enables decisions attended many of our confer- the SI website since 2006, replaced in and discussions on matters arising. ences and contributed much in 2010 by the full minutes. With effect from the April 2014 his thoughtful way. His support Each EB member submits a report meeting we have started to include at the international meetings in advance of the meeting, which de- brief details of the between-meeting was invaluable, and he always scribes developments in their area of activities of the Board in the minutes appeared to be able to provide a responsibility since the last meeting, to give everyone an idea of what is common-sense solution to prob- and any proposals for which they going on, and how much is achieved lems which at the time seemed need the agreement of the EB. Each by a small group of volunteers. insoluble. He will be missed of these must be discussed, along EB meetings are fuelled by by the indexing community with regular agenda items, and the enthusiasm and commitment to the throughout the world. single biggest challenge for the Chair indexing profession, along with tea Jill Halliday of EB meetings is to manage the and biscuits. And after an intense discussion so that every agenda item three-and-a-half-hour meeting? We John would travel to UK confer- is considered and everyone gets their adjourn to the pub, of course. ences the slow way. Not for him say within the three-and-a-half hours Adele Furbank the 18-hour flight, but five to six available. It would be very unusual [email protected] weeks at sea on a cargo vessel to get full agreement on every matter, with just a handful of fellow especially since the members of the passengers. He found the isola- EB have varying levels of experience Information Literacy tion, with no interruptions, ideal of indexing and the SI, so on those for indexing. We would laugh agenda items when we don’t all agree CILIP’s Information Literacy about it, as my late husband, a it is necessary to spend time con- Group continues to work on its merchant navy officer, used to sidering alternative viewpoints and website: hate carrying such passengers, reaching a compromise. http://www.informationliteracy. considering them to be the most EB members draw not only on org.uk/ troublesome cargo. MG their own experiences as working indexers but also on information, ideas and concerns from their fellow indexers. They each ‘officially’ Missed an article in SIdelights? represent one or more of the SI local groups and they invite members of Back issues and cumulative index at: these local groups to contact them with any queries or concerns prior to http://www.indexers.org.uk/index.php?id=129 each EB meeting. Members who are

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 3 Society Matters

Sandy Aitken – new EB member

I became an indexer after a career actually not so different; the process of working through in marketing and market research, information to analyse and summarize it is very similar in working for two global market both fields. The ability to work part-time and to live any- research companies, and a couple where I wanted were major attractions as well, of course. of small agencies. I designed and So I started the training course, and became accredited in carried out research programmes to November 2013. help clients develop their marketing I have taken advantage of the ability to work any- strategies, initially on a national ba- where, and moved from London to rural Cambridgeshire. sis but in later years mostly international. The fields I was I always worked in Central or West London and so was involved in varied over the years but included consumer tied to the commuting lifestyle and the Tube network. products, financial services, health care, energy, sustainable (My husband works on the M25 and can easily drive to agriculture, and business services, to name a few. work.) Although my husband and I are both city people My career entailed a lot of variety and many interesting by nature, at this stage somewhere cleaner and safer suits experiences, ranging from poking around a deserted sew- us, and our daughter is loving life in our Cambridgeshire age plant looking for the manager, to giving a presentation village. in a bar in Buenos Aires (my client’s odd choice of ven- I was the trainee representative until January 2014, and ue), while trying to shout over a band that was practising. have been on the Marketing Committee for about a year. But long hours and frequent travel were a constant and I’m currently working on my third commission, with a didn’t really allow for family life or a personal life, so I fourth one booked. I’m particularly interested in indexing gave up this career after about 18 years. books on economics, business, history (especially medi- After a break I started looking around for something I eval – in fact I have done a noncommissioned index to could do on a more flexible basis. A shift from business to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle while working on the training indexing is not an obvious one, but I heard about indexing course), and earth science, although like many indexers from librarians in my family. On looking further into the I am readily interested in new topics and prepared to be idea and giving it a try, I found I enjoyed it. The work is open-minded.

Network Broadcast – an update on the Society’s social media accounts

The social media accounts have been any effect. Reports give the details of http://www.indexers.org.uk/index. quieter than usual this quarter, mainly how many people clicked through on php?id=378 due to some personal commitments our links, and when I tweet a link to Ruth Ellis which have given me less time to Indexers Available I can also see the [email protected] keep the accounts up to date. Plans effect on which subjects are searched Twitter @indexellis are being developed to ensure a wider by using the ‘recent searches’ link range of members can contribute to in the members area of the website the accounts. Social media networks are one of Training Course Committee the cheapest ways for us to pro- mote the Society; as the Marketing Committee becomes more active, Training Course Update the identification of concepts over plans are being drawn up to make Last year a sub-group of the Train- word-spotting. It is hoped to have the sure our messages are consistent ing Course Committee was formed new module, which will be available across all the marketing platforms. to work on updating modules of the to all current students, in place later If there are any members not on the training course. Work has proceeded in the year. Marketing Committee who would on Module A, to set this introduction In addition, the workshop on MS be interested in contributing to the to indexing more firmly in the digital Word embedded indexing is being Society’s Facebook and Twitter publishing era. Advice was sought adapted for a simple form of online accounts, please get in touch with from members of the PTG, and their delivery as part of the training course me. A number of members are very suggestions and revisions have now for the purpose of giving an insight active on Twitter and it is good to been incorporated; the final text into what one type of embedding pro- see a range of people promoting the will shortly go for copy-editing and cess is like. This should also be ready value of indexing. proofreading. Two Test A questions later this year and will be available to We do keep track of whether our are being replaced by new ones cov- all Society members. tweets/Facebook updates are having ering human analytical indexing and Jan Worrall

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Marketing Committee

Members have often debated the pros registration desks. If you know of any provided in due course. From an ini- and cons of having a presence at the events or locations where you think tial look at the raw data, one finding London Book Fair (LBF) and some this leaflet might usefully be distrib- that may perhaps be surprising is that time ago Ann Kingdom suggested to uted (for no charge), please get in over a third of active indexers some- the SfEP that we run a joint event as touch with the Marketing Committee. times or regularly have more work an alternative to taking a stand. There You are also welcome to download than they can handle, and almost half is considerable demand to run sem- the leaflet to send to your own current say they are happy with the amount inars, but the SfEP had experience or potential clients. of work they do. Almost a third say of doing so once before and offered they would like a little bit more (e.g. to negotiate with the LBF. We were a few hours per week on average), delighted that the application, which Ann took and 11% would like a lot more work. was carefully tailored to link in with (Participants were allowed to choose some of the themes of the Fair, was this valuable more than one answer.) Although successful, giving the Society and opportunity to some fields and publishers seem to the profession some useful exposure be in decline, there still seems to be at this key event in the publishing emphasize the opportunity in other areas. calendar. Ann spoke on behalf of the role of the human A short survey of those who did Society and took this valuable oppor- not renew their membership this tunity to emphasize the role of the brain in analytical year has been undertaken. Separate human brain in analytical indexing, indexing analysis of membership numbers the importance of indexes in electron- shows that there has been not a large, ic documents, and why search is not but ongoing decline in new indexers, sufficient. (See report by Nicola King Members who like to write might coinciding with a hiatus in adver- on page 6.) wish to consider submitting articles to tising activity. This has meant that The indexing article in the Writers’ publications in their own local areas retiring indexers have been outnum- & Artists’ Yearbook has been revised or subject fields. This can help raise bering new intake. We have also been and updated for the 2015 edition. This their own personal profile as well as experiencing a sharper decline among is an important way of targeting au- that of the industry generally. members who are neither students nor thors, who can be hard to reach, and Other ways of increasing publicity professional members – these also can also attract potential members. include contacting local universities may be longer-time members who are We will additionally be placing an ad or writing groups and offering to give now retiring. in the June issue of The Author maga- a seminar. We have presentations that Promotion ideas are being zine (from the Society of Authors). can be adapted, to provide a starting assessed, with the aim of targeting Authors are also targeted using the point. Talks to universities have been people who would be interested in the Authors and indexes leaflet, which carried out over the winter by Ann flexibility of an indexing career, and has recently been revised. As well as Kingdom (at UCL) and Janice Ray- able to deal with the variability of in- being posted on the website, this is ment (at Plymouth). come that comes with this flexibility. sent to various conferences, for inclu- The fee negotiation survey was fin- Sandy Aitken sion in delegate packs or display on ished in January and a report will be

Diversifying

Change is nothing new. coming a croupier to free up daylight hours for enjoy- Many librarians realized a little too late that their ing fresh air. information skills had huge value in the world of in- The new world of indexing may feel daunting, but formation and communication technologies. But some indexers surely have marketable skills. Which areas were way out there early! They tended to work in the of our lives seem disordered, inaccurate, and ill-­ industrial/commercial sector, and were prepared to researched? both learn new skills and apply those already held in a As more and more people shop online, could sales fast-changing world. catalogues be ordered in a more helpful way? Some reached dizzying heights in the corporate Car ­manuals continue to frustrate! world. Others realized they were simply in the wrong Do constitutions and legal documents need index- job; I know former librarians who became teachers, ing? authors, publishers …and this one even considered be- MF

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 5 London Book Fair

The report of the death of the printed book was an exaggeration

The London Book Fair attracts Ann made a point of debunking the think this highlights how important booksellers and buyers from around myths that computers can produce it is for individual indexers to market the world. This year’s three-day event indexes and that e-Books don’t need themselves directly to publishers. saw around 25,000 people visit Earls indexes, emphasizing the role of the Ann found it disturbing that some of Court, and Ann Kingdom and I were human brain in analytical indexing. the companies offering the full range two of them on day one. We were The second reason for our at- of editorial and other services to there for two reasons: Ann partici- tendance was to ‘spread the word’ publishers were advertising indexing pated in one of the early seminars, about the Society and its activities as one of these services and claim- and we were to try and market the among the exhibitors at the show. ing that their staff included trained Society, and indexing in general, to Armed with handfuls of the Society’s indexers. Although they were also publishers and other exhibitors. The main leaflet, we sought out some commissioning freelance indexers Fair has been mentioned on SIdeline likely targets, trying to concentrate from the UK, inevitably they found and other mailing lists as a possi- on smaller companies that might be SI suggested rates on the high side ble source of contacts for indexers less aware of the Society. There were due to international differences in looking for work and I was hoping to exhibitors from all over the world, salaries and costs of living. target some in my areas of expertise. so a fair number of potential targets As a new indexer I was hoping to The seminar was entitled ‘Editing, were not relevant. The exhibitors’ make some contacts for my own mar- Indexing and Translating – the added- booths ranged from those of large keting purposes, and I was able to tar- value activities behind publishing’ international publishers such as get one in one of my areas of special and was a joint event of the Society Hachette, who had the largest single expertise. However, if I were to attend of Indexers, the Society for Editors stand area, to tiny booths with room again I would choose a day where and Proofreaders, the Institute of for just one chair and a table. The there were several seminar events that Translating and Interpreting and main purpose of the exhibitors at the I was particularly interested in, for the Chartered Institute of Linguists. fair was to sell books so the staff on example in the area of e-Books and The aim was to explore how editors, the stands were often from marketing multi-platform content. The seminars proofreaders, translators and indexers and sales departments. They were not were free and could be dipped in and work together behind the scenes be- the people who edit the books and out of as the day progressed. Some fore publication, and the added value often had little interest in indexing, were held in areas of the main hall, these professional bodies provide to though on occasion they promised and it was hard to hear everything the the publishing industry. Each organ- to pass on a leaflet to the appropri- speaker was saying, even with am- ization fielded a speaker and the for- ate colleague. Ninety of the smaller plification. Others, like the one Ann mat was a series of questions posed publishers were represented by the spoke at, were in separate rooms away by the chair, sometimes to all of Independent Publishers Guild, so from the hubbub and gave an oppor- them, sometimes to just one. As the together they had a larger stand area tunity for participants to ask questions audience was mixed, the information and could share the costs of attending and interact with the speakers and imparted was necessarily of a general the event. It was sometimes hard to each other. It was also possible to pick nature, but the listeners gained an find anyone to approach among the up catalogues from the publishers, and awareness of the special requirements publishers, but several of those we some contained contact names for the of each of these professions, and the spoke to were aware of the Society editors, which could also be useful for need for dialogue between authors, and already used SI indexers,­ which marketing purposes. The main guide translators, editors and indexers to en- was gratifying. Among the ‘publish- to the Fair also contained a lot of sure that the authors’ intent was pre- ing solutions’ exhibitors we found a useful information. served as their work passed through few in the ‘self-publishing’ market the hands of these other professionals. who had not heard of the Society. I Nicola King

Inspired speakers at the London Book Fair: left to right are Ann Kingdom (SI), Sarah Patey (SfEP), Ros Schwartz (Institute of Translating and Interpreting), Michael Cunningham (Chartered Institute of Linguists), Bernadette Jansen op der Haar (Holland Park Press). Photo: Sara Peacock

6 SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 My Other Hat

When I’m not indexing . . . I’m a running coach

I took up running 12 years ago to indexes much more efficiently after improve my fitness, and although running. When I have a deadline I am certainly not a natural athlete looming, it’s not unusual for me to and didn’t by any means find it easy, get up very early to do a couple of I was surprised to discover that I hours’ indexing before going out to came to thoroughly enjoy it. In the coach, and when I come back to the early days it was very hard work, but index I often find that my subcon- there is a real satisfaction in taking scious has come up with a solution on a tough physical challenge, and I to an issue while I was running. I found it not only made me physically particularly enjoy the fact that coach- fitter, but improved my confidence ing is a very person-centred, sociable and self-esteem. In fact, I became activity, in contrast to the solitary quite evangelical about the benefits of nature of indexing, so allowing me to running for physical, emotional and express very different aspects of my mental health, and wanted to share personality. my enthusiasm with others. I qualified as a UK Athletics Level I know I 2 running coach seven years ago and have been working as a freelance concentrate better coach ever since, specializing in after a run getting adult women running for fun and fitness. I have my own group, Shona’s Runners (www.shonasrun- Perhaps surprisingly, the two jobs ners.co.uk), and I coach complete do have some elements in common. beginners, improvers and those who Indexing not only requires a grasp of want to tackle challenges such as half the text and the technical competence and full marathons (I’ve run three to index it, but also a focus on the in- marathons myself). I also co-facilitate tended readers in terms of what they a beginners’ running group called Up will want to find in the text and how and Running in Sevenoaks (www. they will expect that to be expressed upandrunninginsevenoaks.org.uk) in the index; similarly, coaching has for women who experience depres- an analytical side to it, where the sion and/or anxiety. I set up Up and coach applies her technical knowl- Running with a clinical psychologist edge of the sport to the athlete’s goals after we found ourselves waxing lyr- within the context of the athlete’s ical about the benefits of running for current ability and performance. If mental health while running together someone is struggling with an aspect exact location of the pain to identify one day, and it brings together my of their running, or not making the likely causes and recommend courses interests in running and in mental progress they hope to, I have to look of action. My focus is not on deliv- health issues in a very satisfying way. at the whole picture – their physical ering what I think the runner ought movement, their psychology, their to want, but on meeting her needs lifestyle and nutrition, and so on – so and coaching her in a way that makes The indexer’s aim that I can see not only what we need running achievable and enjoyable [is] making the to work on, but also what my runner to her, and I see that as analogous to expects and needs from me. I listen to the indexer’s aim of making the text text accessible to them, observe what their body is tell- accessible to the reader. the reader ing me, establish what the underlying I thoroughly recommend having issue is likely to be and come up with two strings to one’s bow if at all pos- a coherent picture of that particular sible; it is a constant pleasure to have Coaching and indexing are de- such variety in my working life, and lightfully complementary. I generally person’s requirements: for example, if a runner complains of hip pain I the organizational demands of two coach my groups in the mornings, interesting and stimulating jobs keep and I know I concentrate better after would look at her lifestyle and med- ical history, running gait, footwear, me busy and challenged. I hope to be a run – there is in fact quite a lot of able to continue with both for many evidence emerging that vigorous any changes in the pattern of activity prior to onset, and put that together years to come! exercise improves concentration Shona Campbell and memory, and I’m sure I edit my with her description of the type and

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 7 Practical and Technical Aspects

File compression

Built-in file compression if someone sends it to you from an el- Modern operating systems (recent A file that derly Mac system. Although Stuffit is versions of Windows and Mac) have Mac software there’s a free Windows built-in file compression facilities. Windows cannot utility called Stuffit Expander, which In Windows, you right-click on the open or says is you can download from www.stuffit. file or folder to be compressed, then com/win-expander.html. ‘Send to’, then click ‘Compressed corrupt . . . is tar and rar files are not common (zipped) folder’. A zipped folder can usually . . . from a in our line of work, but not unheard be recognized by its icon, which (if of. 7Zip can open them. you look at it closely) features a little different operating 7z is the default file extension for zip. system zip files produced by 7Zip, although It’s equally easy to extract files it will also produce ordinary zip files. from a zipped folder, or unzip a 7Zip is a free compression/decom- whole folder. To extract a single item pression utility for Windows; I have from a compressed folder, open by and it’s usually a cross-platform prob- used it for years and I’m very happy double-clicking, then drag the re- lem, meaning that the file has come with it. It can be downloaded from quired file or folder to a new location. from a different operating system. www.7-zip.org/. To unzip a compressed folder (i.e. Some problematic file types you may extract its entire contents) in Win- encounter are: Why isn’t my zip file smaller? dows, if you do not have third-party Some common file formats, especial- software installed, right-click the • zipx (WinZip) (recent versions) ly graphics (JPEG, PDF), are already folder, click Extract All, and then fol- highly compressed. Zipping them • sit (Stuffit) (older Mac systems) low the instructions. If you do have up makes little difference to the file third-­party software, right-clicking • tar/rar (often from Unix/Linux size. The most gratifying results are will bring up the option to use that. systems) obtained by compressing large Word The zip format uses what’s called files or some other graphics formats • 7z (7Zip) (Windows) ‘lossless compression’, meaning that such as tif or eps. you can zip and unzip files multiple WinZip introduced the zipx format times without losing any of the infor- (confusingly as the default setting) Zipping on the fly mation they contain. Don’t ask me in version 12.1. It’s a more efficient If you use Thunderbird email soft- how: I think it’s magic. compression than the familiar zip ware, there’s a handy add-on called file, but unfortunately it’s a proprie- Auto Compress File, which can be Third-party software tary format not recognized by other quite a time-saver. It compresses Given that these facilities are now software. If faced with a zipx file email attachments to zip files before built in to the operating system, is your best bet is to download WinZip. sending them, and has a wide range there any reason to use third-party This is not free software, but it’s not of options. file compression software? Probably expensive and has some useful extra Kathleen Lyle not, until you are faced with a file features. The free trial version may that Windows cannot open, or says suffice for one-off use. is corrupt. This happens occasionally You will only come across a sit file

My Favourite Gizmo

For many years this was my answer- appealed, although I always have this also during the Commonwealth ing machine: it lets me be in and out mine in the car for long journeys. The Games. With WiFi widely available, at the same time; is a great antidote novelty of a computer wore off many I can even sit on a local bus and be to indigestion when switched on just moons ago. connected. My main likes: email; in- before dining; and never answers But, I have a new love! A some- ternet; word processing, albeit limit- back! Occasionally, my own record- what late convert to tablets, I chose ed; camera; a very few apps; and wait ed message disappears and ‘the man a swanky iPad mini as a leaving gift for it, downloadable books! These in the machine’ takes over, to the from former work colleagues. To be proved a boon when I sat for hours on amusement of friends. His voice is honest, I had to ensure email contact a train delayed by falling trees. A cof- really quite nice, if a little stilted. with ‘the other one’ when I spent Jan- fee tap would be a welcome addition! Mobile phones have never really uary away from home, and will need What’s your favourite device? MF

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MACREX news

Following on from our workshops in London and Ed- April 2014 inburgh in April and May, we look forward to seeing as tips on the MACREX website; list file; moving folders; many of our users as possible at the Cirencester confer- Num Lock replaced by CTRL-SHIFT-N ence. We shall be having a MACREX session on Friday afternoon 5 September from 2.30 to 4.30. Contact us for details. If you are a MACREX user (any version) and are not on the List and would like to be, all you need do is send me Tips your email address and I will add your name. There is no In addition to the weekly tips on the MACREX list, charge. we have a group of 39 tips for users of any version of Drusilla Calvert ­MACREX on our website, together with an index and an [email protected] mbk file so that you can enhance the existing index to the tips yourself. Erratum These are the tips on the MACREX list since the last MACREX news lost two lines in the last issue. Col- MACREX News in SIdelights: umn one should have ended:

February 2014 music list – we keep all our CDs (and vinyl disks) on autocomplete: hierarchical and non-hierarchical­ lists; a MACREX index. The authority list is very useful the PNO file; cut and paste; sudden exits from the for this, as are grouping and Boolean grouping program (e.g. Bach AND NOT Sebastian, Strauss AND NOT Richard) March 2014 F4 (rotate); the blocker text; ditto key; default files in v8 Our sincere apologies. and v9; 2-key input for diacritics M A C R E X 33 Years of A – Innovation – Adaptation C – Accommodation

Thriving on the excitement of helping indexers meet the challenges of a R changing world MACREX Version 9 is a major update designed to provide all the needs of a E contemporary index working in the digitally‐connected age

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SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 9 The A–Z of Mrs P

The A–Z of Mrs P

From 21 Feb to 29 March 2014 a to painting and writing. For 30 years I © Times Newspapers Ltd, 1990. new musical, The A–Z of Mrs P, saw it as temporary. The French have ______played at the Southwark Playhouse, a phrase, “Only the temporary lasts”.’ London SE1. Why should indexers She painted portraits to pay a The new musical faithfully represents care? Well, Mrs P was featured in draughtsman, and set about collecting the production and indexing of the The Indexer vol. 17, 1991, in an item information. ‘I had to get my infor- first A–Z volume, with a shoebox reprinted from The Times, thus: mation by walking. I would go down (over-large, it seemed to me, but I one street, find three more, and have started indexing in 1964, and don’t Indexer on the streets no idea where I was. The A–Z was know the details of the practice in The Sunday Times colour magazine the first map for the public giving 1936) featuring centre stage for a of 15 July 1990 featured the sole house numbers. For those I walked while; and at one horrific point, the begetter of the invaluable classic up every radial from Marble Arch to whole stage scattered with 5” x 3” series of London street plans, A–Z, Edgware and from Finchley Road up cards (I know, I filched a couple in Phyllis Pearsall, now an indefatiga- to Harrow Road. A communist neigh- the interval and have measured them ble high-achiever in her 84th year. bour was trying to card index all the – and they do indeed contain alpha- The first A to Z London street atlas communists in England and I learned betized lists of London streets, typed, appeared in 1936 and has been sought a lot about indexing from him. Then, but alas no page numbers!) dislodged after and regularly updated ever just as I thought it was all finished, from their boxes. The proofreader since. The story, by Patricia Mow- the LCC changed 2,000 place names observes, ‘You’ve left out Trafalgar bray, runs, in part: to avoid repetition.’ Square’, but no comment is made, the Phyllis was living in a London From her room above High Hol- explanation not given. More gratify- studio bedsitter, earning a decent born, Phyllis watched in horror as a ingly, as Mrs P trawls round the book- living as a painter and writer, when shoe box full of street names begin- sellers trying to get them to stock the her uncle arrived and announced, ning Tr tipped out of the window. ‘I A–Z, one song includes the lines, ‘Your Dad and I have decided to go raced down and brushed cards off into the map business. We had better boots, bonnets and roofs of cars. But ‘Just take a look get this place looking more like an I couldn’t get the ones on top of the At the rigorous index to this book.’ office. I’ve advertised for staff to bus. I couldn’t tell what had gone, call here.’ On errands for the world but an LCC surveyor had said, “In Hazel Bell map, Phyllis discovered that all the map-making you can never be right, London maps were about 16 years you can only try to be.” When I got see also London Group report out of date. ‘So I became interested the proof the reader queried, “Have (p. 14) in London, although for me the maps you a reason for leaving out Trafalgar were temporary. I wanted to get back Square?”’

Letter John Sutherland’s ‘Musings’ [Spring a limp cover that promises to survive 2014] aroused a hitherto unsuspected without deteriorating into handfuls Diary competitive spirit in me. My latest of loose leaves. (That seems to be the book (i.e the latest to be published fate these days of so many English Information on Local Group meetings and quite possibly the last I shall volumes, even from such prestigious is posted on SI-Announce and also write or edit) is a collection of the publishers as OUP.) Needless to say, appears on the website Letters of Dr Thomas Coke (Abing- I was careful to insist on indexing don Press, Nashville, 2013). It runs it myself (Index of Correspondents, SEPTEMBER 2014 to xx + 787 pages, which my basic 5pp, plus General index, 16pp), Friday 5–7 command of maths tells me totals 807 which took it just beyond Vol. II of SI Annual Conference, Cirencester, pages. the History of Oxford University ‘Tesserae to Tablets: Uncovering the When I became aware of these fig- Press. Future’ ures, I pleaded for it to be published John Vickers in two volumes, but with no success. Saturday 13–15 So it remains a monster; but at least, SfEP Conference, London, ‘Editing: Fit coming from an American stable, it for Purpose’ is printed on acid-free paper and with 10 SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 Practical and Technical Aspects

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 11 Conferences Conferences

Tesserae to tablets… …Uncovering the Future Annual Conference 5-7 September 2014 Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester http://www.indexers.org.uk/index.php?id=578

Uncover the future at the 2014 Society of Indexers Conference

Bookings are open for the Society’s past’, ‘Introduction to XML, HTML their experience of life as a pro- 2014 conference, which will be held and linked indexes to e-Books’ or ‘A fessional indexer, the pleasures from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 Septem- sense of direction: creating and using and the pitfalls. Taking questions ber. This year’s venue is the Royal a personal development plan’. from the audience they will talk Agricultural University in the heart There will also be the opportunity about getting your first com- of the Cotswolds, near the historic to attend two parallel sessions. The mission, building professional Roman town of Cirencester. choice includes a number of com- relationships, developing your We have a varied programme pletely new sessions. On Saturday client list, subject specialisms, based around the theme of innova- afternoon you can choose from: marketing, work–life balance and tions in publishing and the added keeping the family happy. • Introduction to Indexing in value that indexing can provide. The InDesign. The use of Adobe In- • Occupational Therapy and opening plenary session should set us Design is relatively popular with Working in Isolation. The thinking in this direction, as Simon indexers elsewhere in the world lone worker by definition works Rowberry talks about ‘Indexes as but has never found much fa- in isolation; this can lead to Hypertext’. vour in the UK. There is a possi- various problems. This session Friday evening’s dinner and bility for that to change now that will look at working in isolation ­after-dinner quiz will give you a chance linked indexes can be exported from an occupational therapy to meet up with fellow indexers, and if to EPUB. However, it requires point of view and ways to avoid it’s your first time there’s a pre-dinner indexers to learn an entirely new the associated problems, along drinks reception where you’ll be given software program. This session with the role of occupational a warm welcome to conference. provides an overview of how an therapy in effective lone-worker As detailed in the Spring issue, on index is created in InDesignCC. practices. Saturday morning the four workshops on offer give you a wide choice: • New Indexers Question Time. • Science Peer Review. Partici- ‘Words and pictures: indexing art A panel of experienced indexers pants will be sent a short text for books and catalogues’, ‘Indexing the will take questions and discuss indexing prior to the confer-

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ence. The session will then be an opportunity to discuss any problems and points of interest with the group. Then on Sunday morning, you have the choice of the following: • Health and Science Indexing Tips and Hints. This session will provide some tips and hints on indexing in health and science. It will cover topics such as eponyms, English/American spelling, chemical names, drug names, botanical names, and ­filing order, and will also pro- vide a list of useful resources.

• The Index is Dead, Long Live The Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester the Index: The future of in- dexing in the digital age. With they index, and those who index ‘Indexing Past, Present and Future’. many publishers offering search ‘A’ level and first-year under- It will certainly be a full programme as an alternative to the index in graduate textbooks. and we’re sure you will find much of interest wherever you are in your digital content, it’s high time we • Trends in Scientific Publish- indexing career, so please do come reassert the value of indexing in ing. This session will discuss and join us. opening up content of all kinds. recent trends in the publication, All rooms are en-suite and have In this session, Jo Bottrill, Man- management and presentation of internet access. We’re in a peaceful aging Director of Out of House scientific research. Topics cov- rural setting, with plenty of inter- Publishing, will chair a seminar ered include the advent of open esting places nearby to visit before on the role indexers should play access and the rise of mega- or after the conference. If you need in making digital content more journals and virtual-journals as a break after the hard work of the accessible to readers. well as new forms of content conference, why not stay an extra categorization, data visualization • Introduction to Indexing Law. night and explore the Cotswolds or and post-publication metrics. This session will explore how to the nearby Roman sites? include Acts of Parliament, case Further plenary sessions cover how to Full details of the programme and law and legal concepts in index- get the best out of searching Google, sessions, plus venue and travel infor- es. It is designed for those who the Corinium Museum Roman app, mation, are on the SI Website, along will occasionally come across the use of illustrations in indexes and with the booking form. legal terminology in the material Places I have indexed One of the great joys of indexing is that it does not require a fixed location. MG has been able to take advantage of her camper van to find some wonderful places to finish jobs: Kielder Forest in the depths of winter; the North Yorkshire coast, which also enabled her to join the North East Group in Saltburn last autumn; Smailholm Tower in the Scottish ­Borders; Treaddur Bay on Holyhead,­ Anglesey. MF once spent an idyllic week in the library of Magdalen College, Oxford, while visiting a teacher friend who lived in that city. She also finds the National Library of Scotland a wonderful environment for thought, and devoid of the distractions of home. We both have lovely sea and mountain views from home, and find the changing tides a constant source of inspiration. MG and her camper with members of the Have you a favourite location? MF/MG North East Group in Saltburn

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 13 Local Groups Local Groups

East Anglia Group discussion on, among other things: different perspectives, both between The East Anglia Group met on 24 dealing with illustrations, names of and within the different occupations, March at the University Arms in churches, references to other docu- and a type of meeting that we will, Cambridge. We had five attendees, ments, choice of headings and depth hopefully, repeat. On the train back to which is quite a good number for of indexing. It was interesting to Durham Nik said he had been worried this very dispersed group. Our group compare our different approaches to that no-one would say anything and leader was stranded on a train outside the document. it would be awkward. Think he was Ipswich and was missed (Thanks Sally provided a delicious lunch, reassured about that! Sandy for ‘chairing’ in my absence – and we thank her for her hospitality. Thanks to Nik and Alan for organ- Sarah), but the meeting was never- Ann Shooter izing this. And if you happen to be in theless enjoyed by all. The University Newcastle pop into the Lit and Phil. Arms was a comfortable venue, with London Group It’s worth a visit. sofas, waitress service, and very good About eight of us met on 6 March http://www.litandphil.org.uk/index. teas and lunches. for a social evening at O’Neill’s shtml We were three students, a newbie, in Euston Road. The meeting had Hilary Faulkner and one experienced indexer who been postponed from 6 February, as was asked a great many questions there was a tube strike on the earlier North West Group – his helpfulness and patience were date. We had met at O’Neill’s before The North West Group last met for much appreciated! Our discussions for lunch, but decided to go for an our Christmas social in December included: sharing personal histories evening gathering this time. We were 2013 at the Slug and Lettuce in Man- and experiences; how and why we particularly pleased that three new chester. At the moment, there is not got into indexing; the types of work faces turned up – Ed Gauntlett, much more to report as the group is we did or hoped to do; tips about Cathy Heath and Janet Zimmer- currently in need of a new local group how to start looking for work; tips mann – and it was an enjoyable coordinator. From my previous expe- for the students about extra activities evening with lively conversation. rience of running the group, I know they might like to do alongside the Later that month, on the 24th, four this is an enjoyable and not overly course; the state of indexing today members went to a performance of taxing role and a great way to get to and how it compares to other fields; The A–Z of Mrs P (see also Hazel know your fellow local indexers and and related areas such as proofread- Bell’s article on page 10) at the become more involved in Society ing and editing. Southwark Playhouse. This musical activities. Local group meetings and The original plan was to discuss by Gwyneth Herbert and Diane Sam- workshops offer a valuable oppor- in detail our working methods and uels was based on the life of Phyllis tunity to meet other trainees and compare them, but as most attendees Pearsall, the creator of the A–Z street indexers of all levels of experience did not yet have anything that could guide. Despite a spirited performance for social contact and mutual profes- be called a ‘working method’, our ex- by (best known as Dobby sional support. We are a very friendly perienced indexer demonstrated and in TV’s Peep Show) as Phyllis, we group and I’m sure many of us will discussed his ways of working while felt that musically the show was be willing to help the new coordinator the rest of us asked questions. undistinguished, and the story was in finding his or her feet and taking The newbie also shared details more about Mrs P’s stormy relation- the group forwards for future meet- of life since accreditation, ideas for ship with her parents than about her ings. If you are an SI member in the marketing, the importance of prac- creation of the A–Z, which was of North West region, please consider tice indexes, and generally offered more interest to us. if this could be the role for you and encouragement to the students. Christine Shuttleworth do let me know if you would like to A pleasant and instructive time volunteer. was had by all. Thanks to Sarah North East Group Paula Clarke Wilson for organizing this. On 26 February a mixed group of [email protected] Sandy Aitken indexers, editors and proofreaders met at the Lit and Phil in Newcastle, Scottish Group East Midlands Group a delightful venue, conveniently close The latest meeting was held in the Four of us met at Sally Phillips’s to Newcastle station, for a joint SI/ Edinburgh Central Library on 26 house on 17 March for a peer review SfEP meeting co-organized by Nik March with nine members present session. The text chosen was Valuing Prowse and Alan Rutter. (although one, the author of this Places: Good Practice in Conser- A lively, interesting and interested report, is a student and doesn’t know vation Areas, published by English exchange of views and experiences­ much!) Following coffee and the Heritage. This led to some useful ensued. Nice for all of us to get general business of the meeting,

14 SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 Local Groups there was an interesting discussion indexes before the meeting moved to pre-Raphaelites and parts of the on ‘Indexing the Past’ led by Anne lunch in a local café. ­Staffordshire Hoard. McCarthy, Jane Angus and Moyra Joan Docherty Jane Horton Forrest. Among other things, this touched on indexing subjects where Three Choirs Group the terminology is rapidly expanding, On 20 March seven indexers past and West Anglia Group e.g. plastic surgery, or the information present took the train to Birmingham Seven of us met in the café in St available is changing, e.g. geology; New Street station to check out the ­Albans cathedral on 24 April. We the challenges of indexing geograph- new flagship library. It was a pleas- were delighted to be joined by Jan ical areas (and related topics) as ant day and Birmingham city centre Worrall, a former WAG stalwart. Jan boundaries change; of indexing the looked at its best. now lives in , but was in names of both people and places as The library sits in the cultural the area for the day. We talked about their spelling shifts and mutates and, centre of Centenary Square be- work levels, the slow shrinkage of the indeed, of differentiating between tween the Repertory Theatre and the Group, declining pay rates and pros- the myriad John Clerks of Pennycuik Symphony Hall and was designed pects for new indexers. It emerged (now Penicuik). by Dutch architects Mecanoo, a kind that, of the members present, only There was also discussion about of coloured latticework encasing the two will be attending the Cirencester the changing language used within exterior making it an unmissable conference. We all stayed at the café any given topic, e.g. new words, new landmark. The official tours were full for a good lunch, and a long natter. spellings, new concepts and new so our most local member Cathryn Malcolm Henley descriptions, plus mention of such Pritchard scouted out the venue and fraught terms as Renaissance, ‘clas- led us on a self-guided tour. After Yorkshire Group sical’ music and of the very word coffee and cake in the café, we began Following on from last year’s session music itself, but that’s another story. from the bottom up in the base- on ‘How I index’, we planned a The discussion moved onto address- ment, looking at the music library meeting to focus on ‘How to be more ing some of these challenges through complete with listening booths and efficient’. This was held on 22 March the use of see also cross references, even practice rooms for hire, with in Sheffield. Led byRuth Ellis, we having a clear introductory note the children’s library alongside. The began by looking at starting the index to the index itself and, of course, main lending library on the ground and how preparation and planning thinking about the likely users of the floor is quite small, but apparently it could save time later, and help keep index. always was, then there are two floors you on track during the indexing This was followed by an absorb- of non-fiction with study areas around process. We discussed different ing talk from Bronwen Brown from the edges and a cleverly designed approaches and how they could affect the Fine Art and Music Library who central circular section based on an efficiency and what to do if you find began with a brief history of the Cen- old-style private library. The books yourself getting bogged down in a tral Library and the changes which on these floors are a combination of section or chapter. The importance of are currently being implemented. reference and lending, still arranged knowing your software and its short- Bronwen then spoke about some of by the Dewey Decimal System. cuts was covered, as well as addition- the indexes used within the library. There are several archives housed al aids, from the high tech – macros Some are no longer compiled – for within the library, including a Me- – to the low tech – window pens. We instance, all the sheet music used to diatheque which among other things also discussed the ideas on index- be indexed by song, while others are gives access to the British Film Insti- ing efficiency and speed, including new indexing projects such as the tute archives. OHIO (only handle it once), espoused indexing of the image collections and There is a secret garden outside on by Sylvia Coates in her ‘Measur- the challenging task of creating an floor 7, attractively planted and with ing worth’ article in The Indexer of index for the library’s unusual collec- great views of the city. On the top December 2012. Briefly touching on tion of artists’ books, some of which floor there is a viewing gallery and editing (we ran out of time!), this sub- Bronwen had brought to show us. We the Shakespeare Memorial Library, ject merits further discussion either also all enjoyed the chance to look a beautiful wood-panelled room that as another session and/or an online at other items from the collection, has hopefully come to rest at last discussion. including song books, some gorgeous with its collection after a somewhat Altogether, a very interactive illustrated books and part of an old peripatetic history. A stimulating meeting which made me stand back index of art-related press cuttings (no visit and great to see libraries in the and think how I could apply what we longer compiled, as the newspapers news locally and nationally. We had had discussed to improve my own now provide comprehensive online lunch at a nearby pub and some of us efficiency; I have started already with databases). There was then some rounded off the day with a visit to the the use of the template facility in Sky discussion around what language(s) Museum and Art Gallery, worthy of – something I had been unaware of. to use when compiling music-related a much longer visit with its fabulous Claire Hodgson

SIdelights No. 2 Summer 2014 15 Who’s Who

Executive Board Chair Adele Furbank [email protected] Vice-Chair Jan Worrall [email protected] Secretary John Silvester [email protected] Conference liaison Dawn Dobbins [email protected] Finance Janice Rayment [email protected] IT director Cathryn Pritchard [email protected] Marketing Sandy Aitken [email protected] Members’ services vacant Professional development vacant

Committees Conference Dawn Dobbins [email protected] Continuing Professional Development Wendy Baskett [email protected] Indexers Available Ann Kingdom [email protected] Marketing Sandy Aitken [email protected] Training Course Jan Worrall [email protected] Website Cathryn Pritchard [email protected]

Office-holders Office Manager Paul Machen (also Training, [email protected] Fellowship and Workshops) Practical Indexing Ann Hudson Assignment [email protected] coordinator Webmaster/ Julian Menes Email listowner [email protected]

SIdeline Moderator vacant Groups Coordinator Rohan Bolton [email protected]

The Indexer Editor Maureen MacGlashan [email protected] Production Editor Susan Curran [email protected] Indexes Reviewed Christine Shuttleworth [email protected]

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