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Tom Gauld
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SCIENCE CAT (my latest cartoon for New Scientist)
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Book indexer: humanities especially social justice, art, music, film, material culture, nonprofits, fashion, pop culture, feminism and how we make sense of the world
Curler, settler, she/her & klutz extraordinaire 🏳️🌈
www.fedorakindexing.com
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Tom Gauld
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SCIENCE CAT (my latest cartoon for New Scientist)
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Fedorak Indexing
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I'd include/gloss as I know of the term from fashion history. It's also the sort of term I think that one would remember and look up. I like to put in these sorts of things as a tidbit for the bookshop browser, hoping they flip to the text, read and hopefully get pulled in and purchase.
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Matthew Chambers
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New CfP for The New Americanist (EUP)! "Bookselling, the Book Trade, and Literary Culture." Please consider submitting.
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Tom Ue
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The moment we hit “send.”
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Fedorak Indexing
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This is actually a big accomplishment even if the character counts suggest otherwise. One third of my job is deciding terminology (for academic book indexes). You have added a piece to your book that will flavour your argument and shift how things are looked at.
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Fedorak Indexing
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The 2021 heat wave was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. 651 deaths in the province of BC. Oregon saw at least 116 deaths related to heat and at least 112 in Washington. Our buildings simply aren't built for this sort of heat.
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Fedorak Indexing
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The royals and nobles don't show up that often for me, but when they do I don't recognize the name I always hope it's an easy one to figure out. I have the standard Indexing Names, and Mulvaney. What else would you recommend?
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Fedorak Indexing
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Ugh, this is making me want to take up weaving. There is no space in here for a loom. There is barely enough space for the knitting stash!
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Fedorak Indexing
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Yes please! When I get queries for my services (book indexer) I'll go to the author's institutional page to see what the project is about. There's a group (and it happens enough that it's not rare), that don't even have their current book's topic as an interest as their previous book is forthcoming
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Fedorak Indexing
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As an indexer I am careful about choosing my words to ensure the index is unbiased and reflects what's in the text. I'm always looking for other ways to think of terminology, categorization and context. Looking forward to reading this in the summer sun!
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Fedorak Indexing
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I loved these insights into crowds from my days working the bar at an auditorium/concert venue. Opera patrons did not drink. Not even coffee.
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Fedorak Indexing
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You're welcome. I meant to add that if one is looking for embedded index (into Word or InDesign) you need to look about 6 months before you submit your manuscript. There are fewer that do this more complicated coding work. Add in SME and the pool gets smaller. The work also takes longer.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Three months after handing in the ms is often when we index. Looking a month before you hand in the ms, gives you a larger choice of indexers, which is important for finding a good fit. Many authors are spent after submitting. They stop to breathe, get caught up and bam! They need an indexer.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Starting a new index today, this time heading off to the seas of Madagascar. Love my job!
I've also just realized I need to set up a macro for Madagascar. All those alternating a's are reminding me of some technical exercises from my classical piano days.
#IndexSky
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Fedorak Indexing
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Start your search early if you want an SME. For example I'm usually booked 3 months in advance and have a list of coming in the next year dates to be confirmed after MS submission.
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Fedorak Indexing
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If you have any questions about searching and hiring a book indexer #indexSky will reach our community on here. Also the American Society of Indexers, Indexing Society of Canada and Society of Indexers (UK) have searchable directories based on specializations.
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Fedorak Indexing
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There is. Board and deboard by window, middle and aisle instead of by row. When I was flying within Japan it was done this way and it was so fast.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Gotcha! Yes A is weak! Thank you for sharing that concept. I try to figure out a way to have those first entries pique interest when the metatopic isn't reflected immediately and abuse has definitely come up for me and remains solutionless.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Yes! Sometimes I do that when the heading doesn't have that feeling of coming together well (aka I can't face it!). Somehow going through the smaller ones helps to clarify or solidify where things are at.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Weak and strong letters?
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Fedorak Indexing
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I sort of do the opposite. I'll edit A-Z and maybe the leave large ones to the end. I find that if I do the large ones early I have a false sense of being close to the end!
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Fedorak Indexing
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There isn't the expectation that once one of the people as reached orgasm that sex is over. There is no refractory period so even if both parties have reached orgasm there is no need to stop.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Baptismal of fire! You've got this My rule for high heels. If you can't run to catch up with someone who dropped something/catch the bus you have no business wearing them. Heels should empower the wearer, not cobble them. The Charleston dance sequence in "It's a Wonderful Life" (Capra) is great
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Fedorak Indexing
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With an a. Baffin Island, largest island in Canada and second largest in the Americas. North of the Arctic Circle
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Fedorak Indexing
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Nooooo, must stop from going down wolf-rabbithole to investigate the scale. Is the Alexander the largest of them all? I feel like if they are presented to scale relative to all the other wolves, that there is a logic to the order or presentation, which seems higgledy-pigledy to me #JobHazard
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Fedorak Indexing
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It's been a while since an edited volume has given me a lot of grief. Here's to tempting fate!
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Fedorak Indexing
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Ahhh I too am wrapping up a rare (for me) trade book
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Fedorak Indexing
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Wait?! Do we have the same partner?
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Fedorak Indexing
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Month end round up: I indexed books on smuggling, ecological art practices, espionage and starving artists.
#AcademicSky #LoveMyJob
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Fedorak Indexing
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Got a text from an unknown saying your package couldn't be delivered click here. Turns out it was legit. I was here waiting for that delivery and another one. No one buzzed. I'd ordered 2 books from a bookstore and they came via 2 different delivery services. One no problem. The other took 2 months.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Retail therapy is a valid response. Japanese stationery is always a winner
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Levi Stahl
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Send thank-you notes, send condolence cards, send congratulations cards to celebrate all manner of successes, send postcards to say I’m thinking of you. It can matter. It definitely brings more good into the world.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Which is strange considering language is key to what we (indexrs) do! I don’t have a list of categories, but because I index academic work, I use disciplines. I’m adding linguistics. Won’t somebody please think of the linguists?!
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Fedorak Indexing
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Manifesting! Sometimes it feels like some sort of sorcery (not looking at you current project) Custom-designing a bespoke index-ooh easter eggs! A client once asked me to put an entry for Blink 182 pointing to p182 (no band there) Ah I see you're in management, or the library's business section
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Fedorak Indexing
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No. Curation is creating meaning via the selection and display process. An index isn't putting forth a position, or making meaning of the text, it's simply saying this is what's in here and here is how you find it.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Yeah I realize I still have art institution trauma over the word making! It's usually indexing or doing for me.
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Sometimes I get hung up on what to call the act of making an index due in part to my art indoctrination "we do not use the word create" I don't use writing an index often as I heard an indexer admonish someone once "we don't write indexes" Compiling ignores the complexity Indexing? lacks fun
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Fedorak Indexing
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My creative juices are looking for something else to tackle besides assembling a pile o' words into an interlocking puzzle of a map of the book
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Fedorak Indexing
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They're banned in my neighbourhood. It's a very densely populated urban area (businesses + residences) with old trees. Our 'hood's bylaws allow for garbage collection a few hours earlier than in residential areas, but I'd take the truck now and then as opposed to all that whining.
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Tristan Schweiger
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One of my better Facebook posts.
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@wombatarama.bsky.social
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new bookcase thinks it’s a comedian
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Kirby Conrod
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unrelated but periodic boost since i've got it open in a tab: did you know i have an open donation box for sharing cool pronoun shit you noticed? it's here, please feel free to share widely! forms.gle/47j6VBQTD1VW... #linguistics
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Fedorak Indexing
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To ask for a book to be removed one should have to provide call numbers for all versions. I think they should also have to debate on the removal of the book. But use World Schools Debating rules, so that it is possible they might have to debate for it to remain.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Poems About Onions: I'm Not Crying, Er Writing You Are This foundational course covers the foundation of writing. Learn the basics, improve your writing and make your professor shed tears of joy instead of despair.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Indexing software isn't a good idea unless you have oodles of time & know best practices. It is fiddly details. Indexing societies have lists of indexers. indexers.ca and www.asindexing.org Some of us have sliding scales for people just like you! "Book Indexing" by S. Ullstrom. Questions? Ask away!
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Fedorak Indexing
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I've just wrapped up a compilation that doesn't sound like it's been written by thirteen people. Okay there is one chapter on statistics written by THAT person, but terms have been standardized and arguments built upon earlier ones. One of the easier compilations terminology-wise that I've done.
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Jocelyne Allen
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Canadian book people! Your annual reminder that you can get paid for having your books in the library. It's money there for the taking, so take it!
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Fedorak Indexing
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And sometimes library patrons end up buying the book because the hold keeps coming up at the wrong time, they buy it for others, or they recommend it to others.
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Fedorak Indexing
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Great attention to detail by the artist. The slightly worn and frayed spine is my favourite I think.
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