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Subject:Re: Academic courses on indexing From:Marc Santacroce <santa -at- MAILHUB -dot- TFS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 10 Oct 1994 11:25:34 -0700
The US Department of Agriculture has a certificate program which includes
a corresp[ondence course on indexing. (Basic Indexing CEDIT 360 - $281 and
Aplied Indexing CEDIT 361 - $275.) Call 202-720-7123 for information.
Regards, ;-{)
Marc
M_a_r_c_ A. _S_a_n_t_a_c_r_o_c_e_________________________
Technical Writer/Trainer
TRW Financial Systems, Inc.
300 Lakeside Dr.
Oakland, CA 94612-3540
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On Mon, 10 Oct 1994, Donnie Curtis wrote:
> I'd like to know if any graduate or undergraduate technical or professional
> communication programs include a semester-long course on indexing. I'm
> doing a review essay on books about indexing, and the textbooks I've found
> seem to be directed towards library science courses. I know that technical
> writers often need to do indexes, for books and manuals especially, and
> maybe for other formats. Certainly electronic information storage and
> retrieval demands a basic knowledge of indexing theory. So, those of you
> who do indexing, how did you learn how? Especially I would like to know
> if you learned in a formal setting. You can reply to me personally if you
> prefer...thanks for your help.
> Donnie Curtis
> Reference Librarian, New Mexico State University
> dcurtis -at- lib -dot- nmsu -dot- edu