1998 ASI Conference Publicity

[Lori Lathrop <76620 -dot- 456 -at- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM>]

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    1998 American Society of Indexers (ASI) Annual Conference
               celebrating its 30th Anniversary
                             with
      the Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada (IASC)

                  New Frontiers in Indexing

                       May 13-16, 1998
            Cavanaugh's Inn, Seattle, Washington


Building Your Business for Tomorrow

Prepare yourself for the future!  Learn about the latest trends and
important issues affecting Indexers, Writers, Editors, and Publishers.

Professional development is your key to success.  Let experienced,
insightful speakers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia
introduce you to hot topics that help you stay on the cutting edge.  You
can't afford to miss this conference!

Keynote Address:  Successful Freelancing

John Hedtke (http://www.oz.net/~jhedtke), an award-winning author of many
articles and computer books (which he indexes himself), is an entertaining
speaker whose personal philosophy of late is "If I were having any more
fun, I'd have to be two people."  His philosophy is infectious.  Be
prepared to have fun!

A Few Conference Highlights

- Bidding and Winning: Writing Successful Proposals
- Certification Issues (panel discussion)
- Creating Keywords for Online Help
- Database Indexing
- Editing Indexes
- Facing the Text: Content Analysis and Entry Selection
- Hiring and Training Legal Indexers
- Indexing as a Career: Development Issues
- Indexing CD-ROM Documents
- Indexing Images: New Contexts, New Frontiers
- Indexing in Multilingual and Multicultural Environments
- Indexing Online Documents
- Internet Searches: Cyber Indexes and CyberReality?
- Medical Indexing
- Scandals, Missing Persons, & Murderers: An Indexer's Dream!


                Preliminary Conference Agenda

Wednesday, May 13:
7:30 - 9:00 AM          Registration Table open
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM       Full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops
                        (including lunch)
Noon - 1:30 PM          Registration table open
Noon - 6:00 PM          Exhibitors Hall open
                        Sightseeing opportunities

Thursday, May 14:
7:30 - 9:00 AM          Registration Table open
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM       Full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops
                        (including lunch)
Noon - 1:30 PM          Registration Table open
Noon - 2:00 PM          Roundtable discussions (lunch included)
Noon - 6:00 PM          Exhibitor Hall open
                        Sightseeing opportunities
6:00 - 8:00 PM          Welcome Reception

Friday, May 15:
7:30 - 9:00 AM          Registration Table open
9:00 - 10:00 AM         Welcome / Keynote Address
10:00 AM - Noon         General Session Presentations
Noon to 2:00 PM         Roundtable discussions (lunch included)
                        Meet the Exhibitors
2:00 to 4:00 PM         Presentations
4:00 to 6:00 PM         Chapter Leaders Meeting
                        Exhibitor Hall open
                        Sightseeing opportunities
6:30 - 9:00 PM          Awards Banquet with Murder Mystery
                        Dinner Theatre

Saturday, May 16:
8:00 AM - Noon          General Session Presentations
Noon - 2:00 PM          Roundtable discussions (lunch included)
2:30 - 5:00 PM          Post-conference workshops
                        Sightseeing opportunities


Conference Registration

Want a conference brochure and registration form?  Call Lori Lathrop at
303-567-4447, ext. 28, or send an e-mail message to her
(76620 -dot- 456 -at- compuserve -dot- com).

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Lori Lathrop ---------->INTERNET:76620 -dot- 456 -at- compuserve -dot- com
Vice President/President-Elect, American Society of Indexers
Lathrop Media Services - Office: 303-567-4447, ext. 28
ASI Web site - http://www.well.com/user/asi/
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