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“Editorial: Digital Trends,” The Indexer , Vol.
30, no. 1, March 2012, p. 1+
“The Devil is in the Details: Indexes vs.
Amazon’s X-Ray,” The Indexer , Vol. 30, no.
1, March 2012, p. 11
Podcast: Ebook Ninjas - Indexing with Jan Wright, Episode
68, March 1012, and Indexes, Episode 12, November 2010
http://ebookninjas.com/tag/jan-wright/
“Niceties or Necessities: A Response to Peter
Meyer’s ‘Missing Entry: Whither the eBook Index,’”
Keywords, Vol. 20, no. 1, January-March 2012, p.
17.
”Indexing
in Technical Writing," 2010
"The
Future of Indexing?," 2005
"Software
Field Trip List of Software Sources," 2005
"Jan
Wright and Nancy Mulvany's Software Setups Compared,"
Software Field Trip handout, 2004
"Interview with Jan Wright" i-Torque, 2003 (Please
NOTE: Both files need the password "bayside" to open!)
Part
One, April, 2003, on single-sourcing, taxonomies, and
controlled vocabularies. Part
Two, May/June 2003, on metadata, taxonomy design, and
the skill sets needed for such work
"Indexing Your
Association's Publications," 2003
"Sources of
Software," Software Field Trip handout, ASI
presentation, 2003
"Indexing with PageMaker," Software for Indexing,
Information Today, Inc., 2003
"Indexing in RoboHELP," Software for Indexing,
Information Today, Inc., 2003
"Thesaurus Software and Keyword Constellation
Construction," A to
Z, January, 2002
Single
Source Indexing," SIGDOC presentation, 2001
"Sonar Bookends Automatic Index Generator: A Review,"
Keywords, Vol. 8, 2001, p. 153+
"Scanning Your Entries Automatically," Keywords,
Vol. 8, 2001, p. 105-106
"Setting Fees," Running an Indexing Business,
American Society of Indexers, 2001
"The World of Embedded Indexing," Beyond Book
Indexing, American Society of Indexers, 2000
"A Snapshot of the Indexing SIG at the Millennium,"
A to
Z, January, 2000
"Indexing in Word Tutorial," 1999
"Company Technical Indexing," A to
Z, September, 1998
"Indexing after the Millennium 1 -- Getting the Tools
Right," The Indexer, April, 1998
"An
Overview of Indexing Methods", A to Z: The
Newsletter of STC's Indexing SIG, January, 1998
"Tech Notes" column, Keywords, January 1998
"How
to Index Online," The Indexer, April 1997
"Working with
Help Keywords," WinHelp Journal, Winter 1996,
Spring/Summer, 1996
"Working in a Group: Managing PageMaker Production at
Aldus," Aldus Magazine, May/June, 1990
Contact Wright Information at jancw@wrightinformation.com,
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