About Griffiths Indexing
Griffiths Indexing offers back-of-the-book indexing and proofreading services to authors, publishers, and book packagers. I am conscientious and committed to providing quality projects at reasonable rates and delivered on time.
Griffiths Indexing:
- Projects delivered on time
- Chicago Manual of Style or publisher's own specifications
- Delivery by e-mail and/or on disk with hard copy
- Dedicated indexing software (CINDEX)
- Hardcopy or electronic copy
- Multiple Indexes ~ subject, name, author, product, etc.
- Accommodate tight schedules
- Undertake projects on short notice
- Proofreading for consistency, style, and clarity
Types of materials:
- cookbooks
- general audience books
- textbooks
- “how-to” books
- reports and proceedings
- manuals
- any printed material that needs an index
- any printed or online material that needs to be proofread
About Karen Griffiths
Education
- Seth Earley & Associates—Taxonomy and Metadata Series, 2007
- Simon Fraser University—Basic Proofreading, 2006
- Broccoli Information Management— Website Indexing Course, 2005
- Sherry Smith Indexing Services—Advanced Indexing Workshop, 2002
- U.S. Department of Agriculture—Basic Indexing Course, 2001
- Simon Fraser University—The Art of Indexing, 2001
- Thompson Rivers University—Bachelor of General Studies, 3rd year in progress
- Kwantlen University College—Courses in Psychology, Biology, Cell Biology, Physics and Chemistry, 1992-1994
Professional Experience
Indexer with 8 years experience in:
- back of the book indexing
- cumulative indexing
- classification schemes
- proofreading
Subject Knowledge
- Cooking
- Psychology/Self Help
- Parenting/Child Care/Child Development
- Health/Nutrition
- Environment/Sustainability
- Homeschooling/Education
- Disabilities/Special Needs
- Nature/Pets
- Business/Finance
- Arts/Crafts
Computer Knowledge
- CINDEX (dedicated indexing software)
- Microsoft Word
- Internet Research
Professional Affiliations
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Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada/Société canadienne pour l'analyse de documents (IASC/SCAD)
Indexing-related information for indexers and publishers.
http://www.indexingsociety.ca
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American Society of Indexers (ASI)
Contains information about indexing as a career, indexing training, software, fees, online and print reference tools, and links to other indexing-related sites.
http://www.asindexing.org
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