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Press Release: Mary Newberry Mentorship Program
Indexing Society of Canada
Today we made the great announcement to our industry contacts and affiliated societies. The press release is below.
Included in the announcement is our new web page for the mentorship program.
Toronto, Canada, September 4, 2018
ISC/SCI announces mentorship program for indexers
The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is excited to announce the development of the Mary Newberry Mentorship Program.
The voluntary program will assist new indexers who wish to develop their skills and business. Mature indexers will also use the program to develop expertise in new disciplines and skills.
The program framework was announced at the ISC/SCI 2018 Annual Conference in Winnipeg in June. Stephen Ullstrom, chair of the program committee, and Linda Christian have been named the program’s first coordinators. They plan to have it running by January 2019.
Ullstrom, who is also the regional representative for the Prairies and Northern Canada, points out that most indexers are freelancers, and they could live almost anywhere. “The mentorship program will give anyone who lives in a remote area an additional resource and community that is usually only available to indexers in well-populated areas.”
“This program is a great achievement,” says Siusan Moffat, ISC/SCI executive member. Christian adds, “We had a lively discussion in the online forums on the need for mentoring in our industry. The timing couldn’t be better.”
The program is named after ISC/SCI member Mary Newberry in recognition of her many years of mentorship and teaching.
To learn more about the program, contact Stephen Ullstrom (mentorship@indexers.ca) or visit indexers.ca/resources/mentorship.
2018 Tamarack Award: Christopher Blackburn
Indexing Society of Canada
The Tamarack award was instituted to recognize members who go “above and beyond the call of duty” in their volunteer work for the Society.
This year we have chosen Christopher Blackburn as the Tamarack Award recipient for that very reason.
The award is a symbol of our thanks and gratitude for what he has given to the Indexing Society of Canada |Société canadienne d’indexation and is well-deserved after many, many years of service for our Society.
Chris served as a dedicated Central Canada regional representative and has been a member of the Executive committee where he provided wise and thoughtful contributions.
You could consider Chris our Society historian! He has in his possession every issue of the Bulletin since its inception, attended numerous conferences, both national and international, notably England, Ireland, and the US. He has made several contributions to the Bulletin reporting on the many events he attended. His involvement can be traced back to 2001, planning the Toronto conference when our Society was called the Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada (IASC/SCAD). Chris has a deep and personal knowledge of the evolution of indexing methods and is always willing to share his indexing knowledge with other members.
Chris was presented with the Tamarack Award and he humbly accepted it at our recent Toronto indexers’ meeting in June. It was a delightful moment!
We are honoured to present this award to Chris this year and we are honoured to have him as a member of our Society.
Thank you and congratulations, Chris!
Margaret de Boer
Senior Co-President
Alexandra Peace
Junior Co-President
A big thank you to our conference donors and sponsors
Indexing Society of Canada
Thanks to the wonderful donors and sponsors of our 2018 Conference in Winnipeg!
Their contributions of door prizes and equipment helped make the conference a success.
- Carol Saller Fisher and the University of Chicago Press
- Frances Curry
- Mary Newberry
- Friesens
- McNally Robinson Booksellers
- Fernwood Publishing
- Nan Badgett
- Frances Lennie at Indexing Research
- Gregory Younging
- Wolseley Wool
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- Unifor Local #4209
- Fort Garry Hotel
2018 Ewart-Daveluy Award: Audrey McClellan
Indexing Society of Canada
Audrey McClellan was presented with the Ewart-Daveluy Award for Indexing Excellence at the awards banquet of the Indexing Society of Canada in Winnipeg on June 9, 2018, for her index to Barry Gough’s Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty, published by Seaforth Publishing.
As its title suggests, the book focuses on the relationship between Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, and John Fisher, as First Sea Lord of the British Royal Navy, but also covers the evolution of the British Navy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the relevant events of the First World War.
The indexing challenge was to compress 585 pages of what often felt like three books in one into a 13-page index accompanied by a short Index of Ships. Audrey rose to this challenge, achieving a thorough and comprehensive coverage of all relevant topics and personal names, along with the interrelationships between and among topics and names within the space constraints.
An excerpt from the index is available here, courtesy of Seaforth Publishing.
Another Successful Conference
Indexing Society of Canada
Our June 2018 ISC/SCI annual conference brought old and new friends together sharing information and laughs.
