To be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1620 Prince Street, Old Town, Alexandria Virginia on January 19, 2019

 Enid L. Zafran, one of our long-time members and a well-known indexer, will give a full-day workshop on the topic of Indexing Names.  No matter what field of indexing you specialize in, no matter how long you have been an indexer, names always present a challenge.

Enid will consider names indexing from three aspects:

• the strategies to make them into index entries,
• determining when a name is “indexable,”
• the correct formatting and sorting of names of various types.

There will be hands-on exercises during the day (no laptop or software required).

This workshop was given for the first time in Chicago in October 2018, and participants commented:  “Enid covered so many different naming principles that challenged us and illuminated our knowledge. Everyone who attended was enthralled with the presentation from this veteran indexer.”

Registration is open until 1/11/19. Please visit our chapter meetings page for registration form and mailing details.

The Mid- and South-Atlantic Chapter of the American Society of Indexing is pleased to announce the award of a $500 scholarship to attend the ASI East Coast Regional Meeting.  The meeting will be held in Philadelphia, PA on November 11 – 12, 2016.  Please join us in congratulating Lori Holtzinger. Lori has been a freelance book and journal indexer since 2008. Lori’s niece introduced her to the idea of indexing and she completed her training through the USDA, with Kari Kells as her mentor. Lori works full time as an Occupational Therapist with special needs children in the school system, so her freelance business, Zinger Indexing, is truly moonlighting. She has indexed books in the areas of psychology, social work, nursing and allied health, talent development, and local history. A Pennsylvania native, Lori now resides in southern Delaware with her husband, Joe, and her feline administrative assistant, Betty. She has a lifelong love of learning and of organizing things, so indexing is also an avocation.  Lori can be contacted at zingerindexing@gmail.com.

In order to accommodate a growing waiting list, we have worked with our meeting venue to provide additional seats for our indexing meeting. Spaces are currently available and we are once again accepting registrations. Please see the Chapter Meetings page for schedule and registration details.

Please join MSA for a presentation by Enid Zafran, Customer
Relations for Indexers.  Check the Chapter Meetings page for details!

MSA has joined forces with neighboring ASI chapters to present a two-day educational meeting to be held at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, PA.  Stay tuned for details!