"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -
'tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." - Mark Twain
Award-winning course Indexing: Theory and Application from the University of California at Berkely developed by Sylvia Coates and instructed by Jan Wright.
Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies workshop by Fred Leise.
Taxonomy and Thesaurus Creation workshop by Heather Hedden.
Annual SKY Index Professional workshops by Kamm Schreiner.
Embedded Indexing - Under the Covers workshop by Lucie Haskins.
Indexing Bootcamp - by Enid Zafran
BS in Chemistry and Teacher Certification, Colorado State University.
Interesting things about me
I went back to school to get my degree at 38 years old as a single parent with two kids. While at school I worked in a biochemistry lab and cloned RNA.
I managed a quality control food lab as chief chemist.
I taught middle school and high school for 8 years.
I am a decorative painter and faux finisher with my own business for the last ten years.
I've ridden horses for 35 years, 15 of them as an endurance rider.
I've been a board member for the Longmont Symphony Orchestra since 1991.
I lived in England for a year and have traveled the world.
