Sylvia Coates                                        sylvia@sylviacoates.com                      LinkedIn Profile

             
                      Workshops and Presentations

2017 Jun     Art of Indexing, learning and refining, ASI Portland Conference, ME 

2015 Jun      Keynote Speaker, ISC/SCI National Convention, Victoria, B.C.

2012 Nov     Measuring Value Seminar, ASI Asheville Conference, NC

2012 Apr      Measuring Value Seminar, ASI National Convention, San Diego

2010 Jul       Software Solutions Workshop, ASI Golden Gate Chapter, SF
      
2009 Jun      Software Solutions Seminar, EAC National Convention, Toronto

2009 Jun      Apples and Oranges Seminar, ISC National Convention, Toronto

2009 Apr       Apples and Oranges Seminar, ASI National Convention, Portland

2008 Aug      Apples and Oranges Workshop, ASI Golden Gate Chapter, SF   

2008 Feb      Redback Indexing Training Workshops, San Jose; Vancouver, B.C. 

2006 Oct       Thematic Term Selection Workshop, ASI Chicago Chapter

2006 May      Thematic Term Selection Workshop ASI SoCal Chapter 

2005 Apr       Thematic Term Selection Workshop, ASI Conference, Pasadena

2003 Jun       Getting It Right Seminar, ASI/ISC Conference, Vancouver, B. C.

2003 Jan       Monitor of Editors Panel ASI Golden Gate Chapter, Mid-Winter Conf.

2001 Nov      Getting It Right Workshop ASI Golden Gate Chapter. San Francisco.                                                                                                       

                              
                      Course Development & Publications

2016-present     Indexing Books as a Career MOOC developer. Canvas Network.
                           
2004-present     UC Berkeley Extension Indexing: Theory and                                          Application course 
                           Course Developer and Instructor. Recipient of the 2005 
                           Distance Learning Community of Practice (DLCoPC) Award 
                           from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) in
                           recognition of innovation and quality of instruction.

2002-2003          President of ASI Golden Gate Chapter
1999-2004          USDA Basic Indexing Instructor
1991-1992          President of ASI Golden Gate Chapter  
1990-1991          Vice-President/Mid-Winder Conference Chair, ASIGG                              Chapter

The_indexer_Wishlist. Indexing Books as a Career MOOC. September 2016. 

“Author citations and the indexer” The Indexer, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 2013.

“Measuring value: worth your pay and paid your worth” The Indexer, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2012.
 
"Globalization and the indexer: reflections from the UC Berkeley Extension course" written with Heather Ebbs, and Max McMaster, The Indexer, Vol. 29, No. 1, March 2011

"Subject knowledge--taking care of business" The Indexer, Vol. 28, No. 4, December 2010

"Software solutions" The Indexer, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2009

“UC Berkeley Extension course: learning to index at a distance” The Indexer, Vol. 34. No. 4, October 2005

“Teaching book indexing: cognitive skills and term selection” The Indexer, Vol. 20, No. 2, April 2002

Psychology and Sociology Indexing, "A Rose By Any Other Name" (2002). Information Today.

“Term Selection: Putting Humpty Dumpty Together, At Last” ASI KeyWords September/October 2001

"Learn Your Craft" ASI KeyWords March/April 2000

Marketing Your Indexing Services, "Keeping Editors Happy" (1999). Information Today.

"Five Myths of Indexing" ASI KeyWords August/Sept 1999

"Keeping Editors Happy" ASI KeyWords May/June 1993

"Content Analysis"  ASI Newsletter Nov/Dec 1991