How do we index?: a report of some Aslib Informatics Group Activity Export

@article{RefWorks:191, abstract = {The Aslib Informatics Group and its predecessor the Co-ordinate Indexing Group have made several attempts to understand the indexing process, via seminars and indexing projects. The seminars produced some data on an ad hoc basis and although most have been assembled they have not been reported previously. More recently a formal project, involving 16 volunteer indexers, has been organised around 5 short New Scientist articles and the data from this exercise form the major component in this study. Attempts to correlate indexer performance with the original texts. There appears to be evidence to support the assertion that the selection of index entries is related to the structure of the original texts, especially the frequency of individual words.}, author = {Jones, Kevin P.}, citeulike-article-id = {237606}, journal = {Journal of Documentation}, keywords = {aslib, evaluation, indexing, informatics}, month = {Mar}, number = {1}, pages = {1--23}, posted-at = {2005-06-25 19:47:36}, priority = {2}, title = {How do we index?: a report of some Aslib Informatics Group Activity}, volume = {39}, year = {1983} }

TY - JOUR ID - RefWorks:191 L3 - citeulike-article-id:237606 N2 - The Aslib Informatics Group and its predecessor the Co-ordinate Indexing Group have made several attempts to understand the indexing process, via seminars and indexing projects. The seminars produced some data on an ad hoc basis and although most have been assembled they have not been reported previously. More recently a formal project, involving 16 volunteer indexers, has been organised around 5 short New Scientist articles and the data from this exercise form the major component in this study. Attempts to correlate indexer performance with the original texts. There appears to be evidence to support the assertion that the selection of index entries is related to the structure of the original texts, especially the frequency of individual words. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Documentation EP - 23 TI - How do we index?: a report of some Aslib Informatics Group Activity VL - 39 SP - 1 KW - aslib KW - evaluation KW - indexing KW - informatics AU - Jones, Kevin PY - 1983/Mar// ER -