Personal Details
Name: Glenda Michelle Browne
Qualifications: B.Sc. (Hons); M.Sc in Biotechnology; Diploma of Information Management - Librarianship; Certificate 4 in E-learning
Strengths
Indexing skills: As a freelance indexer since 1988 I have indexed more than 150 books, 2,000 articles, the website of the Australian Society of Indexers (until 2001) and Online Currents (from 2004 to 2008). I have edited the Online Help index used internally at the NRMA, have created metadata for a number of websites and intranets including Austrade and National Prescribing Service, and have consulted for the Dictionary of Sydney website project. I am an active participant on the Index-L Internet discussion list.
Writing and speaking skills: I have spoken at all six AusSI/ANZSI conferences and at meetings of ALIA and the NSW Society of Editors. With Jonathan Jermey I have written the books Website indexing: enhancing access to information within websites, published by Auslib Press in 2001 (2nd ed. 2004, now available as an ebook from this site and through Lulu and RMIT Informit e-library) and The Indexing Companion (Cambridge University Press, 2007). I have also written one chapter for a book called Touring Sydney, and contributed articles to a number of scientific and information management journals, especially Online Currents. I edited the Australian Society of Indexers Newsletter from 1998 to 2000, was one of the guest editors of the April 2000 issue of The Indexer: the international journal of indexing and write the 'Around the world' section of The Indexer and 'From the Literature' for the ANZSI Newsletter. An article I wrote on indexing 'The' was written up in The Guardian and the Annals of improbable research and won the 2007 Ig Nobel Award for Literature. I have learnt French, Indonesian and Spanish and have used them at a basic level while travelling.
Teaching Skills: I taught adults at TAFE for many years, and children at my local school as a volunteer. I have trained users in library skills, and colleagues in indexing skills. I teach book indexing, website indexing and thesaurus/taxonomy construction through ANZSI, and book indexing to editors at Macleay College and Macquarie University.I have also taught a course on taxonomy construction through UTS, and courses in indexing, web indexing and thesaurus/taxonomy construction through ANZSI (and previously the University of NSW).
Information Management (Library) Skills. I have a Diploma in Information Management - Librarianship. Having managed a one-person library I have skills in a range of library areas including management, automation, reader services and technical areas. I have also worked specifically in acquisitions, reference and cataloguing.
Computing Skills: I have used a large number of computer programs on microcomputers and mainframes over the last 20 years. I have an IBM-compatible PC and use MS-Word for Windows 2000, PowerPoint 2000 and MS-Publisher 2000. I use email on a daily basis, search the Internet, and have basic Webpage development skills.
Management and Administration Skills: As a freelance indexer I have been involved in quoting and budgeting. I schedule work, and complete it within the required timeframe. As a director of an information consultancy company I have managed business details such as tax, payroll and superannuation. As a director, and also as President of Euroka Children's Centre Management Committee, I have run meetings, and ensured that goals have been met. As a librarian I have managed a one-person library and supervised casual and volunteer staff. I was administrator and treasurer for the 2003 AusSI NSW Branch conference, 'Indexing the World of Information'.
Work Experience
2007 to present: Consultant information professional for Austrade (through Information Solutions) creating taxonomies and an industry classification scheme. Consultant for Dictionary of Sydney on the creation of terms for optimal information retrieval.
2007 to July 2008: Consultant indexer for National Prescribing Service, creating a thesaurus and a metadata schema, training other indexers, and applying metadata to many webpages.
1988 to present: Freelance indexer of books, journals, databases, websites, intranets and online help. Teacher of indexing, website indexing and thesaurus construction, and writer on indexing-related topics (including 2 books).
1993 to present: Relief medical librarian at Tresillian (Petersham), Westmead Hospital, Auburn and St Joseph's Hospitals, and Exerpta Medica Communications. Tasks include cataloguing, reader education, reference and online searching. Current position is one day a week at Westmead.
Feb 1991 to April 1998: Part-time teacher of Library and Information Studies at Mt Druitt College of TAFE (Technical and Further Education). I have taught a number of subjects at all stages, including cataloguing, computing, and lending services.
July 1989 to Feb 1992: Sole librarian at Blacktown Hospital. As well as doing all general library tasks I introduced ABN, Medline and other databases (online, and later on CD-ROM), automated the catalogue using URICA (now Spydus, networked with Westmead Hospital), redecorated the library, prepared the budget, and edited and jointly founded the hospital newsletter. I supervised fieldwork students, a volunteer, and two casual cataloguing staff.
Mar 1989 to June 1989: Part-time temporary Orders Librarian at TAFE Library Services.
1982 to 1988: Part-time Honours student, part-time Technical Officer and later Professional Officer, School of Biotechnology, University of New South Wales. Backpacked around Europe and North America for a year in 1984.
Education and Awards
2001: Compeleted the UTS Certificate IV in eLearning.
1997: Awarded accreditation of 2 unspecified subjects in Bachelor of Adult Education (UWS) for practical and essay work relating to the course 'An orientation to working and teaching in TAFE'.
1988: Diploma of Information Management - Librarianship, University of NSW.
1986-1988: Master of Science in Biotechnology, University of NSW.
1978-1983: Bachelor of Science (Honours Class 1) majoring in Biochemistry and Microbiology, with Honours in Biotechnology, University of NSW. I shared the Mauri Brothers and Thompson prize for the best Honours result in Biotechnology.
1996: My index to the book Pharmacology and Drug Information for Nurses was Highly Commended in the AUSSI Index medal awards.
Memberships and Conferences
I am an associate (professional) member of ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association). I am a registered member of the Australian Society of Indexers and a member of the NSW Society of Editors and the NSW Writers' Centre. I was a founding committee member of the New South Wales branch in 1989, was Treasurer for four years, and am currently President. I have been Vice-President of the ANZSI Council. From 1998 to 2000 I edited the Australian Society of Indexers Newsletter.
I have attended a number of conferences including LAA (1988); IFLA (1988); Health Libraries (1989); Specials, Law and Health Libraries (1991); ALIA (1990, 1992, 2002); Information Online (2007) and AusSI/ANZSI (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007). I was administrator for the 2003 ANZSI conference.
I presented a paper on Quoting for Indexing Work at the AusSI Indexing conference in 1995, one on Automatic Indexing and Abstracting at the AUSSI Indexing workshop in Robertson in 1996, and one on the Index-L Internet Discussion Group at the AUSSI Indexing conference in Katoomba in 1997 and talked about Freelance Business Issues at the AusSI conference in Tasmania in August 1999. At the Indexers' and Editor's conference in Canberra in April 2001 I spoke on Working Efficiently, and presented a workshop on website indexing with HTML Indexer and at the 2003 AusSI conference I presented a plenary session on 'Indexing the Future of Information'. At the 2005 ANZSI conference in Melbourne I spoke on Evidence-based indexing, andat the 2007 conference spoke on Consensus-based indexing.
I spoke at the OpenPublish 2006, 2007 and 2008 conferences on indexing, at the inaugural Oz-IA information architecture conference about website indexing, at Information Online in Jan/Feb 2007 on convergence in indexing and other information professions, and at the ALLA (Australian Law Librarians Association) conference in September 2007 on indexing and taxonomies.
I was the President of Euroka Children's Day Care Centre Management Committee in 1995/1996. Duties include chairing meetings, hiring and appraising staff, fulfilling the legal requirements of the centre, and policy development. I am currently secretary at Penrith High School.
Referees
Available on request.
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