Excerpt from The Technique of Indexing This small book purports to be an elementary text-book and practical guide to index-making. It has nothing to do with cataloguing and it is addressed to that section of the general public desiring knowledge on the subject before taking up definite training; it does not pretend to teach anybody already in the profession. The main fault of the various articles which have appeared on the subject of indexing is that they are written entirely from the point of view of the cataloguer and the biblio grapher, which is quite a different one from that of the indexer. Cataloguing and biblio graphy deal with large masses of books, or with wide subjects, while indexing has to do with the minute structure of one book or of a series of books; and whereas the scope of the one is unlimited, that of the other is strictly limited and the methods employed are consequently different. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Manual of Practical Indexing In offering the following pages I have been actuated by a desire to supply indexers with something approaching a method of guidance in their work. I am rash enough to consider that the customary apology indulged in by authors of manuals and text-books is unnecessary, for until quite recently little or nothing has been written on indexing form the practical standpoint, in a connected or comprehensive form. I am only too well aware that a work of this nature must have its shortcomings, for the chapters composing it have been produced at such intervals as could be spared from other engrossing occupations. The early part of the work has already appeared in serial form in The Library World but the matter has been largely re-cast and condensed. I am especially indebted to Mr. J. Y. W. MacAlister, and to Mr. James Duff Brown, who has kindly given me permission to make extracts from his valuable Manual of Library Economy; also to Mr. W. E. Doubleday, Librarian of the Borough of Hampstead, who has rendered me much assistance in revision of the manuscript. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Applied Indexing Have you an intelligence department in your business? Are the original records of your transactions ordered in such a way that you can at any moment trace a transaction to its source, place responsibility for every action or use of judgment, whether it hap pened yesterday or a year ago? That is what the proper filing method in your business should enable you to do. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Systematic Indexing When our stock of information has been systematically arranged, and is available for use, it has ceased to be a mere note-book, which it may have been at the start; it has gradually developed into the nucleus of an intelligence department, covering all the subjects and their ramifications within the scope of our activity. It has become a powerful base on the strength of which successful Operations may be undertaken. But let there be no doubt about it: it is an instrument, we are its masters. To resume: information is useful, but the degree Of its useful ness is very largely dependent on our powers of turning it to account. That the right kind and quantity of it is an important asset cannot be questioned, but the secret of its application, its successful exploitation, lies within us. To begin with we must have our stock of information. Indexing, which is the process by which our information is collected and made accessible is therefore a subject whose importance it would be difficult to overestimate; it is, a subject which no man aspiring to success can afford to ignore altogether. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Index to Indexes: A Subject Bibliography of Published Indexes Altho indexes, as separate publications, date their development only back to the nineteenth century, nevertheless they are, at the present time, essential tools of the library profession. How we once did without them we do not know; we do know, however, that. We now use these timesavers daily in our work and that they are essential to its efficient accomplishment. New indexes are appearing. Every year, especially in the field of books. Periodical indexes have had an earlier start and are now well-established, but the indexing of material found in books is really just beginning. Publishers and librarians are cooperating to accomplish such publications, and the strides made in this direction have been rapid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Indexing and Filing: A Manual of Standard Practice In presenting this volume it seems desirable that a brief sketch be given covering the development in the field of indexing and filing. Less than two generations ago the business man handled all of his correspondence from the opening of a communication to its filing, and the man who had sufficient correspondence to require the services of an amanuensis was the exception rather than the rule. The number of papers handled was so limited that the filing question was a more or less negligible one, the usual procedure being to jab the paper on a stick or spindle file, or else stow it away in the drawer of a counter or cupboard. Since then the growth of the country, changes in conditions and new inventions have made it possible to transact business in hours and even in minutes that formerly required days, weeks, or months, and with this growth has come an enormous increase in the volume of papers to be handled. To meet the demand for better filing equipment that naturally arose with this increased volume of paper, the first systematic filing device was developed - the box file. This consisted of a box, its cover opening like a book, with twenty-five or twenty-six pages or pieces of manila paper, tabbed with the letters of the alphabet and fastened into the box at one side, the papers being filed between these sheets. The box file was followed by the flat file, which was a development of the box file in more permanent form, the pasteboard box being replaced by a wooden drawer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Indexing and Precis Writing Mr. B W seems to think that Secretaries of State have nothing else to do but to read his des tobes, admire his long sentences, his multitude of words, an his never-ending remarks. It is highly desirable that he should be more pithy and concise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Supplement to Granger's Index (1919-1928) Any constructive suggestions for the improvement of future editions of Granger's Index will be cordially welcomed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.