From flock beds to professionalism
Subtitle: a history of index-makers
By: by Hazel K. Bell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press; HKB Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Castle, DE; Hatfield, Herts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781584562283; 9780955250347
Subjects: Indexing -- History; Indexers -- Biography; Indexing -- English-speaking countries -- Societies, etc. -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Presents an overview of the history of index-making from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, brief biographies of sixty-five individual index-makers, and a history of indexing societies in English-speaking countries. Considers their working methods, techniques, training, remuneration, lives and personalities"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.