Elizabeth S. DeBoer (Lisa) earned an MA in women’s history and an MLS in library and information science, completed the UC Berkeley Extension course “Indexing: Theory and Application,” and pursues continuing education at workshops and conferences offered by the American Society for Indexing.
Lisa’s back-of-the book indexing experience includes scholarly monographs, trade books, and textbooks; database indexing experience includes public policy journals and periodicals for Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. (PAIS). See Books Indexed for a selected list by category.
Lisa is an associate of Colleen Dunham Indexing.
Education
- Indexing: Theory and Application, University of California Berkeley Extension
- MLS, Library and Information Science, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- MA, Women’s History, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
- BA, Women’s Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz
Indexing Experience
- Freelance book and database indexing, 2010-present
- Assistant Editor, OCLC Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), Inc., New York, NY, 2002-2005. Indexed journal articles, monographs, e-documents, government documents, and Web sites for database on public and social policy. Contributed to maintenance of PAIS subject headings authority file.
- Assistant Division Manager and Archivist, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn, NY, 2003-2009. Managed metadata and controlled vocabularies for digitization projects and internal collections database. Worked with cataloger on historic photograph cataloging project.
Computer Skills
Cindex (dedicated indexing software); database indexing; Microsoft Word and Excel; Adobe Acrobat
Associations
- American Society for Indexing Board secretary, 2017-2020. Western New York Chapter Chair, 2013-2020.
- Beta Phi Mu International Library & Information Studies Honor Society
References
Available on request.
Linked In
www.linkedin.com/in/lisadeboer
Contact: lisa@deboerindexing.com