nmulvany@bayside-indexing.com

Owner of Bayside Indexing Service, a business specializing in the indexing of books, catalogs, manuals, periodicals, and consulting services.

INDEXING and CONSULTING

Clients include: Action Technology, ALPS Corp., Apple Computer, AT&T, Chronicle Books, Citicorp Savings, Claris, Congressional Quarterly, Consilium, Convergent Technologies, Dataquest, Digital Equipment Corp., Foundation for Deep Ecology, Gale Group, Hewitt Associates, Hewlett-Packard, Hippocrates Magazine, Kaypro Corp., KnowledgeWare, Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Co., Mayfield Publishing Co., Microsoft Press, Mitsubishi Electronics America, Nolo Press, Parlay International, PC World, Pixar, Phone.com, Presidio Press, Qronos Technology, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems, Sunset Publishing, Symantec, System One, Tandem Computers, Ten Speed Press, 3Com Corp., University of California, University of Chicago Press, U.S. Forest Service, VISA International, WordStar International

PUBLICATIONS (Partial List) and EDITORIAL POSITIONS

• Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition, "Back-of-the-Book Indexing," 2010
• The University of Chicago Press, author of Indexing Books, 2nd Edition, 2005
• LOGOS, "The Human-Written Index: Why It Will Survive," Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2004
• i-TORQUE Publisher (2003-2005)
• The Indexer, "Editorial: Teaching and Our Profession," April 2002
• The Indexer, "Teaching Book Indexing: A Curriculum," April 2002
• North American Book Review Editor, The Indexer (2000-2005)
• Society of Indexers, Millennium Anthology, "Just One Book ...", 2000
• The Indexer, "Software Tools for Indexing: Revisted," Oct. 1999
• The Indexer,"Editorial: Ten Years Ago,", Oct. 1999
• ACM Journal of Computer Documentation, "What's Going On in Indexing," May, 1997
• Key Words, "An Index Reviewed," Nov/Dec 1996
• Associate Editor, The Indexer (1996-1999)
• The Indexer, "Guest Editorial: Reflections on Authorship and Indexing," Oct., 1995
• Key Words, "Indexicon, The Only Fully Automatic Indexer: A Review," with Jessica Milstead, Sept./Oct. 1994
• The University of Chicago Press, author of Indexing Books, 1994
• American Society of Indexers, "Embedded Indexing Software: Users Speak Out," in The Changing Landscapes of Indexing: The Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Indexers, 1994
• Learned Information; American Society for Information Science, "Online Help Systems: A Multimedia Indexing Opportunity," in Challenges in Indexing Electronic Images and Text, 1994
• American Society of Indexers, Indexing, Providing Access to Information: Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the American Society of Indexers, Editor, 1993
• PC World Magazine, 1992 PC World Index, Hypertext Version (DOS & Windows), 1993
• ASI Newsletter, "Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines: Getting Blood Out of a Turnip," (Mar/Apr) 1992
• PC World Magazine, 1991 PC World Index, Hypertext Version (DOS), 1992
• Society for Scholarly Publishing, "All that Glitters: Indexing in Electronic Environments," 1991
• Bayside Indexing Service, 1990 PC World Index, Hypertext Version (DOS), 1991
• ASI Newsletter, "Copyright for Indexes, Revisited," (Nov/Dec) 1991
• The Indexer, "Software Tools for Indexing: What We Need," Oct., 1990
• Library World, "American Indexers in the 1990s," 1990
• Bayside Indexing Service, 1988-1989 PC World Index, Hypertext Version (DOS), 1990
• Bayside Indexing Service, 1988 PC World Index, Hypertext Version (DOS), 1989
• ASI Newsletter, Editor, 1988-1991
• Entry Points, "From Disk to Type," 1987
• Bayside Indexing Service, MACREX User Manual, 1986-1993
• Personal Publishing, "Networked Desktop Publishing," Nov., 1986
• Small Press, "In Praise of Indexing," Sep/Oct 1986
• Electronic Publishing Business, "The Professional Writer's Package," July, 1986
• MicroTimes, "Where to Buy CP/M Software," Apr., 1986
• FOG Publications, Managing Editor, FOGLIGHT, 1986-1988
• Pure-Bred Dogs/American Kennel Gazette, "A San Francisco Tradition," Feb., 1985

BOOK REVIEWS

• Collected Book Reviews, (2003 to present)
• LOGOS, "Reviews: From Flock Beds to Professionalism: A History of Index-Makers" by Hazel K. Bell, Vol. 19, Issue 4, 2008
• LibraryThing.com, Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return by Mary Ellen Geist, October 2008
• LibraryThing.com, Along the Grapevine Trail: Vineyards and Wineries in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska by Starley Talbot, September 2008
• The Indexer, Designing Usable Electronic Text by Andrew Dillon, October 2004
• The Indexer, Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior by Donald O. Case, April 2004
• The Indexer, The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edn. University of Chicago Press, October 2003
• The Indexer, Software for Indexing edited by Sandi Schroeder, October 2003

EDUCATION

ACM's Hypertext '89, Nov., 1989, Pittsburgh, Intellectual Property Law Seminar
University of Washington, Seattle, 1976-77, Department of Geography
University of California at Berkeley, 1970-75, A.B., Department of Geography

TEACHING, TRAINING, and CONSULTING

• Basic Indexing: Instructor and Course Designer, Graduate School, US Department of Agriculture, Correspondence Study Program, Washington, D.C. (CEDIT 360), 11 lessons (1986-2001), a PONSI accredited course
• Book Indexing: Instructor, University of California Extension, Berkeley, (X400), 10 week course (1999-2000), a UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies accredited course
• Freelance Indexing for Librarians: Instructor, California Library Association, Preconference session, San Diego, CA, Nov. 1990
• Indexing: A Needed Link in Hypertext, Instructor, ACM's Hypertext '89, Pittsburgh, PA
• Indexing Computer Documentation, Instructor, American Society of Indexers, 24th Annual Conference, Preconference Session, San Antonio, Texas, May 1991
• Indexing: From Cards to Computers: Instructor, University of California Extension, Berkeley, (X400), 10 week course (1988-1997), a UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies accredited course
• Indexing of Computer Documentation: Instructor, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, 2-day workshop
• Methods and Materials for the Teaching of Indexing: Instructor, American Society of Indexers, 29th Annual Conference, Postconference Session, Winston-Salem, NC, May 1997
• On-site Training: For technical writing, editing, and indexing staff
• In-house Style Guides: Developer of indexing style guides designed to meet the specific needs of corporate clients
• Online Help System Evaluation

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (Partial List)

• Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Indexers, December 2005, Ontario, CA, "Reflections on the 2nd Edition of Indexing Books"
• Bay Area Editor's Forum, November 2005, San Francisco, CA, "Book Indexing"
• Colorado Area Chapter of the American Society of Indexers, Fall Workshop, October 2005, Denver, CO, "Perspectives on Book Indexing: Best Practices & Business Nuts and Bolts"
• Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada, Annual Conference, Invited Keynote Speaker, Calgary, Alberta, June 2004, "Book Indexing Is Alive and Well"
• Society for Technical Communication, East Bay Chapter, January 2003, Danville, CA, "Why You Need to Know What Professional Indexers Do"
• Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers Fall Workshop, October 2002, Orinda, CA, "Money. Money, Money: Making It and Collecting It"
• Editors Guild, Oakland, CA, August 2002, panelist, "Professional Indexing"
• Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Indexers, December 2001, Riverside, CA,"Conversations about Indexing"
• New York Chapter of the American Society of Indexers Annual Conference, New York City, March 2001, "Conversations about Indexing"
• Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada, Annual Conference, Invited Keynote Speaker, Vancouver, BC, May 2000, "The Electronic Indexer: Navigating the Electronic Frontier"
• Society of Indexers, Annual Conference, Invited Keynote Speaker, Tynemouth, England, October 1998, "Revisiting the Book Index"
• American Society of Indexers, 29th Annual Conference, May 1997, Winston-Salem, NC, "The Way It Is -- Where We Might Be Going"
• American Society of Indexers, Massachusetts Chapter, Sept. 1996, "Trends in the Industry and in Our Profession"
• Alumnae Resources, August 1994, San Francisco, panelist, "Careers in Information Management"
• American Society of Indexers, 26th Annual Conference, May 1994, San Diego, CA, "Embedded Indexing Software: Users Speak Out"
• American Society of Indexers, 25th Anniversary Conference, May 1993, Washington, DC, Panel Moderator: "Standards for Indexes" and "Freelancers on Indexing"; Conference Chair
• Society for Technical Communication, Silicon Valley Chapter, April 1993, "Crippled Tools, Crippled Indexes, It Is Broke, Let's Fix It: Indexing Computer Documentation"
• Society for Technical Communication, East Bay Chapter, June 1992, "Indexing Computer Documentation: A Writer's Worst Nightmare?"
• American Society of Indexers, 24th Annual Conference, May 1992, San Antonio, Texas, Panelist, "Indexing of Periodicals"
• Bay Area Editor's Forum: San Francisco, April 1992, "An Indexer on Indexing"
• Society for Technical Communication, Silicon Valley Chapter, Feb. 1992, "HyperIndexing: Managing Online Documentation"
• American Society for Information Science, 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Oct. 1991, panelist, "Indexing of Hypermedia"
• Society for Scholarly Publishing, 12th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 1990, "Indexing: Myths and Realities-Indexing in the Electronic Environment"
• Society of Indexers, Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 1990, "American Indexers in the 1990s"
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Hypertext '89, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 1989, Panel on "Hypertext and Indexing"
• Fourth International Conference on Symbolic and Logical Computing, Madison, SD, Oct. 1989, "Software Tools for Indexing: What We Need"
• American Society of Indexers, 21st Annual Meeting, May 1989, San Francisco, Conference Chair
• Society for Technical Communication, Silicon Valley Chapter, July 1988, "Microcomputers and Indexing"
• East Bay FOG, Oakland, CA, July 1988, "Running a Small Business: From CP/M to MS-DOS to UNIX"
• Society for Technical Communication, Berkeley Chap., Feb. 1988, "Indexing Computer Documentation"
• American Society of Indexers, Mid-Winter Conference, Jan. 1988, "Telecommunications for Indexers"
• Society for Technical Communication, San Francisco Chapter, May 1987, "Special Concerns in the Indexing of Microcomputer Documentation"
• Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA), Spring '87 Regional Conference, May 1987, "Your Information System Is Only as Good as Your Index"
• Society for Technical Communication, Marin Chapter, Feb. 1987, "From Mainframes to Micros: Computers and Indexing"

MEMBERSHIPS and VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

• American Society of Indexers (ASI) (President, 1989-90; Board of Directors, 1987-88)
• Authors Guild (2008-present)
• Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden (Membership committee 1998-2002; Online Administrator, 1999-2006)
• Indexing Conference, The WeLL, conference host (1991-1997)
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO), Committee to revise ANSI Z39.4-1984, Basic Criteria for Indexes (1991-1994)
• National Writers Union, Contract Advisor (2002-2008)
• The Nature Conservancy

AWARDS

• 2000 American Society of Indexers, "Hines Award"
• 1996 USDA Graduate School, "Certificate of Merit, 10 year"
• 1996 Golden Gate Chapter, American Society of Indexers, "Distinguished Service Award"
• 1993 American Society of Indexers, "Appreciation Award"
• 1991 USDA Graduate School, "Certificate of Merit, 5 year"