PILAR WYMAN
Washington, DC 20024 — USA
Mobile: +1-443-336-5497
Email: pilarw@wymanindexing.com
CHIEF INDEXER & CONSULTANT, WYMAN INDEXING
Freelance Indexing and Consulting Services. I write back-of-the-book style indexes with Cindex™ and Index-Manager (Idx) software in English, French, and Spanish. I embed indexes with InDesign and MSWord, and I tag with HTML or XML. I provide related consulting services for metadata, indexes, and legal cases.
INDEXING CLIENTS
American Geriatrics Society (AGS); American Association of Blood Banks (AABB); American Institute of Mathematics (AIMath); Aperture Foundation, Aptara, Bill of Rights Institute; Brill; Bookbright Media; Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.; Cengage Learning; Center for Basque Studies; Elsevier; Foley & Lardner, LLP; Georgetown University Press; Health Professions Press; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); International Parliamentary Union (IPU); Johns Hopkins University (JHU); LexisNexis; Library of Congress; National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA); Naval Institute Press; Onward Publishing; Oxford University Press; Plural Publishing; Rodale Publishing; Spi-Global; United Nations; U.S. Federal Reserve; U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Pharmacopeia; University of California (UC); Weldon Owen; Wiley; Yale University Art Gallery
INDEXING SPECIALTIES
Over 1,700 titles indexed to date. Subject areas indexed include:
art — biography — clinical medicine — economics — education — health care — history — linguistics — maritime studies — mathematics — nursing — political science — religion — social science — technology — contemporary affairs
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Medical Writers Association (1995-); Secretary, Mid-Atlantic Chapter (1999)
- American Society for Indexing (1990-); Chair, Washington, DC Chapter (1995-1996); Chair, Web Committee (1996-1997); Editor, The Capital Indexer (1997-2000); Teller (1998); Secretary (1998-1999); Chair, Nominating Committee (1999-2000); Chair, Wilson Award Committee (2000-2001); Editor, Key Words (2000-2006, 2016); Order of the Kohlrabi (2002-2018); International Representative (2007-2018); Exam Reviewer, Training in Indexing Course (2007-2013); Chair, Hines Award Committee (2008-2009); Vice-President/President-Elect (2011-2012); President (2012-2013); Chair, Publications Committee (2014-2017); Hines Award (2017); Chair, Digital Publications Indexing (DPI) Special Interest Group (2022-)
- European Medical Writers Association (2018-)
- Institute of Certified Indexers (2010-); Founding Member
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Criteria for Indexes (Z39.4) Working Group Co-Chair (2019-2021); This working group’s output, ANSI/NISO Z39.4 Criteria for Indexes was approved by ANSI on July 12, 2021 and published by NISO on July 14.
- Society for Technical Communication (1995-2010); Judge, Washington, DC Chapter Technical Publications Competition (1995, 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); co-Editor, A to Z: The Newsletter of STC’s Indexing SIG (1997-1998); Judge, International Technical Publications Competition (2004, 2005, 2006, 2011); Certificate of Achievement In recognition for attaining the grade of Senior Member (2006)
- Textbook & Academic Authors Association (2014-); President’s Award (2021); Member, Committee for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (2021-)
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) EPUB 3 Working Group Virtual Locators Task Force (2021-)
INDEX LISTINGS
Dictionary of International Biography
National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who of American Women
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Applied Indexing Instructor: | |
1999-2012 | (USDA) Graduate School, USA |
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Basic Indexing Instructor: | |
1996-2012 | (USDA) Graduate School, USA |
Computer and Digital Video Teacher / All School Technology Support: | |
2005-2011 | Key School, Annapolis, MD |
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Assistant Librarian: | |
2000-2005 | Key School, Annapolis, MD |
Associate Indexer: | |
1989-1993 | M. L. Coughlin, Editorial Services |
1983-1986 | Annapolis, MD |
Teacher: | |
1983-1989 | Mathematics, Junior Great Books, English as a Foreign Language, adult education courses |
Manager/Editor: | |
Spring, 1987 | Qué pasa U.S. Embassy, Madrid, Spain |
Computer Supervisor: | |
Spring, 1987 | Washington Irving Cultural Center Madrid, Spain |
1984-1985 | La Fuente, A Design Collaborative Santa Fe, NM |
Library Clerk: | |
Summer, 1985 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC |
Research Assistant: | |
Summer, 1979 | Middle East Bureau, The Washington Post Cairo, Egypt |
EDUCATION
National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellow, Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley, and Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1987-1989
St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM, B.A. Liberal Arts, May 1986