Thanks, the other name was Chinese so I was very puzzled. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Joel S. Berson
joelberson
May 20, 2013 3:05 pm
If there really is a space before the hyphen, as Janina has below, I suspect a typo there. But otherwise, it's presumably just a hyphenated given name, like a...
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Janina Kwilos
jkwilos
May 20, 2013 3:10 pm
Thanks! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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lydia_ann_johnson
lydia_ann_jo...
May 20, 2013 4:47 pm
After working through a few modules of ASI's new "Business of Indexing" course, I decided to register my new indexing business with Dun & Bradstreet, so I...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
May 20, 2013 4:55 pm
I've never heard of anybody registering their indexing business with D&B. Nor have I ever heard of publishers checking there. The people I market to want to...
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Carolyn Weaver
weaverindexing
May 20, 2013 4:56 pm
I think I'm registered with Dun & Bradstreet (never was asked to provide a fee, and would have hung up if they tried to pressure me); but IMO it really doesn't...
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Connie Binder
flagday_1960
May 20, 2013 5:10 pm
I have a DUNS number - I think I needed it for a contract with the U.S. government. I don't recall whether or not there was any hard-sell for added services,...
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Carolyn Weaver
weaverindexing
May 20, 2013 5:14 pm
Actually, I do have a DUNS number; just have never had a reason to use it! Carolyn ... From: "Connie Binder" <Connie@...> To:...
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Linda Mamassian
linda_mamassian
May 20, 2013 5:24 pm
I signed up for a DUNS number many years ago. I did not pay anything, but it has never done me any good. Shortly after I signed up, they started calling and...
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micheler_66
May 20, 2013 5:47 pm
The DUNS number is free. I had to get one when I did consulting work for the Smithsonian Institution a few years back. You can pay an additional $400 to get...
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Heather Ebbs
heather.ebbs
May 20, 2013 6:27 pm
Hi, Janina, This is quite normal and is how a hyphenated name is dealt with. I commonly see it with francophone names, such as Jean-Paul X--- or Marie-Anne...
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Janina Kwilos
jkwilos
May 20, 2013 7:02 pm
Thanks Heather. I did not come across that in any of my trainings (I've been to numerous ones on names) or in my readings. Janina:) ... [Non-text portions of...
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Dianna
avecyn
May 20, 2013 7:13 pm
I've ran across it several times. It's not a typo. Dianna...
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Cheryl Landes
cheryl.landes
May 20, 2013 7:37 pm
I've had a DUNS number since becoming a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) through the State of Washington in the late 1990s. The only benefit of...
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jperlman@...
May 20, 2013 7:40 pm
As a long-time indexer, forget Dun & Bradstreet. I have never needed or been asked for a DUN number. I hear from them periodically, and don't pay attention to...
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Cheryl Landes
cheryl.landes
May 20, 2013 7:43 pm
I forgot to mention that I've never paid a fee for my DUNS number. The people try to sell you various services, but you don't need all of those services to...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
May 20, 2013 8:51 pm
Y'know how you add a first initial in a gloss when you need to disambiguate? Well, "Billy" is a nickname, right? So first I thought perhaps the gloss should...
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Shelley Quattrocchi
quattrocchi0...
May 21, 2013 12:48 am
Billy Wilder is the authorized name in Library of Congress name authorities, so I don't think B. Wilder would be incorrect. I imagine that the book refers to...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
May 21, 2013 1:27 am
Thanks, Shelley. Yes, he's always called Billy in this text. Cheers, Carol ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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MicheleR
micheler_66
May 21, 2013 2:07 am
... Why not use the full name -- Wilder, Billy ? Michele...
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Peter Rooney
magnetix2003
May 21, 2013 2:40 am
I don't understand where you would use the gloss. Is it after a mainhead? in a subhead? Why is disambiguation needed? because of his brother? When is...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
May 21, 2013 2:45 am
In a gloss? I use only enough to disambiguate. Cheers, Carol ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
May 21, 2013 2:54 am
It is standard in scholarly books to double-post titles of works under the author's name (or in this case, the director's) and as main headings: _Love in the...
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Cheryl Landes
cheryl.landes
May 21, 2013 10:49 am
Do you love words and working with terminology? Do you live and breathe organizing information? Do you want to contribute to the greater good-even save lives? ...
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indexernora
May 22, 2013 8:22 pm
What's up check this out http://bit.ly/10T4gzh...
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Peter Rooney
magnetix2003
May 23, 2013 6:52 pm
Is there any problem with alphabetizing of: Safer, Morley Saint Andrew's School St. Louis, Missouri Saint Paul, Minnesota Saltzman, Ed These "Saint" names are...
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Bower, Sharon W. (LNG...
sharoncville
May 23, 2013 6:54 pm
Use hidden text to sort correctly, but this order is how I'd do it. From: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com...
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indexernora
May 23, 2013 10:11 pm
What's up indexersdiscussionlist read this asap http://bit.ly/18lS3IH...
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Peter Rooney
magnetix2003
12:25 am
After finishing input on a biography, there remain some big blocks of undifferentiated references, e.g. Brown, Billy, 13, 69, 163 .... 403, 430, 452 (that's a...
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mbennett@...
mbennett94...
12:41 am
... I think your objection to force sorting is the non-obviousness of it. Would it help to prefix the same word? miscellaneous mentions miscellaneous...
