Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2013
In this article Kate Faulkner describes her experience of creating an index for 36 volumes of committee minutes for the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, and explains the processes involved. She explores the unique issues associated with the indexing of minutes and relates some of the aspects of human interest found within the material and discusses the role of the indexer.
1 Master Bloggs is, of course, a fictitious Master throughout this article!
2 A Kalamazoo volume has space at the front for the insertion of thin paper strips on which you write or type text and then move them around as the index develops.
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