Dorothy Hoffman
indexing, writing, & editorial services
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Indexing
Services
Quick turnarounds and reasonable rates
for professional indexing services including back of the book,
web site, book and journal indexing . I have more than 20 years
of publishing experience, both in-house and freelance, and am
proficient in several indexing programs for both Mac and IBM-compatible
systems.
- Free-Lance Indexing 1984-present
Index books and journals in a wide variety of subjects - medical
and health sciences, social & behavioral sciences, business
& management, law, history, religious/philosophy, technical,
computer science, general trade.
Clients (partial list)
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- Blackwell Science
- Cahners Pub.
- Current Medicine
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Oxford University Press
- American Management Association
- Pergamon/Macmillan
- Rutgers University Press
- Princeton University Press
- Chicago University Press
- S. Karger Publishers
- Mosby-Yearbook
- CRC Press, Inc.
- John Wiley & Sons
- Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins
- MIT Press
- Raven Press
- International Universities Press
- American College
- Scholastic Press
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Skills
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Editing Services
- Freelance editorial services 1979-1995
Copy editing, proofreading,
editing in various subject areas including nursing and medicine,
psychology, social sciences, science and technology, business/management,
and general trade.
- J.B. Lippincott Co.
Copy Editor July 1976-Dec. 1979
Edited nursing, medical and allied health textbooks, working
with authors, artists, production department, and printers. Duties
included both editing for grammar, spelling, consistency and
punctuation and substantive editing; proofreading; indexing;
coordinating production from mss. to bluelines; working with
free-lancers and keeping books on schedule.
- American Academy of Political &
Social Science
Copy Editor Nov. 1974-July 1976
Edited and produced a bimonthly scholarly journal, including
correspondence with special editors, maintaining production schedule,
editing and proofreading, indexing each issue, and overseeing
typesetting and printing. Attended and handled transcripts of
the annual meetings, published in the July issue, and occasionally
wrote abstracts for articles. Also coordinated production of
a five-year index.
- American Baptist Churches
Copy Editor May 1972-Nov. 1974
Edited and proofread religious curriculum material and devotional
and scholarly books, from mss. through blue lines. Worked with
art department and printers.
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Writing/Design/Publication
Services
Publications Services 1986-present
Write, edit, design, typeset newsletters, flyers, brochures,
annual reports, employee directories and benefits handbooks,
resumes, and other small publications and documents, primarily
for small businesses and non-profits.
Writing 1981-present
- Technical product reports for PD&D
magazine, Cahners (formerly Chilton Book Co.) since Sept. 1994.
- Write/edit/publish animal-related bi-monthly
newsletter, both print versions (since 1992) and website (since
April 1996) [Paw Prints Post at http://members.bellatlantic.net/~lilbun
and Esther
Bunny's Creature Cottage]
- Wrote monthly column on Rabbits &
Rodents at suite101.com
- Contributed to an international Internet
forum on human-pet relationships for the Golden Lotus
magazine, a Buddhist publication; The Rabbit, published by the
Rabbit Charity in Great Britain; and an e-zine published by the
Phenomenal Women of the Web site
- Miscellaneous writing:
- wrote and edited
several professional organization newsletters
- the American
Symphony Orchestra Guild's annual Gold Book, for 5 years,
compiling information on fund-raising, service projects, educational
and community programs organized by orchestra volunteer groups
from across the country
- technical product
reports for Engineer's Digest for over 3 years
- grant proposal and direct mail fund-raising
materials for non-profit groups
- numerous press releases, flyers, promotional
materials, and brochures for non-profits
- profiles for
Barron's graduate business school guide, a guide for law students;
abstracts for a political science journal.
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 1979-present
- Coordinated pet photo contest and produced
a calendar using winning photos for Montgomery County SPCA.
- Write for and edit newsletters for
professional, community, and cultural organizations
- Active Board member of several professional
organizations, serving as newsletter editor and secretary on
Board of Cosmopolitan Club (1992-1996), president of the Philadelphia
chapter of Women In Communications, Inc. (1990-91), Special Events
Chair for International Association of Business Communicators/Philadelphia,
coordinating the annual awards competition and banquet and planning
and organizing an annual all-day professional development workshop
(1988-90).
- Established and coordinated events
and projects for a special Literacy Project for Women In Communications,
in conjunction with the Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy.
- Treasurer and founding member of CosmoVestors
investment club.
- Conduct annual online photo competition
and produce and sell calendar as a fundraising project for The
Rabbit Habit rabbit rescue group.
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- BA (graduated magna cum lauda): Eastern
College 1966-70
- Graduate studies (English/Communications):
Temple University 1970-74
- Professional development: desktop publishing,
newsletters, technical
and grant proposal writing, graphic arts and typography courses
at Temple University and University of Pennsylvania
1974-89
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Professional Organizations
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American
Society of Indexers
American
Medical Writers Assoc.
Editorial
Freelancers
References provided on request.
109 Bryn Mawr Avenue
Lansdowne,
PA 19050
Phone: (610) 623-8248
lilbun@verizon.net