Ann Kingdom, MA (Cantab)

Location: SHEFFIELD

Membership Grade: Professional Member

Contact Info

Phone: 0114 236 9548
Mobile: 07885 105861
Email: [email protected]

Social Links

General Experience

I am now semi-retired, having been indexing, editing and proofreading  for over 40 years, mainly in the social sciences, especially geography and politics. I am available for occasional commissions.

Subjects

Geography - Physical

Commissions have included major reference works such as Blackwell’s Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physical Geography

Geography - Human

Commissions have included major works such as Blackwell’s Dictionary of Human Geography

Environmental Science

Particular interest in green/environmental/conservation issues, climate change and its amelioration

Government

Textbooks and monographs indexed, plus student guides

Politics

Textbooks and monographs indexed, plus student guides. Active as a member of a political party

Local Government

Practical interest as active member of a political party in addition to indexing experience

Related qualifications

MA in Librarianship


Other skills

Copy-Editing
Over 40 years' experience. Long-time member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders

Proofreading
Over 40 years' experience. Long-time member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders

Embedded Indexing
Have attended workshops but have no practical experience

Recent indexes include

McNaughton, Neil, Edexcel AS/A Level Student Guide 1, Phillip Allan, 2017
Fairclough, P. & Gallop, N., AS/A-level Year 1 student guide: AQA Politics, Phillip Allan, 2017

Clients Include

Philip Allan (Hodder)
Also work directly for authors

Special Publication Type

School Books

Many years’ experience of UK and overseas publications from primary to 16+.

Journals (Learned And Professional)

Annual and cumulative indexes

Dictionaries And Encyclopaedias

Several editions of Blackwell’s dictionaries of human and physical geography

Tools

PC
SKY INDEX
Microsoft Word, Excel and Publisher