Qualifications

Selected Book & Periodical Indexes

• Ruzicho, Andrew J., Louis A. Jacobs, Andrew J. Ruzicho II. Employment Practices Update (annual index). St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters/West, 2008, 2009.
• Poulos, Christopher N. Accidental Ethnography. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press,Inc. 2008.
• Clouse, Doug. MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan: Typographic Tastemakers of the Late Nineteenth Century. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2008.
• Phillips, Kendall R. Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2008.
• O'Brien, Donald C. Amos Doolittle: Engraver of the New Republic. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2008.

• Mandle, Jay R. Democracy, America, and the Age of Globalization. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

• Syracuse Peace Council. Peace Newsletter Index: 1936-1985. In two parts, 1936-1960 PDF (482 KB) & 1961-1985 PDF (970 KB).

• Syracuse University Library Associates. Library Connection Index: 1994-2004. Updated in 2005 and 2007.

• Syracuse University Library Associates. Syracuse University Library Associates Courier Index: 1958-2001.

• Levine, Joseph M. Re-enacting the Past: Essays on the Evolution of Modern English Historiography. Aldershot, Hamilton, UK: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. (Variorum Collected Studies Series, #788), 2004.

• Guild of Book Workers. Guild of Book Workers' Newsletter Index: 1976-2001.

• State University of New York. College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Eastwood Neighborhood Study, 2000. Syracuse, New York. (aftermarket index).

• Erie County (PA) Council Meeting Minutes Index, 1998-2001. Indexed and encoded minutes in HTML for posting on a public service Web site I created and maintained from 1999-2002. Developed an extensive name and subject authority list and indexing procedures manual. The Web site and index are still viewable on the Internet Wayback Machine site at www.archive.org by searching for members.aol.com/dgolso. Choose the Jan. 26, 2002 link to access the site. The index is accessible from the home page. This was a self-directed service project and was not undertaken in partnership with or endorsed by the county.

Education

• Master of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 1990. Emphasis on community and government information.
• B.S. Economics, Elmira College (Elmira, NY), 1989. Emphasis on macroeconomics; studied U.S. economic policy in Washington, D.C. for one semester; tutor and teaching fellow.
• A.S. Business Administration, Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), 1986. Attended evening classes while working part-time in a public library.

Indexing Training

• Basic Indexing and Applied Indexing. USDA Graduate School.
• Taxonomies & Controlled Vocabularies: online workshop from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (Boston, MA)
• Web Site Indexing for Freelance Indexers and HTML Indexing Tools. Online workshops from Hedden Information Management.
• New York State Archives workshop: "Indexing Minutes"

Professional Affiliations

• American Library Association (ALA)
• American Society for Indexing (ASI)
• Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP)

Publications

"Metadata: A Primer for Indexers" Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society for Indexing, Jan.-Mar. 2009: 18-20.

"Alternative Information Careers: Freelance Indexing." Info Career Trends Newsletter, vol. 9, no. 5 (Sept. 2008).

Rev. of The Accidental Technology Trainer: A Guide for Librarians by Stephanie Gerding. Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, Apr.-Jun. 2008: 70.

"Volunteer Indexing Projects: Gaining Experience While Providing a Service in Your Community." Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, Apr.-Jun. 2007: 46.

Conference reports. American Society of Indexers. June 15 to 17, 2006, Toronto, Ont. Key Words: Bulletin of the American Society of Indexers, Jul.-Sept. 2006: 91, 93, 96.

With Peter Verheyen and Carolyn Davis. "Storage of Architectural Materials at Syracuse University Library." The Book and Paper Group Annual, 22 (2003): 131.

"The Pennsylvania Population Company, 1792-1812: A Finding Aid to the Archival Holdings at the Erie Historical Museum." The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring 1997: 24-48.