Finding a Taxonomist Im looking for a taxonomist with a subject speciality. Can you help?
Taxonomy building is what I do for a living, on a contract basis. As I write this, for example, I’m building a taxonomy for a client responsible for rebuilding college and scholastic websites. I’ve also built taxonomies for Lycos.com products, two of which I present as case studies at various conferences. Subject specialty is where things get interesting, because let’s be honest: Subject expertise is really important. Suppose you are looking for a pharmaceutical specialist. (My background is technical, including engineering and computers, and except for an occasional need for acetominophen, my background doesn’t overlap with pharmaceuticals. 🙂 You might search for a medical indexer; there’s a special interest group of the American Society of Indexers that is comprised of indexers interested in medical indexing, though not all members are experienced indexers and I don’t know any who are experienced taxonomists. Their website is at http://www.scimedindexers.org. Naturally, there are o
