About Black Cat

Black Cat Indexing is the home base of Andrea McKay, an information management consultant who specializes in making information resources, traditional and electronic, accessible to their target audiences.

About Andrea McKay:

  • Loves books and is a non-fiction junkie. Back-of-book indexing is the latest addition to her skill set.
  • Has extensive experience in content management, metadata management, taxonomy development and the convergence of information resources and services through web solutions.
  • Has strong organizational skills, is highly disciplined and very client oriented.
  • Uses her communication skills to promote understanding between information clients, managers and technical support.
  • Has worked in a variety of public and private information environments: web and intranet portals; business, high tech, environmental science and telecommunications information services; and government, public, legal and scientific libraries.

Past Clients include:

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Environment Canada
  • Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
  • House of Commons
  • Library and Archives Canada
  • National Defence, Materiel Group
  • Natural Resources Canada

Education and Certification:

  • Index Training Certificate (In progress) American Society of Indexers
  • Information Management, Professional Learning Certificate University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies
  • Applied Information Technology Diploma ITI, Information Technology Institute (Ottawa)
  • Library and Information Science Diploma Lakehead University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy, English) Lakehead University

Contact Black Cat Indexing for a detailed resume.