American Society for Indexing

Three-Part Course with Elizabeth Bartmess. October 9, 16, and 23, 2024. Macros are like mini-programs that anyone can write. They allow users to perform a longer series of tasks with a quick keyboard shortcut and can speed indexing, increase accuracy, and reduce small annoyances. Macros can invert names, clean text, and do many other useful […]

We are planning our next Indexing Playground, a networking opportunity for ASI members. Our theme is indexing software. Attendees can socialize with their indexing peers and discuss their experiences and questions relating to particular software. Join us 9/25! More »»»

The American Society for Indexing (ASI) is pleased to announce the 2024 ASI Indexing Awards competition. You are invited to submit a final PDF version (publisher's copy) of a book that you indexed with a publication date of 2022 or 2023 for consideration in either the scholarly/technical or trade book categories. The first-place winners will […]

In your September See Also, Talk indexing software on the Indexing Playground, An in-depth course on creating and using macros, Submit indexes for ASI's new awards, Metatopic cluster—in webinar replay, Chapters and SIG news, SI's online conference is this month, CMOS 18th edition has big news for indexers, and our Spotlight Elizabeth Bartmess. More »»»

August 21, 2024. Determining the metatopic of a text is often a complicated, perhaps worrisome task. This is especially the case with biographies. This webinar offers a brief refresher on metatopics and then delves into the minutiae of creating metatopic entries for biographies. In this webinar, you will learn to More »»»