Announcements
- Program for 2010 ASI Conference Now Available (February 2010)
- 2009 Salary Survey Now Available (January 2010)
- New Edition of Index It Right! Advice from the Experts Now Available (January 2010)
- Web Indexing Award, 2010 (January 2010)
- Golden Gate Chapter Conference Scholarship (January 2010)
- Kate Mertes' President's Letter (January 2010)
- November Board Minutes Posted (December 2009)
- New Benefit for ASI Members (November 2009)
- Sarah Palin's Book Receives ASI's First Golden Turkey Honors (November 2009)
- 2010 Annual Conference: Call for Presentations (September 2009)
- 2010 Wilson Award Application Information (September 2009)
- Starting an Indexing Business, 4th edition, Now Available (August 2009)
- ASI Announces UPS Discount as Member Benefit (July 2009)
- 2009 Web Indexing Award Announced (July 2009)
- Marketing Moves into the Spotlight (July 2009)
- Business SIG Website Relaunch (July 2009)
- New Publication—Indexing Specialties: Cookbooks (May 2009)
- Indexing Society of Canada (ISC) Conference, June 2-4, 2009 (April 2009)
- Wright recipient of the 2009 ASI/H.W. Wilson Award (March 2009)
- ASI-PI Conference Speaker Guide Now Available (March 2009)
- Classic ASI Publications Now Available (February 2009)
In addition, note that ASI chapters regularly post information about chapter-sponsored events.
Program for 2010 ASI Conference Now Available
The full program and registration information for the 2010 ASI conference in Minneapolis is now available on our new conference central page.
The 2009 Salary Survey Now Available.
ASI is pleased to present the results of its 2009 salary survey. This survey covers all segments of the indexing community and specialty applications, and provides a fascinating and valuable snapshot of indexers and indexing today. It is available in the member area of this site. (Member login is required to view this document.) Nonmembers may purchase the report for $200 through the ASI store.
New Edition of Index It Right! Advice from the Experts Now Available
ASI president KateMertes announced the publication of Index It Right! Advice from the Experts, Volume 2, edited by Janet Perlman & Enid L. Zafran, 2010. We all owe a vote of thanks to Janet, Enid, and all the contributors who worked so hard to produce this splendid volume and made it a book that should be in every indexer’s library. The second volume in this series provides a range of topics. Dealing with the technique of indexing, it covers how to write subheadings (Towery & Agee) and how to handle locators and page numbers (Russell). For specialty areas, articles deal with public policy (Zafran), textbooks (McVey), technical writing (Wright), and naval and military documents (Patton). In format types, it offers guidance on database indexing (Mamassian), taxonomies and thesauri (Hedden), and embedded techniques (Haskins). The book is available via the ASI Publications homepage, or directly through ITI (http://books.infotoday.com/books/index.shtml#index). It is priced at $32 for ASI members, $40 for nonmembers—a tangible member benefit!
Web Indexing Award, 2010
The Web Indexing SIG is now inviting entries for the 2010 Web Indexing Award. The award recognizes excellence in website indexing and is open to members of the ASI and affiliated indexing societies. The deadline for entries is April 23, 2010. Further details, including the award criteria and how to enter, are available at: http://www.web-indexing.org/web-indexing-award.htm
Golden Gate Chapter Conference Scholarship
The Golden Gate Chapter of ASI is again sponsoring a scholarship competition open to any chapter member who has never attended an ASI national conference. Details are available on the Chapters page.
Kate Mertes' President's Letters
Kate Mertes' January President's Letter is now available at ASI President's Letters.
November Board Minutes Posted
Minutes from the November Board meeting have been posted to the member area of this site. (Member login is required to view this document.)
New Benefit for ASI Members
By agreement with the H.W. Wilson Company, a complementary account has been set up that will allow ASI members access to Wilson's Library Literature & Information Science database. You can access it by logging into to the members area and clicking on the first item on the list under "Member Discounts and offers." Or you can simply click here for access instructions.
Palin's Book Receives ASI's First Golden Turkey Honors
ASI's first Golden Turkey Award for misadventures in indexing recognizes Sarah Palin's Going Rogue for having been published without an index.
2010 Annual Conference: Call for Presentations
Check out the 2010 conference pages for information about submitting a proposal for a presentation or poster.
2010 Wilson Award Application Information
Submission guidelines and application form have been posted for the 2010 Wilson Award
Starting an Indexing Business, 4th edition, Now Available
ASI is pleased to announce that the the fourth edition of Starting an Indexing Business is now available for sale on the publications page of this website and through our publisher, ITI. The editors are Enid L. Zafran and Joan Shapiro, and contributors include Fred Leise, Pilar Wyman, Christine Michaud, Melanie Krueger, and Fran Lennie (in addition to Joan and Enid). This edition has some new features that will be of interest to those in the indexing field for a while, as well as to newbies: for example, a sample letter agreement, an article about packagers, and an article on the various types of liability and risk that indexers may encounter. The 3rd edition has been a perennial best seller for ASI and ITI, and we are sure the 4th edition will continue this streak, so make sure to get a copy before they sell out!
ASI Announces UPS Discount as Member Benefit
Starting May 18, 2009, the American Society for Indexing members can now save up to 26 percent on their express shipping courtesy of UPS. For more information, check out the member benefit page.
2009 Web Indexing Award Announced
The winner of the 2009 Web Indexing Award, awarded by the ASI's Web
Indexing Special Interest Group, is Mary Russell. Her index to the
Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) web site at
http://www.anzsi.org impressed the judges with its comprehensiveness
and usability.
Submissions for the 2010 award will be accepted towards the end of
2009. The Award is open to members of ASI and affiliated indexing
societies, in addition to members of the Information Architecture
Institute (a partner organization).
Marketing Moves into the Spotlight
From Annette Rogers, Executive Director: The Board of Directors and staff of ASI have developed a comprehensive marketing initiative for the organization and we are excited to share it with you. The plan incorporates a three-pronged process: Marketing indexing as a whole, promoting indexers as individuals, and building ASI as a society. We are very excited to have a road map from which to work and are looking forward to a successful journey. Log in to the Members Area and click on Documents and Reports to see the full plan.
Business SIG Website Relaunch
The Business Indexing SIG is pleased to announce the re-launch of its website at http://www.businessindexing.org. The site has been completely redesigned to improve its 'look and feel' and to increase its useability by clients seeking a business indexer.
New Publication—Indexing Specialties: Cookbooks
Indexing Specialties: Cookbooks, edited by Alexandra Nickerson, Fred Leise, and Terri Hudoba, is the newest release in ASI's popular Indexing Specialties series. Visit our publications page for more information.
Indexing Society of Canada (ISC) Conference, June 2-4, 2009
To be held at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. The conference sessions feature some of the top indexing experts from Canada and the United States: Public Policy Indexing (Enid Zafran); Networking, How Do I Get Business? (Elizabeth Macafie); Cross-references (Ruth Pincoe); Indexing Niches (Sylvia Coates); Cindex Workshop (Frances Lennie); Marketing Panel (Noeline Bridge, Carol Harrison, Clive Pyne, and Yvonne van Ruskenvend; moderated by Mary Newberry). Ruth Pincoe will also facilitate a peer review during the conference. For more information, updates and a complete conference schedule see http://www.indexers.ca/conf2009.html
Wright recipient of the 2009 ASI/H.W. Wilson Award
Jan C. Wright is the recipient of the 2009 ASI/H.W. Wilson Award for her index to Real World Adobe InDesign CS3, by Olav Martin Kvern and David Blatner. The book was published by Peachpit Press in 2008. It is the first time a technical manual has won the award. Jan will receive a plaque and a check for $1000 at the ASI conference in Portland. See http://www.asindexing.org/site/WilsonAward.shtml#recip for more information.
ASI-PI Conference Speaker Guide Now Available
Getting ready for your presentation at Portland? Concerned about time management, or making sure attendees can hear you? Check out our new speaker's guide, a brochure jointly produced by ASI and Potomac Indexing. Full of useful tips!
Classic ASI Publications Now Available
Two classic ASI publications from the 1990s (Managing Large Indexing Projects and Subheadings: A Matter of Opinion) are now available for purchase from the ASI Online Store. These publications, long out of print, can be purchased as PDF downloads. Select 'Publications' and click on the 'More Info' button for product descriptions.
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