BETTER – FASTER – STRONGER – SMARTER May 1–2, 2014, Charleston, South Carolina ASI is proud to announce the program for our 2014 Conference. Speakers, presentation descriptions, and further additional information is now available. If you have questions or comments, please contact Kate Mertes at conference@asindexing.org. The early bird member rate for the conference is […]
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Call for Submissions: ASI/EIS Publishing Award for Excellence in Indexing
Submissions accepted until February 15, 2014 Have you written an excellent index this year for a particularly challenging text? Then consider submitting it for the 2014 ASI/EIS Publishing Award for Excellence in Indexing. Nominations for the award are welcome from indexers or publishers and will be accepted from December 1, 2013, to February 15, 2014. […]
ASI Webinar Replay: On Aboutness—Determining What It’s All About
with Kate Mertes, Mertes Editorial Services The webinar was presented December 17, 2013 What’s it all about? That is the question capable indexers must keep in front of them as they work through a text. Kate Mertes will show you how to avoid tangents and stay focused to produce a good index. We’ll look at […]
IDPF Board Approves the EPUB Indexes 1.0 Specification Advancement to Public Draft Status
The American Society for Indexing (ASI) Digital Trends Task Force (DTTF) is pleased to report that the two-year effort by the International Digital Publishing Forum’s Indexes Working Group to produce a standard method for encoding indexes in EPUB publications has come to fruition. On November 7th the IDPF Board approved the EPUB Indexes 1.0 specification […]
ASI Webinar Replay: Converting Legacy Print Book Indexes for Use in eBooks
with David K. Ream, Leverage Technologies The webinar was presented October 30, 2013. In the electronic realm, page numbers lose their meaning. What is a page? It can vary depending on the way you choose to display the material on your eRreader based on the font and type size. The index locators for page 10 […]
2014 Conference—Charleston, South Carolina
May 1–2, 2014 Come to the beautiful and historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, May 1–2, 2014, to join with other indexers in a conference devoted to the issues and skills that matter today to those in the information field. To provide the best value for ASI members, we have streamlined the conference structure and […]
ASI Webinar Replay: “Creating and Maintaining Speed in Indexing”
This webinar was presented on Thursday, June 20, 2013 Time is money, and indexers are business people. We all want to work quickly and efficiently without sacrificing quality. NASCAR drivers don’t win races because they drive carelessly and cut corners, or because they only drive in easy races. They win because they’re good, they’re fast, […]
ASI Webinar: Business of Indexing
The Business of Indexing Module webinar took place on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The webinar was a great success with more than 75 participants. The webinar recording is available for download at no charge. Listen to the recording of this event.