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Are you especially proud of an index you wrote for a book that was published last year? Then consider submitting it for the 2019 ASI Excellence in Indexing Award. Nominations for the award are welcome from indexers or publishers and will be accepted through February 22, 2019. The ASI Award recognizes the normally anonymous indexers […]

ASIs nominating committee has begun work identifying potential candidates for board positions beginning in 2019, including the positions of President-elect, Treasurer, and Directors-at-Large. We are looking for active ASI members who are willing to give something back to their professional organization. ASI needs you! Your energy, experience, ideas, and commitment are crucial to the continued […]

Happy birthday to ASI! Celebrating 50 Years This month the American Society for Indexing celebrates 50 years since its founding. The first formal board meeting of ASI was convened by Ted Hines on November 18, 1968, which is ASI’s birthday and official holiday.* In 50 years, a lot has changed in the publishing industry, even […]

The 7th Triennial Meeting of International Committee of Representatives of Indexing Societies (ICRIS) and 2018 Annual Conference of the China Society of Indexers (CSI), with a joint International Symposium, are scheduled to be held October 17 to 19, 2018, at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The theme of the conference will be “The Development of Indexing […]

Meet your ASI board of directors who will serve ASI in the coming year. Devon Thomas, President; Kendra Millis, Past President; Jennifer Spanier, President Elect; Anne Fifer, Treasurer; Lisa DeBoer, Secretary; Meghan Miller Brawley, Director; Joan Shapiro, Director; Paul Sweum, Director; Nan Badgett, Director; Amron Gravett, Director; Bonnie Taylor, Director; Gwen Henson, Executive Director

Diana Witt will receive the 2018 Theodore C. Hines Award for exceptional service to ASI at “Indexers Rock!” the annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, April 27. Diana joined ASI in 1969, the year after it was founded, and has been actively involved with the Society ever since. Her service at the national level […]

Learn more about your candidates for the board Jennifer Spanier (Candidate for President Elect) Biography Jennifer has been indexing professionally since 2009 in a wide variety of subject areas. Her educational background is in biology and library and information sciences. Her subject specialties and special interests include life sciences, gardening, nature, environmental science, fitness, and […]

During Valentine’s month, how about showing some love to your ASI chapter(s)? Did you know that membership in one chapter is included free with your ASI membership? Did you know that chapter membership is NOT automatically assigned and if you did not specifically choose a chapter when you joined ASI or renewed your membership, you […]

Are you especially proud of an index you wrote for a book that was published last year? Then consider submitting it for the 2018 ASI Excellence in Indexing Award. Nominations for the award are welcome from indexers or publishers and will be accepted through February 15, 2018. The ASI Award recognizes the normally anonymous indexers […]