American Society for Indexing

December 6, 2024. When you run an indexing business, you spend time indexing, and you spend time running a business. You seek out ways to be more efficient, and you look for tools—both indexing- and business-related—that help you to work smarter. We've gathered renown experts to help you navigate your path to a more savvy […]

The American Society for Indexing (ASI) has designated November 18 as National Indexing Day to celebrate the making and using of indexes. Indexing is a largely hidden and important part of the publishing industry. Indexes are created for print publications such as books and periodicals and for media such as websites, ebooks and other digital […]

ASI News —Celebrate indexing on National Indexing Day —December's special event: All About Indexing—From Thesauri to AI —Rewatch "Indexing Life Hacks" —Create a macro, save some time —Key Words: Share your tips, ask your questions —Get guidance during health-care enrollment Chapters and SIGS —Digital Publications SIG to meet Associated Industry News —ASI member presents at […]

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 […]

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 »»»