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IndexStudio Review

IndexStudio Review

Prepared by ASI AI Committee IndexStudio, an LLM-based indexing service, claims on its website that it allows users to “create professional book indexes in a fraction of the time” and that its AI1 generates “comprehensive entries.” It is marketed to professional...
They’re back—the ASI Indexing Awards!

They’re back—the ASI Indexing Awards!

Last year the American Society for Indexing (ASI) revamped its indexing awards program to better reflect the variety of work that indexers do. Instead of recognizing a single winner, the competition was divided into two broad categories, trade books and...
You are invited to ASI’s next Indexing Playground

You are invited to ASI’s next Indexing Playground

Indexing Playground August 27, 2025 10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central | 1 pm Eastern The Indexing Playground is ASI’s version of water cooler conversation—an opportunity to informally gather with peers and chat about indexing. Because, let’s be...
ASI initiatives in response to AI indexes

ASI initiatives in response to AI indexes

You may have recently seen threads on indexing discussion lists about AI. It’s a topic many of us are aware of and concerned about. At this time, however, it looks like AI chatbots based on large language models (LLMs) do not make adequate indexes. Consequently, our...
ASI website getting a makeover

ASI website getting a makeover

Over the next few weeks, you may notice some changes to the ASI website. Soon it will have a fresh new face. A team has been working to make the transition as smooth as possible, but tech happens. We appreciate your patience as we go through the steps to effect this...