Submissions accepted until February 20, 2015 Did you write an excellent index in 2014? Then consider submitting it for the 2015 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, 2014, to February 20, 2015. The ASI/EIS Award recognizes the […]
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ASI Online Learning Course: Learning about KPS (Kerntiff Publishing Systems) Indexing-related Plugins for InDesign
Learning about KPS (Kerntiff Publishing Systems) Indexing-related Plugins for InDesign with Lucie Haskins Step-by-step instruction on how to use the helpful KPS plugins with Adobe’s most popular desktop publishing program InDesign Once you’re familiar with InDesign’s native indexing module, you’ll appreciate the spiffy KPS tools that can shortcut some tasks or augment with functions completely […]
ASI Webinar Replay: Taming the Metatopic with Kay Schlembach
Taming the Metatopic with Kay Schlembach This webinar was recorded November 19, 2014 Do you struggle with mastering the metatopic of a book? Are you comfortable working with the metatopic? What IS the metatopic, and why is it increasingly important? By taming the metatopic, both main and local, a stable index structure can be developed. […]
ASI Webinar Replay: Successful Subheadings with Fred Leise
September 17, 2014 This webinar will help you improve your indexing skills through an exploration of the world of subheadings. We will focus on three major areas: the purposes of subheadings, characteristics of successful subheadings, and common subheading problems. The core of the presentation is a discussion of 10 heuristics that are easy to follow […]
2015 ASI Conference Call for Presentation Proposal
THE STATE OF THE ART Seattle, Washington, April 30–May 1 The state of the art of indexing and the publishing world is in constant flux, and keeping up with the evolution of the field requires lifelong learning. The primary source for information and education about indexing is the American Society for Indexing (ASI). At our […]
ASI Webinar Replay: How to Increase Your Business Using the Indexer’s Best Secret Marketing Weapon
Indexer Locator—Crafting your listing for maximum effect with Connie Binder August 27, 2014 An Indexer Locator listing is one of the easiest and most effective marketing tools available to indexers. Learn what it is and how you can make it work for you. We’ll talk about who searches the Locator and how, statistics on Locator […]
Indexes in eBooks
ASI’s Digital Trends Task Force has often suggested that indexers ask their clients about eBook versions of the books they are working on. Will they have indexes, if not, why not? In an effort to help provide indexers some responses to what publishers or editors may say, this Executive Summary is being provided. It attempts […]
ASI Call for Authors
Are you interested in authoring a book—print or electronic—for ASI? The American Society for Indexing (ASI) is looking to expand its list of indexing-related titles. We need your indexing expertise to assist us! As the voice of excellence in indexing and the central resource for indexing, we are expanding our program of guides and handbooks […]
ASI Webinar Replay: Autoclassification—Information Management Strategies with Seth Maislin
This webinar was presented June 25, 2014 Even the best information management strategies will fail miserably if you don’t get the keywording right. As amounts of valuable content proliferate exponentially, and requirements for precision and context-sensitivity skyrocket in complexity, it is nearly impossible for quality keywording to keep pace. Autoclassification is the only answer, but […]
2014 ASI Conference—click to see photos
BETTER – FASTER – STRONGER – SMARTER May 1–2, 2014, Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday, April 30, Reception During a reception at the 2014 ASI Conference, John Bryans of Information Today, Inc. presented Enid Zafran with commemorative bookends, created specially by one of her favorite artists, in appreciation for her years of service as editor of […]