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Celebrate National Indexing Day on November 18

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...

Join us for ASI’s next Indexing Playground

Indexing Playground November 19, 2025 10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central | 1 pm Eastern Join us for ASI’s next Indexing Playground—where indexers get to take a well-earned break from working to chat with other indexers. This informal Zoom gathering...

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

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 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...

New members, join us for a meet and greet

Calling all new members! Welcome to the American Society for Indexing! You are invited to attend a virtual meet and greet for our newest members on June 18 at 10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern. Whether you’ve been around for a year or a week, we are thrilled you have...

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Health Insurance Benefit

ASI has partnered with Gallagher to offer members exclusive health insurance and related coverage options including major medical, short term health plans, vision and dental plans, critical care coverage, life, and several different supplemental health options.
Visit the Health Insurance Benefits page for more information.

Best Practices for Indexing

ASI’s Best Practices for Indexing guide is available to read or download here.

The Benefit of Networking with Indexers

Want to talk about indexing stuff? It takes another indexer to understand your work. And indexers are the best at answering your work-related questions, whether it’s about your software or just how to handle that tricky name. Join the ASI Discussion List to post your questions, hear responses from other indexers, and benefit from the knowledge of the community. Visit this page to join the list and participate in your community.