Indexing Playground
April 22, 2026
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 offers a chance to connect, compare notes, and swap ideas with peers in a relaxed, small-group setting. Come ready to share, learn, and maybe even laugh about quirks only other indexers would appreciate.
The Zoom call will be divided into three breakout rooms. You can join one and stay or slide in and out of them as you please. The theme is Trivia Hour, and rooms for this playground are:
- General Concepts: General Knowledge Trivia.
- Preferred Terms: Word-Related Trivia.
- Recess: a Digital Sandbox with No Agenda.
Join us April 22nd at 10:00 Pacific time/1:00 Eastern time.
The name Indexing Playground was inspired by Margie Towery (Ten Characteristics of Quality Indexes). She said when she is indexing, she thinks “about creating a playground. Audiences arrive at the playground with diverse knowledge, experience, emotions, goals, and so on. The index serves as the playground in which audiences enter the world of the text.” On our playground, indexers with diverse knowledge will come together to have fun and talk about shared experiences.
If you have an idea for a future playground theme or would like to host a playground, contact Jen Weers or Gwen Henson.