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Membership News

2018 Conference Photos Here!

Heather Ebbs (and others) took some amazing photos at our ISC/SCI annual conference in Winnipeg. Check them all out here.

Announcing ISC/SCI discount for PerfectIt software

ISC/SCI Members: As we announced at the AGM, the ISC/SCI has negotiated a substantial discount on PerfectIt, the professional proofreading software. PerfectIt helps you deliver error-free documents. It improves consistency, ensures quality, saves time and helps to enforce style guides. It lets you control every change, giving you the assurance your documents are the best … […]

Mary Newberry Mentorship Program

June 12, 2018 The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is excited to announce the Mary Newberry Mentorship Program. The proposal for this new initiative was developed over this past year by the mentorship committee, composed of Stephen Ullstrom (chair), Margaret de Boer, and Pierre Joyal. The proposal was accepted by the … […]

From the Blog

What are the start-up costs for becoming an indexer?

To work successfully as an indexer, you must make some initial investments. The biggest investment is your time for training and practice, which is critical because the more practice you have, the more efficient you will be. This article, however, addresses specifically the cash outlay. Fortunately, the upfront technology and education costs are not particularly … […]

Can you talk me “out” of indexing?

In the early 2000’s, indexer Martha Osgood posted a series of popular articles in the “Novice Notes” section of her website, Backwordsindexing.com. Here is an extract from one article, updated and edited for an international audience. Martha’s comments, which reflect her personal experience and observations, offer food for thought and not hard and fast rules. … […]

Marketing your indexing business Q&A – replay

As freelance indexers, you can’t sit back and expect jobs to come to you. It’s on you to market yourself. But where do you start? How do you do it? And what’s involved? That`s what several new indexers wanted to know when we met at our monthly chat session in December. So we quickly threw … […]