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Membership News

Winner of 2023 Purple Pen Contest for New Indexers

The Institute of Certified Indexes (ICI) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Bartmess has won the 2023 award in this contest for new indexers. Elizabeth is a San Francisco Bay Area indexer with a background in the social and information sciences. Her formal indexing training includes American Society for Indexing’s Module A and the UC … […]

New website improvements coming

We have been working on changes to give our members a better user experience with ISC/SCI through our website. In the next few weeks, you will see— In fact, the first thing you will see is that the login has moved into the main menu (next to Contact). Once you are logged in, the blue … […]

ASI Special Event: Indexing Life Hacks

December 5, 2023 Life hacks are simple and clever tips or techniques for accomplishing a familiar task more easily and efficiently. Indexing life hacks are all about working smarter at the job of indexing. Four experts share the hacks they use to save time, minimize stress, and increase efficiency. Whether you’re wrestling with PDFs or … […]

From the Blog

Editors and publishers want to know: What makes a good index?

In an interview with publisher Sandra Uschtrin, indexer Jochen Fassbender described some key qualities of a good index. What does a good index look like? The key qualities include: Indexes with these traits add value to the text by ensuring users can efficiently find all substantive concepts, details, and facts. What should editors and publishers … […]

What are some ways that indexers market their services?

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 2020. So we quickly … […]

How do I find potential clients?

Congratulations, you’re ready to start marketing yourself as an indexer! But who are your potential clients, and how do you reach them? There are a number of ways to make contacts, but we’ll focus on email marketing in this article. Here are some ideas to get you started. Take it seriously Marketing yourself to potential … […]