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Membership News

ISC/SCI Announces New Executive Committee for 2023–2025

Position Name Email Co-President Jolanta Komornicka presidents@indexers.ca Co-President Maggie Billard presidents@indexers.ca Past President Alexandra Peace past_president@indexers.ca Treasurer JoAnne Burek treasurer@indexers.ca Membership Secretary Tanvi Mohile membership@indexers.ca Bulletin Editor Vicki Gregory Bulletin_Editor@indexers.ca Communications Céline Parent communications@indexers.ca Website Administrator Christine Dudgeon administrator@indexers.ca BC Regional Rep Judith Nylvek bc_rep@indexers.ca Prairies Regional Rep Jess Herdman prairies_rep@indexers.ca Central (Ontario) Regional Rep … […]

2023 Tamarack Award: Ronnie Seagren

The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipient of the Tamarack Award. Ronnie Seagren (Toronto) is being recognized for her contribution and commitment to the society. Ronnie was chosen for her unflagging dedication to the society, willingness to always lend a helping hand, and dedication to … […]

Lending Library

We are excited to announce that the ISC/SCI Lending Library is now open! As of today, May 1st, our ISC/SCI website contains a page for the lending library. You may access it here. On this page, you will find: Please remember to take the time to review the policy before you submit your request form. … […]

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 … […]