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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

Patterns of indexing careers

Indexers come into their careers from many directions. For some, it’s a natural progression from a job in a publishing house. Others discover the calling accidentally. There are indexers who started out by volunteering to write an index for a friend or a local society. Once the decision is made to become an indexer, the … […]

The scent of information

Have you heard of a rule in web design called the three-click rule? It states that users will leave your web page or app if they can’t find what they want in three clicks. However, the rule has been challenged by numerous studies. It turns out that users don’t actually stop searching after three clicks, … […]

Doing the right thing by the author and the reader

Over the last week, we’ve had a riveting discussion on the ISC-L forum. It started because a Canadian indexer was indexing a book on racism in the US, and had asked an American indexer for advice on approaching the language. For the benefit of ISC-L forum readers, the American indexer posted the very useful guidance … […]