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Membership News
2022 Ewart-Daveluy Award
The ISC/SCI will not be presenting the Ewart-Daveluy Indexing Award this year. While the committee is pleased with the number of submissions and the diversity of trade and scholarly books, we agreed unanimously that none of the indexes reach the level of excellence that merits the award. All of the indexes do some things well. … […]
How to Start a Member-Initiated Group
A member-initiated group (MIG) is managed and led by an ISC/SCI member, not necessarily a committee or executive committee member, for the purpose of learning and networking with other members. Examples: a group studying a software manual or a discussion group on an indexing book. MIGs provide opportunities for members to learn, communicate and collaborate … […]
Volunteers Needed
Thank you as always to all the volunteers who devote time and energy to the Society. We all benefit greatly from it. Conference 2023 Yes! Unbelievable as it is … we are starting to think about next year. And, cross your fingers, nose, and toes, it might even be in person. This is a committee … […]
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 … […]
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