indexing

Expert, Generalist, or Somewhere in Between?

One of the fun things about indexing — yes, it's a fun job! — is learning about subjects I wouldn't otherwise. In my spare time, …

I still remember my first ASI (American Society for Indexing) conference in 1992 (long time ago). I was pregnant with my second …

All professions, whether they admit to it or not, develop specialized vocabularies—jargon, terms of art, whatever you want to call …

When I'm teaching or mentoring prospective indexers, I focus primarily on term selection. Term selection involves the uniquely …