Many industries have professional organizations that represent the field and the interests of those employed in that area. Indexing is no exception. The American Society for Indexing (ASI) is the U.S.-based professional organization representing both indexers and the field of indexing as a profession. One of the questions that all professionals must answer for themselves […]
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Mentoring Benefits
It’s nice to know that sometimes our enthusiasm for our field of work is contagious… enough to encourage others to join the profession (the profession in my case is indexing). I have had several opportunities over the last few years to provide the spark that ignites other people’s interest in being an indexer and to […]
Explaining indexes to children
As children begin to learn to use the resources in school libraries, one of the tools they need to be taught is how to use an index. I presented a brief talk to children in the third grade at the Bernice A. Ray School in Hanover, New Hampshire. Children are such quick studies that they […]