The Digital Publications Indexing SIG co-organized a meeting along with the New England Chapter of ASI and Bookbuilders of Boston, held Thursday evening, April 5, 2018. Read Heather Hedden’s blog post about it: https://digital-publications-indexing.org/index.php/2018/04/07/joint-meeting-with-bookbuilders-of-boston/
The slides of Stephen Ingle’s presentation “Indexes for Digital Publications: ‘The Battle of the Books’,”: https://digital-publications-indexing.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Indexes-for-Digital-Publications-The-Battle-of-the-Books.pdf
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SKY Index Professional Video Tutorials
These videos are intended to help introduce new indexers to some the more powerful features of SKY Index Professional and to some of the less well known features.
http://sky-software.com/videos/index.htm
Indexing Day 2018 #indexday
A social media summary of #indexday and #indexdayANZSI on wakelet:
https://wakelet.com/wake/af590e38-bf6c-4fda-aa36-ad09111f9f27
SKY Index Professional 8 – Did You Know It Can Do This?
These short ads showcase the features of SKY Index Professional 8:
http://sky-software.com/whatitcando/
Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer (DNI) / German Network of Indexers
The website of the German Network of Indexers:
http://d-indexer.org/welcome.html
Society of Indexers (SI) new website
The Society of Indexers (SI) (UK) has updated their website. Have a look at https://www.indexers.org.uk/
The directory of indexers that used to be called “Indexers Available”, is now called the “Directory of Professional Indexers”.
Netherlands Indexers Network (NIN)
The website of the Netherlands Indexers Network (NIN):
https://www.indexers.nl/
Indexing Day 2017 #indexday
A social media summary of the celebration of the inaugural #indexday on wakelet:
https://wakelet.com/wake/cac50af0-f04f-4ce9-ae6c-216f8f4733dc
Metaphors for indexing and indexes
Stephen Ullstrom asks the interesting question: what kind of metaphors do you use to describe indexing or indexes?
http://www.stephenullstrom.com/metaphors-for-writing-an-index/
Best Practices for Indexing
The American Society for Indexing has produced a Best Practices for Indexing guide. According to their website the guide “presents an overview of best indexing practices for creating accurate, effective and readable indexes.” To have a look at the guide, go to http://www.asindexing.org/best-indexing-practices/