 Resources
Professional
Organizations
There
are large active professional indexing organizations
in the United States (asindexing.org),
Canada (indexingsociety.ca),
Australia and New Zealand (aussi.org),
and the United Kingdom (indexers.org.uk):
Literature
on Indexing
Janet
Perlman is author/editor of Running an Indexing
Business, 2nd edition, ITI, Inc. for American Society
of Indexers, 2001. Click
here to find out how to buy the book.
The
largest bodies of books published for indexers are published
by the American
Society of Indexers
and the Society
of Indexers (UK).
Many other excellent resources are available, some from
major publishers and some self-published. For a complete
bibliography of indexing literature, click
here.
Kari
Kells,
Jan
Wright, and Mary
Sue Stephenson have lists of supplementary
readings for indexing students and professionals on
their web sites.
Training
for Indexers
The
newest addition to indexer education is the University
of California (Berkeley)’s distance learning course.
The
USDA Graduate School Correspondence Program in Basic
Indexing, now run by the National Independent
Study Center, has been the leading course of indexer
training in the United States.
A
distance-learning course is also offered by the Society
for Indexers (UK)
Some
professional indexers offer classes and private tutorials,
including Kari
Kells and Sherry
Smith.
Web-based
training in indexing of Web and intranet documents is
available from Kevin
Broccoli.
Tutorials
on indexing in Word and PageMaker are available from
Jan
Wright.
Susan
Holbert offers a 3-cassette video of an
actual day-long indexing workshop which offers a good
introduction to indexing skills and methods.
Finding
an Indexer
Disclaimer:
These links are provided as a service to authors and
publishers to assist them in finding an indexer. No
guarantee or recommendation is made for the quality
of work any of indexers may provide. The indexers in
these directories pay for their listings.
The
online searchable
Indexer Locator of the American Society
of Indexers can assist in finding an indexer with specific
expertise as will the Canadian Society's Register.
A
listing service organized and maintained by Charles
Anderson is maintained at Indexers Unlimited
Clearinghouse.
Other
Indexers
Many
indexers have excellent websites full of good information
and links.
Dan
Connolly: wfwbooks.com
Linda Fetters: fettersinfo.com
Kari Kells: indexw.com
Seth Maislin: taxonomist.tripod.com
Nancy Mulvany: bayside-indexing.com
Marilyn Rowland: marisol.com
Jan Wright: wrightinformation.com
Pilar Wyman: wymanindexing.com
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