ASIndexing.org (ASI) @ASIndexing
The Voice of Excellence in Indexing. We advocate, educate, and provide the central resource for indexing. asindexing.org United States Joined May 2009-
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In April See Also, read about: annual conference, "Spring Into Action"; workshop on Regular expressions; voting for ASI's board; annual meeting 5/17; Spring Key Words—coming soon; building mentorships; client types on Playground; Spotlight—Anthony Fazio! bit.ly/4l4X9Ua
"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." #LewisCarroll #AuthorBirthdays
#OnThisDay: Lewis Carroll is born in Cheshire, England (1832).
#OnThisDay: Virginia Woolf is born in London, England (1882).
"Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know." - Alberto Manguel
#OnThisDay: Peter Roget is born in London, England (1779).
"The humble back-of-book index is one of those inventions that are so successful, so integrated into our daily practices, that they can often become invisible." - Dennis Duncan
"The #index organizes our lives." - Dennis Duncan
In January's See Also, winners of 2024 Indexing Awards, vacancies on ASI board, "All About Indexing," working safely & productively, 2025 member logo, Chapters & SIGs news, send indexes for Canadian award, organize for taxes, and Spotlight Bill Wheaton. bit.ly/4jbAnZZ
"Over time…the index [has been] accepted as a necessary component of any respectable book." #MarcusGee #QuoteoftheDay
"I for my part venerate the inventor of Indexes…that unknown labourer in literature who first laid open the nerves and arteries of a book." — Isaac D'Israeli, Literary Miscellanies
“Perhaps it is just as well to be rash and foolish for a while. If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all." ― Zora Neale Hurston #bornonthisday
Looking for an #indexer? Try our Indexer Locator, available for free here: bit.ly/4aoTIlM
#OnThisDay: Louise Braille is born in Coupvray, France (1809). The reading and writing system he created for the visually impaired remains virtually unchanged to this day.
#TodayInHistory: (1892) Author J.R.R. Tolkien is born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now South Africa). Fun fact: His first job after the war was as an assistant writer for the Oxford English Dictionary, working on the letter W.
#TodayInHistory: American writer and professor Isaac Asimov is born in Petrovichi, Russia (1920). During his lifetime, Asimov wrote or edited more than 500 books.
"For last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." #TSEliot #HappyNewYear 🎉

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