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What are the distinctive challenges of indexing books about music or dance? Our Coffee Morning on 16 July looked at this topic, with presentations by Marian Aird, @baindex.org, and Pauline Hubner.

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Book indexers get paid to read books, write indexes, get an intellectual workout and work flexibly from home. We work with authors and publishers on all sorts of books and journals. Find out more about our indexing training course buff.ly/kwhStax

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Many aspects, we thought, were dealt with better by using cross-references, double posting or an in situ note in the index. For the reader who dives into the index without reading the note, one of these approaches will be much more helpful. Here's an example:

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Our training course will prepare you to start work as a professional indexer as soon as you complete it. You'll create indexes for two book-length works before you become an Accredited Indexer. You'll get support and feedback from experienced indexers. Find out more at buff.ly/KIf3uHP

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Book indexing attracts people from diverse backgrounds. Many of our members also work in proofreading, editing, librarianship or teaching. Explore our training course pages to learn about adding indexing to your career - you can study online at your own pace: buff.ly/KIf3uHP

Are you a publishing professional who’s new to working with book indexers? Our guide to commissioning an index takes you through the whole process and helps you foster good working relationships and great indexes buff.ly/SE42N6l

Thousands of non-fiction books are published every year; we can’t index them all! Help us out by joining the Society of Indexers. Our training course will prepare you for a stimulating career in book indexing. Find out more at buff.ly/KIf3uHP

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Indexers really do read every word of each book, analyse the concepts presented and think how the reader will search for them. We must be highly accurate and also flexible to the needs of different books and clients. We have excellent vocabularies and are expert readers #IndexDay buff.ly/glTobKP

Good indexes represent the book’s content in a balanced, accessible structure. And – of course – they are accurate. Explore our blog posts on index quality to learn more #IndexDay buff.ly/7bC7zgf

What is an index, and why is it important? An index is a map; it makes the information in books accessible to readers. It gives a sense of the coverage of the book, and whether it contains the information you need. And you can go back after reading to find what you want #IndexDay buff.ly/LMIHOqs

Book indexing attracts people from diverse backgrounds. Many of our members also work in proofreading, editing, librarianship or teaching. Explore our training course pages to find out more about adding indexing to your career - you can study online at your own pace: buff.ly/5GdT9tN

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A happy and peaceful Christmas to all our followers.

For today's Talking about the Past session, 18 SI members gathered to discuss dealing with titles of works in indexing. In subheadings, should they be interfiled with general topics or grouped together? The image below shows three possible approaches.

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At our Annual General Meeting today, we welcomed new members to our Executive Board: we're being joined by @carlosindex.bsky.social and Rob Gibson. Carlos's background in librarianship and Rob's in law will be great assets to the management of the Society. Many thanks to Carlos and Rob.