National Indexing Day
The Society of Indexers is celebrating National Indexing Day for the seventh successive year on Thursday 27th March 2025. This year we will be celebrating with a half-day in-person workshop for publishing professionals in London, as well as online across social media with the tag #IndexDay.
The workshop will be run twice on the day, at the Publishers Association. Following a welcome from our new honorary president, Caroline Sanderson, a series of presentations by professional indexers will cover the value of human indexes, how best to work with an indexer and the advantages of indexing software used by indexers. There will also be an interactive practical session for participants to try live indexing and time for questions and discussion. Tickets for the workshops are limited in number and places can be booked here.
Celebrating National Indexing Day with Liverpool University Press
We’re celebrating National Indexing Day by making a selection of key articles from The Indexer over the years free to read for a selected period between March – April 2025. The Indexer is published on behalf of the Society of Indexers and the indexing societies and networks subscribing to the International Agreement of Indexing Societies. The journal seeks to cover the full range of subjects, from articles at the cutting edge of new techniques to contributions discussing in a practical way the new tools available to indexers at all points in the technical spectrum or exploring the history of indexing.
Read a selection of articles for free for one month, specially selected by editors of The Indexer
- Urs Stäheli, ‘What’s in an index? The hidden work of book indexing’, 41(4), 381–94
- Kate Mertes, ‘Developing an indexing plan for unconventional texts’, 41(3), 285–92
- Tanya Izzard, ‘Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its performance at indexing tasks’, 42(4), 383–400
- Paula Clarke Bain, ‘Meandering musings on the comic fiction index: a peer review on Three men in a boat’, 39(3), 245–62
- Jolanta N. Komornicka, ‘William Lost-His-Pants and more fun with indexing medieval names’, 42(1), 19–31
More from Liverpool University Press: Indexing Books
Specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias, 1650-1800: A tribute to Frank Kafker. Edited by Jeff Loveland and Stéphane Schmitt.
Based on a series of case studies following a wide-ranging introduction, this book examines the history of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias during a period in which they developed dramatically.
More information about this book >
You can find out more about National Indexing Day 2025 via the dedicated webpage.
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