The Society of Indexers (SI) is a professional society of indexers based in the UK, with its offices in

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, England, but has members worldwide. The society was established in 1957, while its quarterly journal, ''The Indexer'' has been published since 1958.

History

The Society of Indexers was formally constituted at the premises of the National Book League in the UK on 30 March 1957 by G. Norman Knight and approximately 60 other people. He "count dit as one of the achievements of the Society to have removed the intense feeling of solitude in which the indexer (of books and journals, at any rate) used to work." Later members in various areas of the world grouped together and formed societies which are now affiliated: *

American Society for Indexing An index (plural: usually indexes, more rarely indices; see below) is a list of words or phrases ('headings') and associated pointers ('locators') to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document or collection of doc ...

Indexing Society of Canada The Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d'indexation (ISC/SCI) was established in 1977 as Canada's national association of indexers (professionals who create indexes for books, periodicals, web sites, and more). Originally known as the ...

Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) is a society representing indexers in Australia and New Zealand. It has branches and groups in ACT, New South Wales, New Zealand, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, V ...

China Society of Indexers China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Description

The Society of Indexers exists to promote indexing, the quality of indexes and the profession of indexing. It provides a distance training course in indexing leading to its qualification of Professional Member. Further professional experience leads to Advanced Professional Member and beyond that the qualification of Fellow of the Society is awarded for proof of experience and index quality. Its online directory of professional indexers lists qualified members available to take freelance indexing work.

Publications

The Society started publishing its journal, ''The Indexer'', subtitled ''The International Journal of Indexing'', ISSN 0019-4131 (print) ISSN 1756-0632 (online), in 1958. Initially published biannually, it moved to quarterly publication in 2008. From 2019 it has been published by

Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, li ...

. Publication continues , It is the official journal of all the indexing societies. All editions are available online, and the editor is Mary Coe. Past editors include

Maureen MacGlashan Maureen Elizabeth MacGlashan, CMG was Assistant Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law from 1986–1990 and is now a Fellow of the Centre. From 1963 to 1998 she was a member of the British Diplomatic Service. She served in, amon ...

and Hazel K. Bell. The society newsletter ''SIdelights'' is published quarterly and is only available to society members.

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* * {{Authority control Indexers Index (publishing)