#indexday 2018 – the event

My splendid colleague Ruth Ellis has put together a storyline for the event. It includes things that happened in the run up and on the day.

http://wke.lt/w/s/sVomU

The run up to the day started with our sister society in Australia and New Zealand posting some pictures of their members. Catchy tagline – Life is easier with an index.

Whitefox covered the event in their newsletter:

https://mailchi.mp/4ac54fb97d06/whitefox-newsletter-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-indexing

On the actual day, SI President Sam Leith welcomed everyone:

The talks were given,

  • Good indexing practice: how indexers work. Ann Kingdom (Chair, Society of
    Indexers)
  • Good indexing practice: training, qualifications, commissioning and index
    assessment. Ann Hudson (Training Director, Society of Indexers)
  • Indexing software: flexible functionality. Ruth Ellis (Social Media Coordinator,Society of Indexers)
  • Embedded indexing: a brief what, why and how. Paula Clarke Bain (Marketing
  • Director, Society of Indexers)
  • Embedding to ebook. Jan Worrall (Training Course Coordinator, Society of Indexers)

Tea was drunk, questions were asked, and the team stood for a photograph.

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I wonder what we’ll do next year?