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Paula Clarke BainI am happy and honoured to say that I have today become the new Chair of the Society of Indexers. See the new SI ‘Who’s who?’ at <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/about-us/governance-and-management/eb-and-si-officers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/about-us/governance-and-management/eb-and-si-officers/</a> We will continue to stand up for the value of good book indexes and professional book indexers. Onwards, upwards! <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

pilarw2000The Indexing Task Force, an independent nonpartisan group of professional indexers, has developed an <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/index" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#index</a> to help people see what Project 2025 contains: indexersguidetoproject2025.com indexersguidetoProject2025 -- thank you, <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/indexers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexers</a>! <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> @indexodon

Paula Clarke BainSAVE THE DATE. As Society of Indexers Conference Director, and following a great <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf24</a> online conference, I’m glad to say that the SI 2025 conference will be from 19th to 21st September 2025 in the Writers’ Suite, Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre, University of Birmingham, UK. I’m looking forward to <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf25</a> already. Indexers, assemble. 🤓<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a> <a href="http://www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2025/</a>

Paula Clarke BainToday (15 Sept) is last day to book for Society of Indexers 2024 online conference ‘Human Indexing in a Digital World’. Generative AI, software states, Wikipedia editing, themed group chats, peer review, welcome from Sam Leith, plus Beth Driscoll, Claire Squires and me on a creative Frankfurt Kabuff index. Presentation recordings available to delegates for 12 months. See us and you at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf24</a>? <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a> <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/training-development/conferences/conference-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/training-development/conferences/conference-2024/</a>

Sarah Oelker<a href="https://toot.wales/@pc_bain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pc_bain</a> Oh, what a good idea, thx! I'm an indexer in USA, accustomed to Chicago format, happy to work in other styles. I work on science/technology books. I have a broad STEM background and extensive experience working with writers whose first language is not English. I also work as a Research Data Management Consultant. Contact info and more at <a href="https://sarahoelker.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sarahoelker.com</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/indexing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexing</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> Russian & Mandarin language learner, pianist, fiber artist, SFF and chinese media fan. Здравствуйте/大家好！

Paula Clarke BainBookings now open for Society of Indexers 2024 online conference ‘Human Indexing in a Digital World’, 18–19 September. AI issues, software tips, Wikipedians, discussion groups, peer review, plus Blaire Squiscoll (aka Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires) and me on a creative Frankfurt Kabuff index. Join us at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf24</a>!<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a> <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/training-development/conferences/conference-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/training-development/conferences/conference-2024</a>

Paula Clarke BainSave the date for Society of Indexers <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf24</a> online conference ‘Human Indexing in a Digital World’ on 18–19 September 2024.Initial details now at <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/2024-conference-save-the-date/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/2024-conference-save-the-date/</a>.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainA successful day at Society of Indexers National Indexing Day <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a>, running two half-day workshops for publishers on all aspects of indexing, plus a live indexing exercise with me. Also great to be joined by SI honorary members Sam Leith and Dennis Duncan, who ended up indexing his own INDEX book! 🤓See more about National Indexing Day past and present in my new blog post ‘IndexDay, A Brief History of’ at <a href="https://baindex.org/2024/03/28/indexday-a-brief-history-of/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://baindex.org/2024/03/28/indexday-a-brief-history-of/</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainMy article on comparing my English index with the translated German and Italian indexes of Dennis Duncan’s book ‘INDEX, A History of the’ is part of Liverpool University Press’s free selection from The Indexer journal to celebrate the Society of Indexers’ National Indexing Day on 28 March. Roll on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a>! 🥳<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a><a href="https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/03/19/celebrating-national-indexing-day-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/03/19/celebrating-national-indexing-day-2024/</a>

Paula Clarke BainDo you work in publishing and want to learn more about indexing? Then please do come to the Society of Indexers’ National Indexing Day event on 28 March at Publishers Association, London. Sessions are on the value of indexes, working with an indexer, software options, and a chance to do some live indexing with me. A few spaces left; booking ends 20 March. We’d love to talk with you about better book indexes on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a>.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a> <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/national-indexing-day-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/national-indexing-day-2024/</a>

gardenpeachGetting back into using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryThing</a>. I have very little interest in tracking what-I'm-reading-right-now, as so many people seem to, but I do love to see lists of books I've read and might like to read. And I'd been meaning to put together a collection of the books I've indexed, ever since I discovered that Amazon trashed the list I'd been keeping there. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indexodon</a>, do you track the books you've indexed in a similar way?

Paula Clarke BainCome learn about book indexes at Society of Indexers’ National Indexing Day workshop for publishing professionals at Publishers Association, London, Thursday 28 March. Welcome from Sam Leith and sessions by SI directors Tanya Izzard, Rachel Gee, Ruth Ellis and me. Book below for <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a>. 👇<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a><a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/national-indexing-day-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/posts/national-indexing-day-2024/</a>

Paula Clarke BainNational Indexing Day 2024 will be on Thursday 28 March, celebrating book indexers and indexes. It exists because we in the Society of Indexers invented it. More details on our <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a> plans to follow next week. <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainOut now – Big Beacon by Alan Partridge (with Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons and Steve Coogan). I loved the first two Partridge books and their comedy indexes. I now also love the third in his autobiogratrilogy. And ‘this time’ (a-ha) … I did its index. 🤯<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/AlanPartridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlanPartridge</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comedy</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainI enjoyed giving my ‘rowdy hermits’ talk at the Society of Indexers <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf23</a> conference, comparing the writing of crosswords and indexes (like Pixie’s <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IndexDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndexDay</a> puzzle). Shout-outs given to Alan Connor, Boatman Cryptics, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CrypticSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrypticSunday</a> (see also <a href="https://mastodon.social/@archelina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@archelina</a> and <a href="https://social.wyrd.systems/@matt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@matt</a>) and Raider’s MyCrossword site. All in a book frock, of course.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/crosswords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crosswords</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CrypticCrosswords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrypticCrosswords</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainIndexer (and The Indexer) on a train, Autumn 2023.Off to Leeds for the Society of Indexers <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf23</a> conference – our first UK in-person one since 2019. All sorts of excited to present, catch up and learn. Indexers assemble!<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainNew issue of The Indexer journal has my article on the English, German and Italian indexes to Dennis Duncan’s Index, A History of the. That’s my index, translated. Also Pierke Bosschieter and Sam Arnet’s (<a href="https://mstdn.social/@samu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@samu</a>) great review on translating an index vs indexing a translation. Which is better?<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a><a href="https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/index.2023.33" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/index.2023.33</a>

Paula Clarke BainOne week left to book for the Society of Indexers conference on Tues 26th Sept in Leeds. I’ll be there, officially talking about CPD tips for Fellowship, and cryptic crossword setting compared to index writing, and unofficially much more besides. See also you at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SIConf23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIConf23</a>?<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/crosswords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crosswords</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CrypticCrosswords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrypticCrosswords</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a> <a href="https://www.indexers.org.uk/events/si-2023-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.indexers.org.uk/events/si-2023-conference/</a>

Paula Clarke BainThat’s a wrap on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CIEP2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CIEP2023</a> then. I loved what I saw and glad to have much more still to catch up on. Huge thanks to all involved.I’ll just leave this extract here from No Fond Return of Love by Barbara Pym. It opens at a conference for editors and indexers. Ahem.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmEditing</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/edibuddies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edibuddies</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edibuddies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@edibuddies</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

Paula Clarke BainProofs all checked for my next article in The Indexer journal on comparing the English, German and Italian edition indexes to Dennis Duncan’s Index, A History of the. (Japanese edition also out now but not yet seen.) Odd to see your own index translated but intriguing. One early article fix: removing Twitter details from my author bio.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/indexodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indexodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indexodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indexodon</a>

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