Ask the Indexers: What aspects of indexing as a career turned out to be very different from your expectations?
Posted on: 14/11/2024
Our panel reflects on what an indexing career can be like, compared to what they imagined it might be while training. Rohan Bolton, Fellow Starting indexing nearly twenty years ago I had not realised how important computer and IT skills are in order to be efficient and how quickly things are changing: learning how to
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Becoming an indexer 4: the pre-qualification indexing assignment (PIA)
Posted on: 01/12/2023
Once you’ve completed the training course modules and tutorials, and passed the necessary assessments, the final stage before you start your professional indexing career is to complete the pre-qualification indexing assignment, known as the PIA. What is the PIA? The PIA is an index to a complete book or document of your choice, of about
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Becoming an indexer 3: tutorials, workshops and other support
Posted on: 24/11/2023
This post follows on from the overview of the training course modules and explains how the other aspects of the SI training course – online tutorials, workshops, practice exercises and advice and support – will help you prepare for a career as an indexer. Support available throughout the course The training course website includes quizzes
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Becoming an indexer 2: the Society of Indexers training course modules
Posted on: 17/11/2023
Are you thinking about training as an indexer? This is the first of three blog posts that give an overview of the Society of Indexers training course. It gives an overview of the different elements of the course and describes the modules that deliver the theoretical content of the course. About the training course The
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Becoming an indexer: what makes a good indexer?
Posted on: 10/11/2023
This is the first of a series of posts discussing how to become an indexer. In this post, Tanya Izzard discusses the attributes of a good indexer. Background Many indexers come from a library and information science background, but almost any previous career will give you knowledge and experience that will help you find your
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