For our friends in the UK, it’s the inaugural National Indexing Day. A celebration of the Society of Indexers‘ 60th anniversary, National Indexing Day is a great way to promote indexing and raise awareness of the value of indexes—and indexers. After all, contrary to popular belief, indexes don’t write themselves!
SI was formed in 1957, and within a year had 100 members—four of whom were U.S.-based. Like with many of our institutions here in the States, we owe a great debt to our British predecessors. The American Society for Indexing came about a decade later, and we’ve enjoyed a great relationship with SI ever since.
Our professional societies work hard to establish standards and practices, train indexers, promote good indexing, and foster collegiality. So, happy National Indexing Day to all our UK colleagues, and a more general happy day spent indexing to the rest of us!
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