Bookings are now open for the Society of Indexers 2024 online conference, ‘Human Indexing in a Digital World’. This will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 18th to Thursday 19th September. We’re compiling a programme that should offer something for everyone, whatever stage in your indexing career. A draft programme can be found here.
The conference main sessions and presenters are:
- AI (artificial intelligence) tools in publishing and implications for indexing
George Walkley and Tanya Izzard - Software current states of play of the main dedicated indexing programs
Pierke Bosschieter and Stephen Ullstrom - The Frankfurt Kabuff as creative publishing critique and its unusual index
Beth Driscoll, Claire Squires and Paula Clarke Bain - Wikipedians: improving online information about indexing
Mary Coe and other indexer–Wikipedians
More details about the main conference sessions and the presenters can be found here.
Parallel breakout discussion sessions include:
- client relations
- embedded indexing
- multi-author works
- peer review
- students and new professionals forum
- and time for free chat with indexing colleagues
The rate for the two-day conference is £50 for SI, ICRIS and CIEP members (and £60 for non-members), which includes access to recordings of the presentations for 12 months. Bookings are now open here. Booking for breakout sessions will open on 2 September 2024.
Please join us at the 2024 SI Conference and on social media with the hashtag #SIConf24. We look forward to seeing you there.
