This Special Interest Group welcomes professional indexers and others interested in the indexing of business subjects such as (but not limited to) accounting, marketing, management, supervision, business law, finance, banking, or investing.  SIG members must be members of the American Society for Indexing (formerly American Society of Indexers) or an ASI-affiliated international organization.  Annual dues are $20. To join, download the application form in either HTML or PDF format and follow the directions.  To see what this SIG has been doing, go to the SIG listserv.

Why hire a professional indexer?

• Professional indexers bring subject specialty knowledge, technical training, and experience to each project, along with objectivity, perspective, a sense of proportion and priority, patience, and speed.



• We look at your books or electronic documents from the user’s perspective, using synonyms, main heading and subheadings, double postings, and cross references to guide users efficiently back into the text.



• We know and understand principles of information retrieval; know and follow publishers’ index style guidelines; use fast, efficient indexing software able to provide the index in a variety of print or electronic formats; and meet strict deadlines.