ISC/SCI Members Receive the DReam to Index Scholarship

Congratulations to Jess Herdman, Jessica Dee Humphreys, and Wendy Savage of ISC/SCI and Lara Abed and Anna Aridome of ASI on their win of the DReam to Index Scholarship. http://dreamtoindex.com/

ISC-SCI Pre-conference event: Puffins!

Wed, June 7, 1 – 5 pm take a boat tour to see Atlantic Puffins and other breeding seabirds. Icebergs also possible! https://birdtherock.com/tag/cape-st-marys-witless-bay-ecological-reserve/

Tickets: Cdn$172.50 taxes in (lunch not included) book with conference registration, or email treasurer@indexers.ca.

#IndexCanCon2023
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https://conference.indexers.ca/

@Editrix_Rachel Thanks! :-)

@Editrix_Rachel I know! Part of why I want to index them.

@Editrix_Rachel This may be a bit forward, but you don’t happen to know of any TTRPGs looking for an indexer? Hoping to get a foot in the door (and improve my gaming experience).

The joy of #copyediting and reading aloud when multiple terms are in a language (and alphabet) I don't read: "This first chapter aims to provide a thinger-thinger that elucidates work on thingy as distinct from thingy."

My style sheet has a lot of terms to carefully check for spelling discrepancies.

#AmEditing

Make new connections and catch up with old friends at #IndexCanCon while visiting Signal Hill National Historic Site, a most popular landmark for its history and the best view in town.
Come to Conference 2023, See also Newfoundland in St. John’s, NL:
https://indexers.ca/things-to-do-in-st-johns-signal-hill/

@UnaMcIlvenna It’s essentially a biography of a warship from Japan’s Imperial Navy, in service from WWII to the mid-Cold War. It’s a fascinating read and a fun #indexing challenge. It’ll be coming out with Cambridge UP.

Looking for an indexer? Check out the Indexing Society of Canada’s register of indexers. Our members index books, serials, databases, websites, and more.

https://indexers.ca/find-an-indexer/

Save the date for the ISC/SCI Conference, June 9–10, 2023!
We're going to Newfoundland and we hope to see you there!

#Indexodon #IndexCanCon23

Read all about it here:

https://indexers.ca/isc-sci-conference-2023-see-also-newfoundland/

The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI) is pleased to announce that Tanvi Mohile is the 2022 ISC/SCI Diversity in Canadian Publishing Bursary Award recipient.

https://indexers.ca/2022-diversity-in-canadian-publishing-bursary-award-tanvi-mohile/

We’ve acheived a negotiated settlement. Until I have to flip the page. #indexodon #catstodon

@joshuafoust @academicchatter When I was still teaching, I shifted the burden onto the students. I had to track attendance per uni policy, but I also let students rejigger the weightings for the various components of their marks (with limits so they couldn’t ruin their future self, and adding up to 100%). This let students decide how much attendance and participation was worth vs an essay or project. It bought investment and got then to think about their education.

I want to #index. She has other ideas. #indexodon #catsodon #AmIndexing or at least trying to.

@AmyRutenberg But.. but.. they could be wrong!

@pilarw2000 @somoroff This author doesn’t typically provide nice phrases, but winding, imagery-filled sentences. The writing is good, just not easily lifted for the index. It’s requiring a lot of coming up with terms that reflect the content and would be useful to the reader.

@somoroff Would work for a narrow field, but this is describing the characteristics of an ocean itself over the course of a multi-year war.

Umm… can a naval battle have “fighting terrain”? I need a subhead and “fighting terrain” seems more idiomatic than “fighting water,” but the use of a land-based word for maritime combat has me hesitating. Thoughts? #indexing #indexodon #AmIndexing #FunWithEtymology

PS. I really want to say “fighting merain,” but I know better. And it sounds too much like (sheep) murrain, which prompts some interesting visuals.

Have you ever been at a show or on a flight where you bought your seat, showed up on time, and there's someone else sitting there? Then you politely say "Hey, I think that's my seat, see?" Then you show them your ticket which clearly says their seat.

Some people look at your seat, look at their ticket, realize they made a mistake, look abashed, apologize, and move to their actual assigned seat.

Some people apologize and ask if you'd be willing to trade with them, their kid/spouse/friend is in the next seat over and offer a reasonably similar seat one row up.

Some look utterly confused, and show you their ticket has the same seat, so you have to call over an usher to figure out how this seat got double booked and what to do.

But some become defensive and aggressive. How dare you question that you deserve this seat! I was here first. If you continue to press, it turns out they have some other seat in a much worse section, but they feel this seat should belong to them because their friends are there/they can see better there/they prefer aisle seats/every other time people let them have that seat, it's ALWAYS their seat. If you do continue to insist that's your seat, they might begrudgingly move, but suddenly all the people around you are judging you. Their friends on either side are manspreading into your space. The people behind you kick your chair. Maybe someone spills a soda on you while they're moving through the row. You can feel the daggers being stared into your back. When you come back from the restroom you find them in your seat talking to their friends. The entire experience is miserable, simply because you asked for the accommodations you deserve. You can't PROVE that abuse was because you demanded your seat, after all, everyone has their seat kicked sometimes, has rude neighbors, etc.

This experience is every single day of a marginalized person's life. Every time you ask for rights, it's a roll of the dice what you're going to get.

Every single human has a ticket that entitles them to their fundamental human rights. They don't have to have done anything, know the right people, have been there first, or ask nicely for those rights, they just have them by the virtue that they are human beings.

Now sure, sometimes people's understanding of their human rights comes into conflict. Oftentimes, those who were there first didn't even understand that they were preventing someone else from being able to freely exercise their human rights, and are willing to make accomodations and negotiate so everyone can have a great life alongside one another. In some cases, there needs to be a neutral 3rd party to look at the situation and mediate what is the most fair way to accommodate everyone.

But every marginalized person knows that sometimes they're going to ask for their human rights, and they're going to end up with the other class of responses. Those that insist you don't deserve that right. They demand you take fewer rights because they were there first/you having your rights makes them less comfortable/it's inconvenient for them. And you know that continuing to press the issue runs the risk of microaggressions and abuse when you simply wanted what you're entitled to.

So the next time someone who experiences different marginalization than you asks for accommodations, maybe remember this analogy and be the kind person who helps work things out so everyone can have a great life alongside one another, not the person who grumbles and picks on them simply wanting what they're entitled to.

#trans #equality #bipoc #neurodivergent #disabled #antiracism

You know you're about to #index a good book when pg. 1 reads:

"Frankly, writing a biography of a ship is not unlike writing a biography of a person. It involves the same balance of historical context and individual grit. We are a product of our will, to be sure; but we are also products of the ideas and material world that swirl around us and shape us everyday. We can’t escape these currents, and ships can’t, either."

I love a historian with a head for imagery! #indexodon #histodons #indexing