📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I index for academics and often they are only concerned with the argument their book is putting forth and that's how some topics get missed. If you read the book thinking of it as being on the periphery of another discipline suddenly a lot more gets picked up. 021
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Indexers are often the last set of fresh eyes on a proof. I recently had one of the cleanest proofs I've ever worked on and it had a typo that had been missed by everyone. 1130
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Having tee shirts made that say "everything I know I learned from reading books in fields I wasn't trained in" who wants one? 4353
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Getting ready to present and then take in American Society for Indexing @asindexing.bsky.social's two-day conference. AI & indexing, the state of scholarly publishing and indexing during disasters. Relevant to this academic indexer and her summer indexing locale in wildfire territory. #BookIndexer 030
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Wrapping up a book on crunk #AmIndexing #LoveMyJob #ethnomusicology 000
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Indexing about the early years of advertising films and the ethics of being transparent that a travelogue was an advertising vehicle. #AmIndexing 📽️ #AcademicSky 050
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingKrista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026My Grandfather's Cat is a legitimate nationwide charity that helps place the pets of those at the end of their lives. If you are in Ontario and are looking for a cat, please assist. FB link (do not read the comments) www.facebook.com/mygrandfathe... 13223
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026New week, new book, new index. Leaving Lebanon and its Syrian refugee farmworkers and heading north for a look at unemployment in Norway. #BookIndexing #LoveMyJob #AcademicSky 060
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026New funding for early-career scholars in History and Area Studies publishing their first book #AcademicSky #skytorians 🗃️ 000
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingSociety of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A variation on a theme: author disappointed by the lack of an index #IndexSky 051
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Indexers use the title given in the book and then sort the index entries based on the alphabet. I would never expect to see École des Beaux-Arts under S for School...! People want the version of the actual book that was consulted, because not all books have the same pagination among other things. 131
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Starting off the week with a new book. Early March was linguistic anthropology and Malaysia, today its economic anthropology and the Middle East. #AmIndexing #AcademicSky 030
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I think it's simultaneously this and the fact that many enthusiasts seem to have a narrow sense of what job tasks are/can look like. There's a lot of "you don't understand what AI can do" coming at some of us and a legitimate response is "you don't understand what I can do, and need to, in my job." 434872
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Ask about production process in detail. Many large publishers rely on third party vendors for production who are implementing many cost saving (to them) measures. Those short cuts affect the result, which may show up in your book and can't be fixed unless there is a second printing. 052
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I was burnt out from non-profit management. I liked words, problem solving, project based work and needed the flexibility of working for myself. I was considering editing, saw indexing was part of the training. Remembered a librarian who told that people specialize in indexing. Sold! 052
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42. Post the second sentence. "Authors must be prepared to review the index quickly, usually within a day or two of its receipt." 050
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 12/01/2026No new pictures - where are you mentally? 030
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Great thread on wine pairings for 🎥 🐟🍿🍫 and trivia about all of that and more 020
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Can't it be my current novel, where I've inherited wealth and I pay someone to run the household? 260
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingDial M For Mischief @gateshawk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Index in the Joy of Cooking 3468
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingDr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 19/12/2025There’s an excellent and devastatingly thorough article in the latest @indexers.bsky.social journal by Elizabeth Bartmess and Michele Combs demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing 817040
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 10/12/2025"Writing with Robots" students presented in their unessays yesterday & here are a just few I was especially excited about & I got permission to share Most unessay projects are accompanied by an "artist’s statement" outlining the argument of the piece—I will try to get to the core of those here+ 3206
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025However the book indexer DID read every word of the indexable part of the book. If you have your own tome coming out soon start looking for you indexer when you submit your final manuscript. Larger books take longer and not all indexers take on large books. #SkyIndex #Academia 📚🎥🏛️ 030
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingKatie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 03/12/2025I don't care how short your NF book is or how well you think you organized it, IT NEEDS AN INDEX. #Academia 072
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingInternet Archive @archive.org · 04/12/2025🎬 Meet a winner: THE SITUATIONSHIP reimagines a 1920s silent film & took third place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. Now it’s your turn—create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... 018743
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I'm obsessed with this stat: "with more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital [publishing] infrastructure is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits" 12714
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingRetro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 07/11/2025I actually have a pair of shorts with his face with this exact quote on them. David Lynch was an ally, and an incredible artist with a beautiful mind. I miss him. 312823
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 05/11/2025IndexSky, what do we think about #danceindexing? I don't think it's for me, as I can't focus on reading for understanding and dancing simultaneously. However, I am however about to get into some #danceinvoicing 020
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 27/10/2025My current indexing project is about the development of photography programs in post-secondary education in the US and a book I indexed earlier on Minor White last year is showing up in the notes. So nice to external proof of this strange yet wonderful career. 📷 🏛️ 📚 #BookIndexer 170
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I want everyone to the think of the poor production teams having to act on increasingly unhinged requests. They didn't ask for this. They don't deserve this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? | David BarnettWith the rise of TikTok and two-tier marketing budgets, something’s off in the world of publishing (and it’s not just the aroma), says author David Barnett 99523
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Lately I've had queries from friends or new acquaintances asking if I'm worried about AI taking my job, because "surely that's just around the corner". Not worried yet. See the statement on AI and Indexing from the American Society for Indexing (ASI). asindexing.org/ai-news/stat...asindexing.orgStatement on AI and Book IndexingAs part of ASI’s continuing commitment to excellence in indexing, ASI formed a committee to investigate potential impacts of AI on indexing. The committee’s tests indicate that AI tools based on la… 020
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25. 649249418244
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Currently indexing a book about 16mm and have Paul Simon's Kodachrome on endless repeat in my mind. Any other film songs you can send my way? 🎥📽️ #BookIndexer 232
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingStarshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2025The Type High Prize mails out to all Print Club members that’ve been in the Club for a whole year (starting in September) to celebrate Type High Day (9/18). These ornaments were designed by me and cast by @bowerbox.com. Super grateful to all the PC members that keep the studio going! 1131
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingJuan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025If you can, publish with a university press! They're non-profit, they often struggle because their goal is not to make money but produce knowledge, and they're run by the kindest, most hard-working people. UP editors are artisans--your book will 100% be in good hands. 043
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025If you are reviewing a book and you have thoughts on the index (good or bad or lack thereof) please include them in your review. Indexing is invisible so reminders of their existence helps to keep them from the chopping block of budget cuts. #BookSky #NonFiction #AcademicSky 1173
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingLevi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025“The Experience of Being Online,” 1884, Kobayashi Kiyochika. (Actual title: “One Person, Six Expressions.”) 0205
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Typo of the day: European-Count of Human Rights #BookIndexingmedia.tenor.coma purple puppet is wearing a green cape and has a purple nose and mustache .Alt: The Muppet's Count character doing a face palm 040
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18/08/2025You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’ You don’t ‘run the gambit.’ gamut = entire range or series gauntlet = severe trial Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy 21975901912
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingWBUR @wbur.org · 15/08/2025In 1974, Constantine Manos spent nine months taking thousands of photos of people and neighborhoods across Boston. The photographs will be the focus of a forthcoming exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum, and the curator are asking for help IDing the images.wbur.orgBoston Athenaeum's quest to ID vintage photosIn 1974, Constantine Manos spent nine months taking thousands of photos of people and neighborhoods across Boston. The photographs will be the focus of a forthcoming exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum... 25323
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Frustrated by being referred to as a mere "caricature" artist, William Hogarth produced this 1743 print to explain the difference between characters and caricatures — which he saw as radically different — and aligning his style firmly with the former: publicdomainreview.org/collection/c... 15812
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2025I have authors who will ask why someone or something isn't in the index. And it turns out that I considered it a passing mention. I always ask myself what will the reader learn about "person/concept being considered" if they go to this page? Great 🧵on what indexers consider when deciding in or out? 030
📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Indexing about how homophobia was a barrier to collecting and archiving queer history during the Holocaust. 🏳️🌈🗃️🏛️ 030
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingDr. Antje Gamble @drantjegamble.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I’m not a part of this org, but as an art historian, the suggestion that you would use GenAI to make fake images to ‘illustrate’ your work is infuriating. Real artworks exist. You can just ask one of your art history colleagues. 614730
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingDr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 03/08/2025A great thing about physical books is that they seldom stop working 519238
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 23/07/2025Considering changing the name of my website and account to Fugitive Books Intercepted. (From the letterhead of Washington, DC rare book sellers Duff and Gilfond.) 0141
Reposted by 📚Fedorak IndexingSuzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Now You See It...Now You DON'T! Master magician Ricky Jay was a big fan of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, which recently (and briefly) caught on fire! In honor of Ricky and the ephemerality of all good things, here I am showing off the Newberry's 18th c. Blow Book like Ricky once taught me. 1/2 1430072