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📚Fedorak Indexing

@indexosaurus.bsky.social
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academic book indexer: interested in how we make sense of the world through the humanities specializing in the arts, esp fine arts, social justice and material culture. Curler, settler 🇨🇦, she/her, & klutz extraordinaire 🏳️‍🌈 www.fedorakindexing.com

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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I 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.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Indexers 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.
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Having tee shirts made that say "everything I know I learned from reading books in fields I wasn't trained in" who wants one?
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Getting 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
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Wrapping up a book on crunk #AmIndexing #LoveMyJob #ethnomusicology
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Indexing about the early years of advertising films and the ethics of being transparent that a travelogue was an advertising vehicle. #AmIndexing 📽️ #AcademicSky
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My 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...
URGENT: As his senior human made the noble decision to choose MAID, Morley is in need of a second forever home. She’d like him to be with her until her very last day, which is intended to be May 18. 
Meet Morley! He is a sweet 7 year old sweet, affectionate boy who has been doated on by his human since the day he was adopted by her. Morley has his own seat, his own recliner and has never been told no when he asks for a snack.
Morley loves to spend his days curled by beside his human on the couch to nap. He is a little shy with people that he does not know but once he gets to know you, or you call his name, he will show you affection affection. 
While Morley is an indoor cat, he loves to watch the birds in his backyard. So much so, he has learned how to open the shutters to see out the window!
Availability: May 19, 2026
Location: Stratford, Ontario
🏡 Morley is looking for a second forever home without children or other animals. He is looking for a quiet home, with someone who will make him the centre of attention and love him just as deeply as his human did. 
His human is hoping to keep him until her last day on May 18, and have Morley move to his second forever home on May 19, if possible. 
If you are interested in adopting Morley, email melanie@mygrandfatherscat.ca with the subject line MORLEY See less
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New 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
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Amazing 🧵
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New funding for early-career scholars in History and Area Studies publishing their first book #AcademicSky #skytorians 🗃️
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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A variation on a theme: author disappointed by the lack of an index #IndexSky
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Indexers 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.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Starting off the week with a new book. Early March was linguistic anthropology and Malaysia, today its economic anthropology and the Middle East. #AmIndexing #AcademicSky
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I 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."
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Ask 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.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I 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!
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Pick 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."
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
No new pictures - where are you mentally?
b/w photo of elephant on large custom waterskis about to be pulled by a boat
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Great thread on wine pairings for 🎥 🐟🍿🍫 and trivia about all of that and more
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Can't it be my current novel, where I've inherited wealth and I pay someone to run the household?
Question: You are now forced to have the same job as the main character in the last book you read. What is the job?
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Dial M For Mischief @gateshawk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Index in the Joy of Cooking
 
children

burns, 1071
Christmas cookies and cookie ornaments, 762
churn freezing, ice cream, 828
coloring Easter eggs, 207
dinner for family and friends, 24
Egg safety, 980
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
There’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
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Ryan 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+
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
However 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 📚🎥🏛️
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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I don't care how short your NF book is or how well you think you organized it, IT NEEDS AN INDEX. #Academia
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Internet 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...
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I'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"
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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 07/11/2025
I 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.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
IndexSky, 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
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My 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
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I 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...
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A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? | David Barnett
With 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
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Lately 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...
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Statement on AI and Book Indexing
As 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…
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Currently 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
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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The 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!
Type High Prize package sitting on top of box of envelope metal type ornaments. Type High Prize package sitting on top of box of envelope metal type ornaments. Explains type high day (9/18). Inside of Type High Prize package showing matching set of envelope ornaments.
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Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If 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.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If 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
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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“The Experience of Being Online,” 1884, Kobayashi Kiyochika. (Actual title: “One Person, Six Expressions.”)
A nineteenth-century Japanese print showing a man in closeup in six circular portraits. In each he’s making a different expression.
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Typo of the day: European-Count of Human Rights #BookIndexing
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a purple puppet is wearing a green cape and has a purple nose and mustache .
Alt: The Muppet's Count character doing a face palm
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 18/08/2025
You ‘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
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WBUR @wbur.org · 15/08/2025
In 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.
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Boston Athenaeum's quest to ID vintage photos
In 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...
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Frustrated 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...
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I 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?
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📚Fedorak Indexing @indexosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Indexing about how homophobia was a barrier to collecting and archiving queer history during the Holocaust. 🏳️‍🌈🗃️🏛️
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Dr. Antje Gamble @drantjegamble.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I’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.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
A great thing about physical books is that they seldom stop working
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Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 23/07/2025
Considering changing the name of my website and account to Fugitive Books Intercepted. (From the letterhead of Washington, DC rare book sellers Duff and Gilfond.)
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Now 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
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