Become a Member

The Culinary Indexing SIG is an educational forum and a network for experienced and novice indexers interested in culinary indexing in various media, such as books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, and web sites. Membership is open to members of the American Society for Indexing and all affiliated indexing societies–the Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers, the Australian Society of Indexers, the China Society of Indexers, the Indexing and Abstracting Society of Canada, and the Society of Indexers [United Kingdom]. Dues are currently US$25.

The SIG serves several functions:

• Educational forum
  • provides opportunities for members to ask questions and brainstorm about technical culinary indexing problems
  • may make available actual instruction by experienced culinary indexers
• Networking
  • gives members access to information about publishers, authors, editors, and others who need culinary indexes in various media, such as books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, and web sites
  • allows members to find other culinary indexers to whom they can refer projects
• Outreach
  • seeks to promote awareness of SIG members' competence, experience, and availability to potential clients

If you wish to join, click here for more information. or contact Heather Dubnick, the Culinary Indexing SIG Manager.