Description: In this article, the author discusses the American Society for Indexing (ASI) conference presentations. The ASI holds annual conferences to keep members informed of new developments in indexing technology and the expanding role of indexing (ASI, 2012). Conferences also facilitate communication among members, provide educational opportunities, and raise awareness of quality indexing. The purpose of this article is to identify major topics discussed at ASI conferences from 1997 through 2012 and to explore how the topics have changed over time. ASI conference programs reflect topics of interest to indexers, and thus provide insight into concerns of the profession at large.

Description: This article concerns a study on the occupations of authors who contributed to volumes 22 through 27 of The Indexer. The occupational titles most often associated with the authors were indexer, librarian, writer, editor, library science faculty, and researcher.

Description: In this article, the author explores the gender distribution of authors who contributed to volumes 1-25 of The Indexer, in other words the first 50 years of publication. In the first decade of the journal's history, women authors constituted only 10.53 percent of all authors. Their participation grew to 67.91 percent in 1998-2007. The contributions of women authors increased in all areas studied, including editorials, reviews, articles, and letters to the editor.