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Great start by Michele Combs and Elizabeth Bartmess on ‘Indexing in the Era of AI’ at @asindexing.bsky.social #ASI2026. LLMs and generative AI chatbots produce poor book indexes, with limitations in coverage (both under- and over-indexing), navigability and accuracy. Further links below. #IndexSky
Readers disappointed by a poor index, a regular series. Hire a human to index your book!
Book indexers are asked all the time whether a computer - or, lately AI - can do our job. Neither or a computer or AI can index adequately - our panel of expert indexers explain why you still need a human being to index your book:
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Final two #ASI2026 sessions:
– @pilarw2000.bsky.social on adapting to an airspace shutdown. Loving your work always helps and we can index anywhere!
– Gina Guilinger and Amron Lehte on marketing with LinkedIn (and nice to be one example).
Thanks all at @asindexing.bsky.social for a fine conference.
The @asindexing.bsky.social 2026 virtual conference ‘Indexing in Interesting Times’ starts today. @tanyaizzard.bsky.social and others from @indexers.bsky.social will be there for day 1, and I’m attending all of day 2 live tomorrow. Wishing a good one to our international indexing friends! #IndexSky
This is the first in a series of blog posts that ask a panel of experienced indexers questions about indexing practice and life as an indexer. These will be app
We @indexers.bsky.social had good Zoom chats on index introductory notes. Here’s two odd ones of mine:
– INDEX, A History of @djbduncan.bsky.social
– The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition @bethdriscoll.bsky.social & @clairesquires.bsky.social, with a running footer key on each spread. #IndexSky
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I’m tuning in shortly for the full day 2 of @asindexing.bsky.social’s 2026 conference. Look forward to hearing about indexing in the era of AI, mastering the marketing game, ‘Disasters, indexing through them’ and more. See some of you in our Zoom boxes soon. #IndexSky
Paula Clarke Bain
Paula Clarke Bain
Paula Clarke Bain
I recently bought a recipe book and the index was clearly made by AI or a computer. It's such a load of pointless rubbish they might as well have saved the cost of printing it!
