The American Society for Indexing (ASI) recently formed the ASI Digital Trends Task Force (DTTF) to keep members up to date on advances in indexing technology. ASI is a nonprofit, professional membership organisation promoting excellence in the indexing of books, journals and other information sources in print and electronic media.
The purpose of the task force is to gather information about changes in digital publishing practices as they affect indexes; interface with leading digital publishing companies, suppliers, standards organisations and industry partners; find solutions for ensuring the inclusion of usable indexes in nonfiction eBooks and other digital formats; and inform the Society and members about trends so that the profession can develop the skills required by production changes in digital publishing.
The DTTF is active in the IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) ePub 3.0 working group. In 2012 Jan Wright, DTTF co-chair, will be speaking at the O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing and the WritersUA conferences. DTTF team members will be attending the upcoming Digital Book World, Book Expo America, Society for Technical Communication conferences, the annual meeting of the IDPF, as well as related regional meetings. The DTTF also maintains an active LinkedIn working group for indexers and other publishing professionals committed to finding solutions to index functionality in eBooks.
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