{"id":598,"date":"2012-11-20T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rulesofreason.wordpress.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2012-11-20T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T15:01:45","slug":"the-international-journal-of-indexing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"The International Journal of Indexing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This just needs to be re-posted [from Kottke<\/a>]:<\/p>\n

[F]or the\u00a0Society of Indexers<\/a>, book indices are a topic that holds endless fascination. And I do mean endless.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister of England\u00a0wrote to the Society of Indexers<\/a>\u00a0at the society’s founding back in\u00a0freaking 1958<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I can scarcely conceal from you the fact that I am at present somewhat occupied with other matters, so that I cannot say all that comes into my mind and memory on the subject of indexing.”\u00a0<\/em>…<\/p>\n

One of the longest running features of the society’s publication,\u00a0The Indexer<\/a>, is its\u00a0reviews of indices\u00a0<\/a>which are snippets culled from book reviews that pertain to the book’s index… They also regularly publish articles that\u00a0meditate on what it means to be an index<\/a>,\u00a0defend indexing<\/a>, and\u00a0a look at the history of indexing societies<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These guys should definitely be invited to the World Congress on Referencing Styles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This just needs to be re-posted [from Kottke]: [F]or the\u00a0Society of Indexers, book indices are a topic that holds endless fascination. And I do mean endless. The Prime Minister of England\u00a0wrote to the Society of Indexers\u00a0at the society’s founding back in\u00a0freaking 1958. “I can scarcely conceal from you the fact that I am at present somewhat occupied with other matters, so that I cannot say all that comes into my mind and memory on the subject of indexing.”\u00a0… One of the longest running features of the society’s publication,\u00a0The Indexer, is its\u00a0reviews of indices\u00a0which are snippets culled from book reviews that pertain to the book’s index… They also regularly publish articles that\u00a0meditate on what it means to be an index,\u00a0defend indexing, and\u00a0a look at the history of indexing societies. These guys should definitely be invited to the World Congress on Referencing Styles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2,20],"tags":[97,98,332],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7g3hj-9E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":457,"url":"http:\/\/re-design.dimiter.eu\/?p=457","url_meta":{"origin":598,"position":0},"title":"Inclusive institutions and economic development","date":"May 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Francis Fukuyama reviews Why Nations Fail, the new book by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, at his blog. The review is fairly critical. 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