ICRIS (International relations)
About
Introduction
International relations between indexing societies and associated groups or networks are governed by the International Agreement of Indexing Societies, originally concluded in 1999 and amended at Triennial Meetings in 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015. Integral to the International Agreement are arrangements relating to The Indexer. For an account of how these relations developed see 'A short history of matters international' (Jill Halliday, The Indexer, 30(3), pp. 148-50).
Affiliated societies
- AFEPI Ireland (Association of Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland)
- ANZSI (Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers)
- ASAIB (Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers)
- ASI (American Society for Indexing)
- CSI (China Society of Indexing)
- ISC/SCI (Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d'indexation)
- SI ([British and Irish] Society of Indexers)
Associate groups and networks
- DNI (Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer/German Indexing Network)
- NIN (Nederlands Indexers Netwerk/Netherlands Indexing Network)
ICRIS (International Committee of Representatives of Indexing Societies)
ICRIS Membership
Responsibility for international liaison rests with ICRIS to which each Society and Associate appoints a liaison. The Editor of The Indexer, the international journal of indexing, is also a member of ICRIS. Working arrangements are set out in the ICRIS Terms of Reference.
Current ICRIS membership with email contact addresses:
- AFEPI Ireland: Averill Buchanan (afepi@theindexer.org)
- ANZSI: Mary Russell (anzsi@theindexer.org) (ANZSI liaison and International Coordinator)
- ASAIB: Marlene Burger (asaib@theindexer.org)
- ASI: Pilar Wyman (asi@theindexer.org)
- ISC/SCI: Heather Ebbs (isc-sci@theindexer.org)
- SI: Pam Scholefield (si@theindexer.org)
- CSI: Wu Zhaolu (csi@theindexer.org)
- DNI: Jochen Fassbender (dni@theindexer.org)
- NIN: Caroline Diepeveen (nin@theindexer.org)
- The Indexer: Maureen MacGlashan (editor@theindexer.org)
Conducting ICRIS business
The international coordinator (appointed at each Triennial Meeting), and currently Mary Russell (ANZSI), is responsible for the management of ICRIS business.
Formal business is transacted at Triennial Meetings, the main business being to review the International Agreement. Responsibility for hosting Triennial Meetings rotates between the societies. Dates, venues and hosting guidelines are in the Terms of Reference.
Informal meetings take place in the margin of society conferences. In addition to international liaisons (or their nominees) it is the practice to invite others attending the conference in question with international or Indexer interests. Decisions at these meetings are limited to routine management matters, but may include recommendations for submission to the next Triennial Meeting. See below under For your diary for the date of the next meeting.
Ongoing liaison is conducted via the ICRIS listserv. The list membership includes one or two Society/Associate appointees in addition to their liaison, and a second Indexer representative.
ICRIS minutes and archive
Triennial Meeting minutes
- 4 September 2015 (York, UK)
- 11 July 2012 (Brighton, UK)
- 8 March 2009 (Maropeng)
- 15 June 2006 (Toronto)
Informal Meeting minutes
- 26 April 2018 (Cleveland, Ohio)
- 1 June 2017 (Montréal)
- 16 June 2016 (Chicago)
- 27 May 2015 (Victoria, Canada)
- 8 May 2015 (Canberra)
- 4 June 2014 (Toronto)
- 6 June 2013 (Nova Scotia)
- 17 April 2013 (San Antonio)
- 12 March 2013 (Wellington)
- 30 May 2012 (Ottawa)
- 19 April 2012 (San Diego)
- 11 September 2011 (Brighton, Victoria)
- 2 September 2011 (Keele)
- 26 May 2011 (Vancouver)
- 27 April 2011 (Rhode Island)
- 29 September 2010 (Middelburg)
- 11 September 2009 (York)
- 11 July 2008 (Winchester)
Analytical indexing in the digital age: useful websites
- ASI Digital Trends Task Force (DTTF)
- SI Publishing Technology Group (PTG)
- IDPF EPUB Indexes Working Group
- The Indexer Digital issue, Vol. 30(1) (March 2012)
For your diary
Forthcoming Society Conferences
- 9-10 September 2018, SI Annual Conference, Lancaster University, UK
- 18-19 October 2018, CSI Annual Conference, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Informal ICRIS meetings
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Triennial Meeting
17 October 2018, Fudan University, Shanghai (15:00 to 18:00)
Updates and corrections
If you would like to suggest corrections, deletions or additions please notify editor@theindexer.org.