How to Join

To join the Gardening and Environmental Studies SIG, you must be a member in good standing of the American Society for Indexing (ASI) or another affiliated indexing society outside the United States. These societies include:

Association of South African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB),
Australian Society of Indexers (AusSI),
China Society of Indexers (CSI),
Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer/German Network of Indexers,
Indexing Society of Canada/ Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC/SCI),
Netherlands Indexers Netwerk/Netherlands Indexing Network,
Society of Indexers (SI-Britain).

Members of affiliated indexing societies, please specify which association you belong to in order that ASI may verify your membership affiliation.

Annual dues for this SIG are $12.00 (U.S.) per year. For all new and returning members, you can pay your dues through the ASI website. You do not have to be a member of ASI to use this service. Click here to go to ASI’s SIG membership page.

If you are a new member, or if you are an existing member and would like to change your member directory listing on this website, please follow the directory application instructions below. There is no additional fee, but you must submit your information in order to be included in the online directory.

Directory Application Instructions

1. Members of the Gardening and Environmental Studies SIG are invited to participate in the online directory. This opportunity is included in your SIG membership, and there is no charge for a listing.

2. To register your new listing for the online directory, send a message to the GES manager as directed below. New listings are accepted at any time. You may also send updates for existing listings.

3. Provide your name, contact, and indexing information in the following format:

Personal Name
Company Name
Street address (optional)
City, State or Province, Zipcode or Postal Code, Country
Phone number (optional)
your@emailaddress.com
Website: http://www.your webURL.com
Indexing society I belong to:

4. Add an optional personal statement (no more than 2-3 sentences.)

5. If you wish, choose the Format Specialties that best fit your skills and interests from the following list. Copy and paste them into your message.

Books
Catalogs
Databases
Images
Journals & Periodicals
Languages (please specify)
Large Projects
Latin (Botanical)
Newsletters
Newspapers
Reference Materials
Technical Manuals
Thesaurus Construction
Websites

6. If you wish, choose the Subject Specialties that best fit your skills and interests from the following list (limited to 10.) Copy and paste them into your message.

Agriculture/Agronomy
Anthropology
Archaeology/Archaeobotany
Beekeeping
Biogeography
Biology/Life Sciences
Botany/Botanical Illustration
Composting
Conservation
Crafts
Ecology
Environmental History
Environmental Science
Ethnoecology/Native Peoples
Fisheries
Food Plants and Foodways
Forestry
Gardening/Organic Gardening
Gardens and Garden History
Geography
Geology/Earth Science
Health and the Environment
Herbs and Herbals
Horticulture
Land Use/Planning
Landscape Design and History
Natural History
Natural Resources
Nursery Operations
Oceanography/Marine Sciences
Outdoor Recreation
Pest Control
Plant Pathology and Physiology
Soil Science
Wildlife

7. Review your submission and send to the GES manager at GES-SIGinfo@asindexing.org, who will confirm your SIG member status. (Not a member yet? Click here to go to ASI’s SIG membership page.) You will receive an email confirmation when your listing has been added.

8. For corrections and changes to existing directory listings: please notify the GES manager at GES-SIGinfo@asindexing.org.

Questions? Please contact the GES manager at GES-SIGinfo@asindexing.org.