About me
When I wrote my first index in 2005, for an accounting textbook from Queen's University Press, it was love at first index. I immediately signed up for professional training, and indexing became my portal into the broader worlds of editing and librarianship.
In 2025, after 20 years on a winding path through academic libraries; digital archives; and several editing specialities, from proofreading to copyediting to developmental editing, I'm thrilled to have returned to indexing full time.
I index trade and academic books in a broad range of subject areas, from humanities to social sciences to biomedical sciences. I also index French-language materials.
I'm a member of the American Society for Indexing, and a dedicated volunteer for the ASI-PNW chapter.
When I'm not indexing, I'm probably writing, drawing comics, or trying to identify lichen in the forest near my home in Astoria, Oregon. I'm also an award-winning memoirist. You can find out about that on my author webpage here.
Alyssa Graybeal, MLIS
Education
McGill University | Montreal, QC, Canada | Bachelor of Arts, 2005
Major: linguistics, with prominent coursework in cultural studies and biomedical sciences
Dalhousie University | Halifax, NS, Canada | Master's of Library and Information Studies, 2011
Internship in information literacy and reference services
Key Professional Experience
Managing Editor, Collaborative Summer Library Program (2018-2024)
Remote Academic Copyeditor, Scribendi.com and private clients (2014-2017)
Digital Information Archivist, CFB Kingston, ON (2011-2013)
Information Literacy and Reference Intern, Saint Mary's University, (2010-2011)