Appel: ISKO Conference (Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society)

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                  Eighth International ISKO Conference

                          First Call for papers




The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 8th
International ISKO Conference (ISKO 8) in London, England, July 13th-16th 2004. The
conference will be hosted by the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies at
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.  The theme of the conference
is:

         Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society

The keynote address will be delivered by Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for
Networked Information.

Papers addressing Knowledge Organization and the Global Information Society from any of
the following interrelated perspectives are invited:

·       Global Users and uses of Knowledge Organization

·       Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization: feasibility of universal solutions

·       Linguistic and cultural approaches to Knowledge Organization: cross-cultural,
cross-language and multilingual information retrieval

·       Information Policies, Management, Interoperability and Maintenance of Information
Systems

·       Knowledge Organization in corporate information systems

·       Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation

·       Knowledge Organization of Universal and Special Systems

·       Knowledge Organization of non-print information: sound, image , multimedia &c.


Academics, practitioners and researchers involved in knowledge organization are invited to
submit abstracts of between 1500 and 2000 words by September 30th 2003 to Professor
I.C. McIlwaine, Programme Chair (see contact information below). Abstracts should reflect
the theme of the conference and each should indicate into which of the above categories it
falls.

Submissions for poster sessions are also invited, again reflecting the above, and an outline
description of the projected format, should be supplied. These should also be submitted by
September 30th 2003 and relate to the same criteria.

A limited number of small bursaries will be available for students who submit outstanding
proposals.

An international programme committee will review the abstracts, and authors will be
notified of decisions by December 1st 2003. The deadline for submission of papers for the
printed conference proceedings will be March 1st 2004.

The programme committee reserves the right to judge abstracts as more appropriate for
poster sessions in preference to open presentations.

All abstracts should be submitted by e-mail as rtf attachments ... [Susan/Aida to decide
method]

Venue of the conference:
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Conference chair: Vanda Broughton
Programme chair: Ia McIlwaine



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