Classification & Ontology, 19-20 September, The Hague

Invitation...

CLASSIFICATION & ONTOLOGY: Formal Approaches and Access to Knowledge

International UDC Seminar 2011
9-20 September, The Hague, Netherlands

VENUE: Koninklijke Bibliotheek
FEE: €200 (€170 students)

The conference fee includes the conference proceedings book published by Ergon Verlag, refreshments, reception and two lunches.

To secure your place at this event register online.

Ontology-like representations of classifications are recognized as potentially important facilitators in creating a web of linked data. The conference keynote speaker is Professor Patrick Hayes, one of the key players in the Semantic Web initiative and the development of RDF, OWL and SPARQL. His talk entitled "On being the same" will remind us of some oddities and internal inconsistencies in data found on the Web, as the Semantic web starts to take shape with the rise of linked data.

Following the keynote address we will hear a selection of speakers from the domains of web technology, ontology, knowledge organization and bibliographic classification, including Dan Brickley, Guus Schreiber, Thomas Baker, Dagobert Soergel, Roberto Poli, Ingetraut Dahlberg, Barbara Kwasnik, Rebecca Green, Michael Panzer, Marcia Zeng, Daniel Kless, Joan Mitchell, Richard Smiraglia, Vanda Broughton, Devika Madalli, Claudio Gnoli and more.

Read more in the conference Programme (linked to abstracts and speakers biographies)

IC-ININFO 2011: International Conference on Integrated Information

IC-ININFO-2011 is an international interdisciplinary conference covering research and development in the field of information management and integration. Furthermore, IC-ININFO-2011 aims to bring together scientists, engineers and product designers in order to fill the gap between research and development.

The conference will be held from 29 September to 3 October on the Greek island of KOS. Sessions will include:

• 4th Symposium on Business and Management and Dynamic Simulation Models supporting management strategies
• Information content preservation as outcome of Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Ethics, Methodology and Tools
• Graph Motifs in Information Networks
• Artists’ Responses to the Museum after 1900 and the Writing of Art History
• Contemporary issues in Management: Organisational Behaviour, Information Technology, Education & Hospital leadership
• Electronic Publishing: A developing landscape
• Open access repositories: self-archiving, metadata, content policies, usage
• Evidence-Based Information in Clinical Practice
• Information and Knowledge Management
• 2nd AMICUS Workshop: "Motifs in Cultural and Scientific Narratives"
• Symposium on Advances Information for Strategic Management
• Symposium on Business Management and Communication Strategies supporting Decision Making Process in Tourism Sector
• Information History: Perspectives, methods and current topics
• Divergence and convergence: information work in digital cultural memory institutions

Co-organisers of the last-mentioned session, Dr. Susan Myburgh (University of South Australia) and Dr Anna Maria Tammaro (University of Parma), have issued a Call for Papers (6 August 2011) with a deadline of 7 September. Authors of accepted papers do not necessarily have to travel to KOS.

Further information...

(Via Conrad Taylor and the KIDMM list)

Review of Conference - Facets of Knowledge Organization

The second biennial ISKO UK Conference now has a full review on its own blog page.

Facets of Knowledge Organization - ISKO UK Conference 2011

The second biennial conference, in honour of the life and achievements of Brian C. Vickery, was a great success. Opening with an insightful address by Stephen Robertson, from Microsoft Research, on On Retrieval System Theory, the conference attracted a wide range of speakers, poster presenters, and attendees.

Highlights included the keynote addresses by Professor Amanda Spink, Liz Orna, and Patrick Lambe. Professor Spink called for further study of human behaviour and psychology to help people develop and enhance their information skills in the digital age. Liz Orna emphasized the importance of visualizations and graphics for communication. Patrick Lambe described the importance of knowledge organization in science and called for information professionals to look to the big picture to find ways of being useful and innovative, not just professionally but for society as a whole.

NOW is the time to nominate for UKeiG Awards

Each year UKeiG makes two awards: the UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award and the UKeiG Jason Farradane Award. Nominations are sought during the Spring and Summer, with the Strix Award closing on 26th August and the Farradane Award closing on Friday, 21st October.

See http://www.ukeig.org.uk/news/ukeig-awards-time-nominate-now

UKeiG seeks the 2011 nominations for its Jason Farradane Award

The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award is made to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information profession. The Award embraces activities in the information profession in its widest sense, while the UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award focuses more narrowly on information retrieval.

The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the information profession, by meeting one or more of the following criteria:

• raising the profile of the information profession within an organisation or field of endeavour in a way which has become an exemplar to others;
• raising the awareness of the value of information in the workplace;
• demonstrating excellence in education and teaching in information science;
• a major contribution to the theory and practice of information science or information management.

Key characteristics that the judges will look for in nominations are innovation, initiative, originality and practicality. None of the criteria should be read as implying activity over an extended period. The Award is open to individuals or groups from anywhere in the world.

Full details for nominations can be found on the Call for Nominations page.

Nominations for the 2011 Award are now invited, and should be sent before Friday October 21st, to:

Chris Armstrong
Penbryn
Bronant
Aberystwyth SY23 4TJ
UK

Tel: +44 1974 251302
E-mail: lisqual@cix.co.uk

Social metadata for libraries, archives and museums: Research findings

The results of a joint research project by OCLC and National Library of Australia are discussed in a presentation to the Libraries Australia 2010 forum, October 20, 2010. Ten percent of the respondents in the survey were UK-based.

The research generated three reports:

• Website reviews, and use of third party sites (150 pp.)
• Analysis of website manager survey results (50 pp.)
• Recommendations for social metadata and bibliography (due November 2010).

The slide set includes a number of interesting examples where social metadata are used, from Flickr geotagging to The Mutiny on the Bounty, to 19th century moustaches. The slides then go on to present a summary of the results, such as how long respondents have been offering social media features, their reasons for doing so, social media and interactive features offered and policies and guidelines used, concluding with 18 recommendations.

There is no indication whether the papers accompanying the presentations will be published online.

Social metadata for libraries, archives and museums: Research findings from the RLG Partners Social Metadata Working Group, October 2010

View more presentations from Rose Holley.

The presentation is downloadable from the NLA web site (ppt, 6.7 MB), or viewable on SlideShare. The SlideShare version includes speaker's notes for each slide.