[Asis-l] Reminder: Deadline approaching for ISKO call for papers

[Susan Hockey]

Apologies for any cross-posting

Eighth International ISKO Conference
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isko2004/)

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. Those who wish to be considered for a student 
bursary should indicate this in the covering email. Confirmation of student 
status will be required before the final awards are made.

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 or plain text files to 
isko2004 at ucl.ac.uk by September 30th 2003. Please include "ISKO 2004" in 
the subject line of your email. The name of the rtf or plain text file 
should include your last name (e.g. broughton.rtf).
Late submissions will not be eligible for consideration.

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

Mailing address:
         ISKO 2004
         School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
         University College London
         Gower Street
         London WC1E 6BT

         Tel: +44 207679 7204
         Fax: +44 207383 0557
Email: isko2004 at ucl.ac.uk

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Susan Hockey
Director of the School and
Professor of Library and Information Studies
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
Phone: 020 7679 2477; Fax 020 7383 0557
E-mail: s.hockey at ucl.ac.uk
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