[Sigcr-l] SIG/CR '07 Workshop -- CALL FOR PAPERS

[Lussky, Joan P]

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Classification in our daily lives: historical roots, 

current offshoots, and nascent alternatives.

 

 

18th Annual ASIS&T SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

Saturday, October 20th 2007 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CALL FOR PAPERS - abstracts due July 15, 2007

 

 

 

TOPIC  OVERVIEW:

This year's workshop will focus on the enduring aspects of 

classification/subject analysis and the presence of those aspects in 

commonly used methods, especially those we encounter in our daily lives.  

The format will provide for a few detailed research talks as well structured discussions, poster presentations and informal chats.  Researchers, 

practitioners, and students interested in classification, both traditional and 

more current methods, are encouraged to participate.

 

 

Current classification practice has deep roots within Western philosophy, for 

example, the duality of hierarchy prevalent in the Dewey Decimal Classification 

and the Library of Congress Subject Headings. It is important to be aware of 

the historical influences within current practice so as not to let them impede efforts 

to meaningfully organize information in the ongoing complexity of our multifaceted, hybrid environments.

 

In contrast to the above mentioned organizational tools we have social tagging 

with its seemingly unrestrained expression of semantic variants and flat tag relationships.  However, the research shows, social tagging is not wholly an unruly mob.  There are hidden structures and patterns associated with these tags that 

inform classification practice.  

 

Concurrent to social tagging there is an ever increasing availability of digital images 

and demand for image search capabilities which has heightened the need for refinements of visual content organization methods, including the classification of 

visual descriptors.  Indexing visual content continues to provide interesting challenges and opportunities.

 

 

 

FORMAT:

The workshop's format is patterned after the successful '06 workshop.  It will run from 8:30 until 4:45 with a box lunch and snacks provided.  The day will begin with 

a link/follow-up on one or two key papers/posters presented in '06.  We will have 

a keynote speaker and one or two panels.  One-minute madness, introducing the posters, will be followed by a chance to browse the posters followed by a lively panel discussion of the posters.  The day will end with a projection of future directions and 

a summation of the workshops "big ideas".

 

 

Abstracts (500-1000 words) of papers and/or posters should be submitted to 

workshop chair by JULY 15, 2007.

 
Notification: Authors will be notified of the program committee's 
decision by AUGUST 15, 2007.
 
Full papers (3000-5000 words) or description of posters should 
be submitted to workshop chair by SEPTEMBER 9, 2007.
 
The workshop will be held on OCTOBER 20, 2007, as part of the Annual Meeting 
of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in Milwaukee, 
Wis. It will be the 18th in a series of annual workshops organized by ASIS&T's Special 
Interest Group on Classification Research (SIG/CR). Please see 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/am07call.html <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/am06call.html>  for 
further general information about the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, and 
http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~klabarre/SIGCR.html <http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~klabarre/SIGCR.html>  for further information about SIG/CR.
 
 
Workshop chair:
Joan Lussky (lussky at cua.edu <mailto:lussky at cua.edu> )
Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science
The Catholic University of America,
Washington. D.C.