[sigCR] Ethics of Information Organization , 2nd Milwaukee Conference on

[Hope A Olson]

This message is your reminder to submit a proposal to the 2 nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization. There is still time before the new due date: Monday, February 20, 2012 . Details: 








The Second Milwaukee Conference on the 

ETHICS OF INFORMATION ORGANIZATION 



Announcement and Call for Papers 



June 15-16, 2012 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 



Information organization, like other major functions of the information professions, faces many ethical challenges. In our literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, for example, the role of national and international tools and standards, providing subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing, education of professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues, and others like them, have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The Information Organization Research Group and the Center for Information Policy Research of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this second conference to address the ethics of information organization. 



Like the first Ethics of Information Organization conference held in Milwaukee May 2009, this conference welcomes papers on ethics and any element of information organization from cataloging standards to tagging; subject access; technology; the profession; cultural, economic, political, corporate, international, multicultural and multilingual aspects. 



Invited speakers will include: 



Opening speaker: Jens-Erik Mai, Associate Professor, University of Toronto 

Closing speaker: Richard P Smiraglia, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 



Other invited speakers will be announced. 



We invite submission of proposals for papers which will include: name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact information and abstracts of 300-500 words. Presentations will be 20 minutes. Time will be set aside for questions as well as broader discussion. All abstracts will be published on the Web site of the UW-Milwaukee Information Research Group. Full papers will be published in a special issue of Knowledge Organization . 



Abstracts due: February 20, 2012 - NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE 

Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2012 

Full papers due: July 15, 2012 

Submit proposals via email to: Hope A Olson, Conference Chair (holson at uwm.edu) 



The Program Committee: 

Bobby Bothmann – Minnesota State University Mankato – USA 

D Grant Campbell – University of Western Ontario, Canada 

Allyson Carlyle – University of Washington , USA 

José Augusto Chaves Guimarães – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil 

Birger Hjørland – The Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark 

Lynne C Howarth – University of Toronto, Canada 

Charles-Antoine Julien – McGill University, Canada 

Joyce Latham – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 

Hur-Li Lee – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 

Steven J. Miller – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 

Hope A Olson, Chair – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 

Sandra Roe – Illinois State University, USA & editor Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 

Richard P. Smiraglia – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA and editor Knowledge Organization 

Joe Tennis – University of Washington, USA 

Michael Zimmer – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 





Sponsors: 

Information Organization Research Group, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee 

Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee 

School of Information studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee