[sigCR] SIG Workshop

[Irene L. Travis]

These sound like great plans. But particularly if there is going to be a lot
of informal discussion, I'd love to capture it for the Bulletin. When we get
closer, I hope I can persuade some of you to write up the event for us.

__Irene Travis


> From: "ZENG, MARCIA" <mzeng at kent.edu>
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:45:04 -0400
> To: "sigcr-l at asist.org" <sigcr-l at asist.org>
> Subject: Re: [sigCR] SIG Workshop
> 
> Hi, all,
> The discussions around SIG CR are very inspiring. I look forward to a great
> workshop this year.
> You probably received the following announcement of the ISKO UK seminar. I
> think the first paragraph really reflects what we all have in mind nowadays.
> "Classification is at the heart of ISKO's mission. All of us learn and apply
> the techniques; many of us also teach the subject. But classification is not
> the only approach to knowledge organization, and today's information
> professionals need to master more subjects and skills than ever before.
> Classification is being squeezed into a steadily smaller corner of the
> curriculum. "
> Marcia Zeng
> 
> From: Stella Dextre Clarke <stella at lukehouse.org<mailto:stella at lukehouse.org>>
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 04:09:50 -0400
> To: "isko-l at lists.gseis.ucla.edu<mailto:isko-l at lists.gseis.ucla.edu>"
> <isko-l at lists.gseis.ucla.edu<mailto:isko-l at lists.gseis.ucla.edu>>
> Cc: Anna Harvey <harveyannam at gmail.com<mailto:harveyannam at gmail.com>>, Frances
> Huckle <huckles at globalnet.co.uk<mailto:huckles at globalnet.co.uk>>
> Subject: [isko-l] "I think, therefore I classify" - ISKO UK seminar and
> workshop
> 
> Dear ISKO Colleagues,
> Classification is at the heart of ISKO's mission. All of us learn and apply
> the techniques; many of us also teach the subject. But classification is not
> the only approach to knowledge organization, and today's information
> professionals need to master more subjects and skills than ever before.
> Classification is being squeezed into a steadily smaller corner of the
> curriculum.
> 
> The time is ripe to reconsider what we all need to learn about classification,
> and how best to learn it. A full day seminar and workshop will be held in
> London on Monday 16 July this year, in the hope that many  ISKO members will
> take this opportunity to participate in considering the best way forward.
> The programme starts by reminding ourselves of the basics: the principles of
> classification, the philosophy and the research into cognitive psychology. We
> shall hear from experts in five different fields where classification is
> applied. The employment opportunities too will be considered, before we join
> breakout groups to consider what we can and should do to develop our
> understanding and skills, and to engage the next generation of knowledge
> organizers. (See detailed programme below.)
> 
> The event is organized jointly between ISKO UK and the Information Retrieval
> Specialist Group  (IRSG) of the British Computer Society. In the breaks we
> hope to arrange demonstrations from vendors of software designed to handle
> classification automatically.
> 
> The event fee (which includes lunch and refreshments) is 25 pounds to ISKO and
> BCS members and to full-time students and just 60 pounds for non-members,
> payable in advance.  To reserve a place and see more details, please go to
> http://www.iskouk.org/events/classification_july2012.htm . Shortly we'll be
> looking for people to lead the breakout sessions, and we'd love to hear from
> you if you have ideas for structuring these.
> 
> Hoping to welcome you soon,
> Regards
> Stella Dextre Clarke
> Chair, ISKO UK
> --------------------------------------
> 
> "I think, therefore I classify" - Outline programme for 16 July 2012:
> 
> Session 1: The need for classification education and skills
> €    Principles of classification for libraries physical or virtual  - Vanda
> Broughton
> €    How is classification currently taught? Review of current courses in UK -
> Chris Urquhart
> €    Demand for classification skills: the employment/recruitment trends  -
> Donald Lickley
> 
> Session 2: Perspectives on classification
> €    Classification in the sciences, especially biology - Sandra Knapp
> €    Information retrieval and classification - Fabrizio Sebastiani
> €    Categorization and website architecture - Tony Russell-Rose
> €    Classification in records management: part of the solution or part of the
> problem? - Steve Bailey
> €    Class structure of ontologies, and uses in the Semantic Web - [speaker to
> be confirmed]
> 
> Session 3: Back to basics
> €    To Cognize is to Categorize: From the 'Blooming, Buzzing Confusion' to
> the 'Cognitive Commons' - Stevan Harnad (by videoconference)
> €    Philosophy of classification - John Dupré
> 
> Session 4: What to do about it?: Breakout sessions:
> €    Curriculum content in university LIS courses
> €    Learning in the workplace
> €    Classification in electronic/networked environments
> €    Formal versus informal classification
> €    Classification content of computer science curricula
> 
> 
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> Information Consultant
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> Tel: 01235-833-298
> Fax: 01235-863-298
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