[sigCR] Fwd: First call for participation NASKO 2017

[Kathryn La Barre]

*Call for Participation (NASKO 2017)*



*Visualizing Knowledge Organization: Bringing Focus to Abstract Realities*



ISKO C/US invites submissions of abstracts for its Sixth North American
Symposium on Knowledge Organization (NASKO 2017) to be held June 15-16,
2017, in Champaign, IL, USA.



Conference Venue: the iSchool at Illinois, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign



Deadline for Proposals: February 1, 2017



Knowledge organization and the systems that constitute its primary products
seek to to make abstractions of knowledge concrete. Visualization is an
increasingly popular way to create pictorial representations of knowledge
using diverse methodologies, which seek to aid in the clarity of the
comprehension and understanding of knowledge abstractions and their
organization in knowledge space. Also, metaphorical “visualization” can
involve the use of diverse methodologies to focus and enhance breadth of
viewpoints in knowledge space. The Sixth North American Symposium on
Knowledge Organization (NASKO 2017) invites participants to bring forth
approaches to visualizing knowledge, knowledge organization, and knowledge
organization systems.

Possible topics to explore include: theory of KO, history and foundations
of KO, legacy and emerging KOSs, epistemological stances in KO, visual
approaches to KO, domain analytical approaches to KO, cultural approaches
to KO, sustainability and KO, the future of KO, and anything else.

Proposals for research papers, position papers, posters, and a doctoral
symposium are welcomed. Acceptable languages for conference submissions
include English, French, or Spanish. Graduate students are especially
encouraged to submit proposals. Proposals should include the name(s) of the
author(s), their complete mailing and e-mail addresses, and their telephone
numbers. The title of the proposal should include a term denoting the
category of submission: Paper, Poster, Doctoral Symposium.

All proposals should be uploaded to the EasyChair conference site:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nasko2017



*Proposal categories:*

*Research and Position Papers: *Proposals should include a title and be no
more than 1500 words with citations (citations not included in word count).
Proposals should situate themselves within the extant literature of
knowledge organization, and have a clearly articulated theoretical
grounding and methodology. Those that report on completed or ongoing work
will be given preference. Diverse perspectives and methodologies are
welcome.

*Posters: *Proposals should include a title and be no more than 500 words
with citations (citations not included in word count).

*Doctoral Symposium: *This is an opportunity for doctoral students to
discuss their research in progress in a 15-minute presentation. Proposals
should consist of a 500-word abstract with citations (citations not
included in word count) and a one-page CV. Students will also have the
opportunity to attend a general advising session to discuss their CVs,
service commitments, and the job market. Students accepted into the
doctoral symposium will have their conference registration fees waived.

*Publication:* All accepted papers will be published online. The papers
most highly-ranked during the peer-review process will, with permission of
the authors, be published, in full, in a future issue of *Knowledge
Organization*.



*Important Dates*



February 1, 2017: Submission deadline.

March 6, 2017: Notification to authors.

April 1, 2017: Final copy submission.



*Bursaries for students*



ISKO C/US will offer a limited number of bursaries for students presenting
at the conference. Application guidelines will appear on the ISKO C/US
website later this year: http://iskocus.org/



*Planning Committee*

Kathryn La Barre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thomas Dousa, University of Chicago

Patrick Keilty, University of Toronto

Barbara Kwasnik, University of Syracuse

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

Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Laura Ridenour, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee





*Program Committee*

Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, co-chair

Laura Ridenour, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, co-chair

nasko.cu2017 at gmail.com





Ann Graf, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Athena Salaba, Kent State University

Daniel Martínez Ávila, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP

Christina Pattuelli, Pratt University

Dagobert Soergel, University at Buffalo

Eva Hourihan Jansen, University of Toronto

Gercina Lima, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerai

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

Jane Greenberg, Drexel University

Jonathan Furner, University of California Los Angeles

Karen Snow, Dominican University

Lynne Howarth, University of Toronto

Marcia Zeng, Kent State University

Rachel Clarke, University of Syracuse

Sandy Roe, Illinois State University

Thomas Dousa, University of Chicago

Rick Szostak, University of Alberta

Melodie Fox, Bryant and Stratton College






*Richard P. Smiraglia, Professor, Knowledge Organization Research Group
Interim Director PhD Program, School of Information Studies University of
Wisconsin Milwaukee and Editor-in-Chief, Knowledge Organization
smiragli at uwm.edu <smiragli at uwm.edu>*



-- 
Kathryn La Barre