[Sigia-l] ISKO UK Biennial Conference 4th-5th July 2011 - Final Call for papers

[Leonard Will]

This is to remind you that proposals must be submitted by November 30th 
2010 at the latest for the second biennial conference of the UK Chapter 
of ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) 
<http://www.iskouk.org/index.htm>.

For further information and submission, please visit:
<http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm

This event honours the life and achievements of Brian C Vickery, a 
pioneer in our field. The venue is UCL in London, and our theme will be 
"Facets of Knowledge Organization".

Just as Vickery had the knack of drawing out practical applications from 
the lessons of academic research, so this conference will bring together 
practitioners, theoreticians, consultants, researchers, teachers and 
students, all with an interest in the organization of knowledge and 
information.

Offers to present papers addressing an original topic on this theme are 
very welcome, but the following suggestions may provide some inspiration:

* Classification, information retrieval
* Semantics and the Web
* Putting the user first
* Evaluation and testing
* Society, networking and collaboration
* Models and structure

We are looking for a mix of short (20-minute) and longer (40-minute) 
presentations, as well as a display of posters. Speakers will be 
encouraged to provide a written paper to accompany their presentations. 
The papers submitted will be peer-reviewed and, subject to negotiations 
currently under way, a commemorative proceedings volume will be published.

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the 
objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of 
knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science 
and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been 
attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon 
meeting series <http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm> as well as its very 
successful first conference in 2009 
<http://www.iskouk.org/conf2009/index.htm>.

We look forward to your participation in our 2011 event.

Leonard Will
Hon. Treasurer and Membership Secretary, ISKO UK