Theory, information and organization of knowledge. Potsdam, 2013, March 19th-20th

[Peter Ohly]

Wissensorganisation’2013
Theorie, Information und Organisation von Wissen
(Theory, information and organization of knowledge)

Potsdam, 19th to 20 th March 2013
13th Meeting of the German ISKO (International Society for Knowledge
Organization)
as a pre-conference to the ISI (International Symposium on Information Science)

Theme
"Knowledge" is a broad term, which is used under a more practical
understanding in the context of information transfer and processing.
In contrast, in philosophy of science the basic conditions of the
emergence of intersubjective communication are examined. Under
"knowledge organization" specifically the systematization and
classification of information about knowledge is understood. This
includes library schemes, cataloging rules, semantic networks,
bibliometric analysis, web content metadata, annotations of images,
ontologies for information media. The various dimensions of dealing
with knowledge are not independent, but partly build upon each other,
or are dependent from each other. The conference will therefore help
to introduce new approaches, to work through their theoretical
assumptions, and to work out its practical implications. The
conference is therefore located at the limits of information theory,
philosophy of science, knowledge management and information science.
It addresses inter alia Information scientists, Philosophers of
science, Business informatics, Library scientists, Social scientists,
Bibliometricians.

Contributions
We welcome contributions that particularly highlight the theoretical
and practical framework of knowledge organization. This includes also,
for example, the examination of subject-specific or culture-specific
aspects. Contributions are intended as talks of 20 minutes length in
English or German. Other forms would be agreed on demand. To be
refereed sending an extended abstract (one to two pages) in Word or
PDF format to the below e-mail address is requested.

Addressees
peter.ohly @ gmx.de (with a copy to: karsten.weber @ tu-cottbus.de)

Program Committee
Professor Wieslaw Babik, Krakow / Prof. Dr. Gerhard Budin, Vienna /
Prof. Dr. Rafael Capurro, Karlsruhe (not yet confirmed) / Angelika
Deigner, MA, Cologne / Prof. Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Hanover (not
yet confirmed) / Dipl.-Soz. Axel Ermert, Berlin / Prof. Dr.
Hans-Christoph Hobohm, Potsdam (local organization) / Prof. Dr. Stefan
Hornbostel, Berlin (not yet confirmed) / Professor Thomas Mandl,
Hildesheim / Philipp Mayr, Bonn (not yet confirmed) / Dipl.-Volkswirt
sozialw. H. Peter Ohly, Bonn (organization) / Prof. Dr. Vivien Petras,
Berlin / Prof. Dr. Walther Umstätter, Berlin / Dr. Kim Veltman,
Maastricht / Prof. Dr. Christian Wartena, Hanover / Professor Karsten
Weber, Cottbus (organization)

Important Dates
Submission of a summary: 30 November 2012
Notification of acceptance: to about 15 December 2012
Early bird registration: 31 December 2012
Submission of a long version: 31 January 2013
Submission of slides: 28 February 2013
Meeting 19 to 20 March 2013 (following from 20 to 22, will be held the
ISI meeting)

Local organization
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Hobohm
Department of Information Sciences
FHP
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 4
D-14467 Potsdam

For more information see:
http://www.isko-de.org/index.php?id=wissensorganisation13.