SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE srels.bangalore at gmail.com Tue Jun 19 13:01:48 IST 2012 12th International ISKO Conference 6-9 August 2012 Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization University of Mysore, 6-9 August 2012 VENUE Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 006 The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 12th Biennial International Conference (ISKO 2012) in the University of Mysore, Mysore, India from 6th - 9th August 2012. The conference will be jointly organized by the ISKO (India Chapter), the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the University of Mysore. The conference has been cosponsored by DRDO, Government of India, The PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore), Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (Chennai), the Society for Information Science (Bangalore Chapter) and the University of Madras, Department of Library & Information science. ISKO is an international professional body that holds biennial international conferences in different parts of the world. The last two conferences were hosted respectively by the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and by the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy in 2010. This is only the 2nd time that the ISKO has decided to have its Biennial International Conference in India. The proposed conference will bring together disparate groups from Information sciences, Computer Sciences, Library Sciences, Philosophy and Linguistics on a single platform to discuss issues of contemporary interest in Knowledge Representation and Organization. KEY NOTE SPEAKER : Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA on Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century THER EMINENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE** (Not Exhaustive) Prof. Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille, France Prof. Birger Hjorland, Royal School of Information & Library Science, Copenhagen Prof. Jose Augusto Guimaraes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Dr. Hemalatha Iyer, State University of New York at Albany Dr. Chrstopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Kavi Mahesh, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore Mr. Peter Ohly, President, ISKO Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Dr. Joseph Tennis, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Prof. Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA Prof. Carolyn Watters, Dalhousie University, Canada FACETS: Classification Schemes, Taxonomies, and Categorization Schemes Facet Analysis as the theoretical basis of knowledge representation & organization Relationships in Thesauri, Semantic networks and Ontologies Categories and Conceptual Structures for the Digital Environment Alternative subject access, Web Indexing, social tagging, etc Data Modeling for the Semantic Web vis--vis tools such as RDA, FRBR, MARC formats Indexing and searching in Multilingual environments Organizing Unstructured Information; Enterprise Knowledge Organization and Management Knowledge Organization and the Multimedia challenge: Text, Audio, Video, Images, etc Linguistic and other issues in Automatic categorization & Indexing About 60 refereed papers by eminent scholars from around the world will be presented during the conference. The complete conference programme will shortly be made available on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~isko ). Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures 2012 *will be delivered during the conference by *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) *on: Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time: Metadata, digital libraries and archives, and information schools. A panel on 'Is Classification Necessary?' led by Prof. Birger Hjorland will be held on 9th August as part of the conference. A pre-conference workshop on Categories for the Web will be held on 6thAugust and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the ISKO Conference. Conference Registration Fee: (Includes admission to the pre-conference workshop, pre-conference volume, Tea and Lunch and invitation to conference dinner) SAARC Countries Other Countries ISKO Members INR 5000.00 US $ 200.00 Others INR 6000.00 US $ 250.00 Students INR 4000.00 US $ 150.00 For any information please contact : The Convener of the conference. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (ksragav at hotmail.com; raghavan at isibang.ac.in; srels at dataone.in Accommodation: Delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodation; A list of hotels could be found at http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotels-g304553-Mysore_Karnataka-Hotels.html ; However, the organizers will be able to make arrangements for accommodation of limited number of delegates in the University guesthouse on payment basis REGISTRATION FORM International Society for Knowledge Organization (India Chapter) 12th International ISKO Conference Full name (Surname in Block Capitals) : Job Title / Designation : Institution & Address : Phone & E-Mail ID : Registration fee should be sent by DD drawn favoring ISKO (India Chapter) and payable at Bangalore* For electronic transfer of registration, the details are as below: Name of the Account: ISKO (India Chapter) Account No. 04082010110324 Name of the Bank & Branch : Syndicate Bank, Rajajinagar Main Branch (3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010) IFSC Code: SYNB0000408 MICR Code: 560025038 SWIFT CODE : SYNBINBB316 Filled in registration form along with the DD should be sent via Registered post / Speed post / Courier to : ISKO (India Chapter) C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Phone: +91-80-23305109 e-mail: srels at dataone.in; srelsbangalore at yahoo.co.in Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore