Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following Conference Brochure for the benefit of the Lis-forum subscribers. Thank you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore -------- *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* * * *OTHER 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-à-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 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@hotmail.com; raghavan@isibang.ac.in;* *srels@dataone.in* *)* * * *Accommodation*: Delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodat ion; 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@dataone.in; srelsbangalore@yahoo.co.in* * * * * * *ionntexts in* * * * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.