Reminder: ISKO UK Biennial Conference 8/9 July "Knowledge Organization - Pushing the Boundaries"

Dear SKOS Followers,
Please remember to book a place at the popular ISKO-UK July conference,
while there are still places. Details are given below, or just go
straight to http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/programme.htm and choose the
"Registration" button to make a booking.

The theme is: *Knowledge Organization - Pushing the Boundaries*

Knowledge Organization (KO) is not just a fascinating research domain to
attract our foremost thinkers; it also presents practical challenges to
each of us as individuals, sorting out the files on our desktops
physical and virtual, searching for inspiration via the Internet, or
participating in the fora of social media. But there'™s a paradox:
while KO practices permeate society, the name €"Knowledge
Organization" is known only to a few. Invisible boundaries separate KO
researchers from the practitioners who could benefit from their
findings, and also come between distinct fields of application such as
records management, web design, librarianship, information retrieval, etc.

This conference aims to explore such boundaries, challenge them and
advance our thinking into new territory. It will be the third biennial
conference of the UK Chapter of ISKO. Practitioners as well as
theoreticians are invited to attend and participate, along with
consultants, researchers, teachers and students. There will be a mix of
short and longer presentations, as well as a display of posters. The
papers submitted will be peer-reviewed and published electronically on
this website, together with slides and audio recordings.

More details, including the provisional programme, can be found on the
conference website at <http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/index.htm>. 34
Presentations are scheduled, including keynote addresses from leading
lights Patrick Lambe and Martin White, as well as six posters. The
programme includes demonstrations from our generous sponsors PoolParty
and Smartlogic, showing how their products are  adapted to support
evolving needs.

Registration fees for the two-day event on 8-9 July are still the same
as for our 2011 conference, just:

180 pounds (full price)
150 pounds (ISKO members)

Still hesitating? Take a look at the electronic proceedings of our first
and second biennial conferences at
http://www.iskouk.org/conf2009/proceedings.htm and
http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/programme.htm respectively. The 2013
event will be bigger and better than either of these, and we hope you
will be able to come and enjoy it.

Stella Dextre Clarke
Chair, ISKO UK
Conference hashtag #ISKOUK2013

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Stella Dextre Clarke
Information Consultant and Chair, ISKO UK
Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR, UK
Tel: 01235-833-298
Fax: 01235-863-298
stella@lukehouse.org
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Received on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 16:34:42 UTC