[InetBib] CfP: 9th Int. ISKO Conference, Vienna, July 4-7 2006

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Ninth International ISKO Conference - Call for papers

The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 9th International Conference in Vienna, Austria, July 4th-7th, 2006. The conference will be hosted by the Center for Translation Studies and the Institute for Educational Sciences at the University of Vienna. The theme of the conference is:
 
"Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society"
Papers addressing all aspects of Knowledge Organization research and practice will be welcomed. Particular themes identified include the following, but these should not be considered definitive and any related aspects are welcomed:
- Information Systems and Learning in a Global Society:  Concepts, Design and Implementation
- Global Society and Learning in Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization
- Linguistic and Cultural approaches to Knowledge Organization in a Global Learning Society
- Information Policies and Social Governance
- Knowledge Organization in Corporate Learning Systems
- Representations of Educational and Didactical Knowledge
- Knowledge Organization for non-print and Multimedia Information
- Ontologies and Fundamentals for Knowledge Ordering
- Users and uses of Knowledge Organization
- Theoretical basis of Knowledge Organization: universal versus local solutions
- Multilingual problems of information retrieval 

Professionals and researchers involved in knowledge organization are invited to submit abstracts (between 500 and 1500 words) by November 4th, 2005 (contact information below). Abstracts should reflect the theme of the conference. Submissions for workshops, sessions and posters are also invited. These should also be submitted by November 4th, 2005.

An international programme committee will review the abstracts, and authors will be notified of decisions by November 29th 2005. The deadline for submission of papers for the printed conference proceedings will be January, 20th 2006. All abstracts should be submitted through the submission form at htto://isko.univie.ac.at/ by November 4th, 2005. Late submissions will not be eligible for consideration.

Venue of the conference: Center for Translation Studies, A-1190 Vienna, Gymnasiumstr. 50

Conference chair: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Budin
Programme chair: Prof. Dr. Christian Swertz

The parallel German ISKO conference will be centered to the topics "Compatibility and Heterogeneity", "Ethics", and "Future" of Knowledge Organization (for details please contact Ohly@xxxxxxxxx).

Contact: 
University of Vienna, Institute for Educational Sciences, Garnisongasse 3/13, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43.1.4277.46740, Fax: +43.1.4277.9467
eMail: konstantin.mitgutsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx, Conference Website: http://isko.univie.ac.at

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H. Peter OHLY
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