[KMDG-L] CFP-3: Classification and Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge - The Hague, 24-25 October 2013

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

==== 3rd CALL FOR PAPERS ====

CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION:INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE

International UDC Seminar 2013

VENUE:The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands

DATE: 24-25 October 2013

WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org

The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and
techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of
application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream
bibliographic and documentary classifications.

We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of
the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of
documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge
discovery. We welcome high quality, innovative research contributions from
various fields of application including:

- visualization of knowledge orders (e.g. scientific taxonomies, Wikipedia)
- visualization of collection content, large datasets
- visualization of knowledge classifications for the purpose of managing the
classifications and working with them
- visualization of knowledge to support interactive searching, user browsing
behaviour (IR) and classification as an aid to information navigation

Specific topics may include:

1. Issues and challenges in visualization of conceptual structures and knowledge
in general, e.g. development of knowledge over time, shift in knowledge
structures (dynamic knowledge), interactions between knowledge structures,
socio-cultural issues, technical challenges (incl. animation, simulation)

2. Knowledge visualization models and metaphors: theory, methods, overviews,
analysis

3. Visualization of classification in: information searching and browsing (e.g.
search expansion, result display); visualization of knowledge in relation to
user information needs

4. Presentation and visualization related to specific types of knowledge
classification structure (e.g. faceted and enumerative hierarchies,
polyhierarchical and/or aspect classifications etc.)

5. Classification as an aid in presenting and navigating large datasets, or
providing an overview of collection content for resource discovery or management
purposes

6. Visualization as an aid to cross-collection, cross-language, cross-vocabulary
knowledge browsing

7. Relationships between classification data formats and classification
visualization

We invite two kinds of contributions: conference papers and posters. Paper
proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200
words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters). A
submission form is provided on the conference website.

Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed
at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES:
15 Jan 2013 - Paper proposal submission deadline

15 Feb 2013 - Notification of acceptance

15 Apr 2013 - Paper submission

ORGANIZER: Classification and Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a
series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and
hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is
a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and
distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and
development.


--
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Dr Aida Slavic
Editor-in-Chief, UDC
UDC Consortium
The Hague, The Netherlands

Email:aida.slavic@udcc.org

Web:http://www.udcc.org
Blog:http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451
Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049
______________________

--> Multilingual UDC Summary:http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php
--> CFP: Classification and Visualization:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool
______________________

[KMDG-L] Call for papers -IFLA Agricultural Libraries SIG

IFLA Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Papers are invited to be presented at 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, in August 2013 on Theme:

�Education and training for agricultural library and information professionals: an international perspective�

Details:
http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/education-and-training-for-agricultural-library%20

Proposal abstract (max 1000 words) must be submitted by January 30, 2013

Submission is to include presenter's name, position, institution, and email address.

Contact
Deva E. Reddy, PhD
Convener, IFLA Agricultural Libraries SIG
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University Libraries
College Station, TX 77843-5000
United States
Tel. +1-979-8621062
Fax. +1-979-4580112
E-mail: dereddy@tamu.edu

[KMDG-L] Call for papers- IFLA Science & Technology Libraries Section

IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section

Theme:
Education and training for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine) librarianship: an international perspective

Papers are invited to be presented at 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Singapore, in August 2013 on the above mentioned theme.

Proposal abstract (max 1000 words) must be submitted by January 25, 2013.

Details at:
http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/calls-for-papers/education-and-training-for-stem


Contacts:
Deva E. Reddy, PhD
Chair, IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000, United States
Tel.: +1-979-8621062 +1-979-8621062
Fax. +1-979-4580112
E-mail: dereddy@tamu.edu

[KMDG-L] Requesting Contributions for the Journal of Scientometric Research, Special Issue-II

Dear Colleagues,

 

Greetings from the Journal of Scientometric Research!

You will be glad to know that a new journal Journal of Scientometric Research (www.jscires.org) has been launched. This journal comes from SciBiolMed. Org.which has around 20 journals with 16 journals in Scopus and 1 in SCI. From the second issue onwards, it will be published with MedKnow which has merged with Kluwer Health. The objective of this journal is to provide a platform for scholarship in Scientometrics and also act as an exchange between Scientometrics and other closely connected research domains i.e. Science Technology Studies, Innovation studies etc.  To attract scholars from interdisciplinary research traditions and also keeping in view that scholars within Scientometrics are themselves from heterogeneous disciplinary traditions, we have created different categories for contributions. Along with Research Paper and Review Paper, the journal has Perspective, and Commentary, Webliography and Research-in-Progress paper for providing platform to young promising researchers or scholars announcing important work in progress.

We are bringing out two special issues of the journal. They will be inaugural issues. We are inviting peers/experts and promising researchers to publish in the Special issue. The first special issue is now online (please visit www.jscires.org/v1i1).

I am writing this letter to you for inviting you to publish your work in the second special issue January-April 2013.

I look forward to your contribution in any of the sections for the Second Special Issue (deadline Feb 15, 2013).

Journal Flyer, Call for Paper and Notes for Contributor and the table of contents of the first special issue is enclosed.  

We will make sure that work accepted after peer review gets a broad audience by announcing the issue through many different channels like newsgroups, mail lists, flyers at conferences.

I look forward to your submission in this journal. Thanks for your support.

Submission can be done through website. However for publishing in the second special issue (January-April, 2013), we would prefer email submission at editor@jscires.org.

 

Journal of Scientometric Research: www.jscires.org

Manuscript Submission: http://www.journalonweb.com/jscires

Current Issue: http://www.jscires.org/v1i1

 

Warm Regards

 

Sujit Bhattacharya (Editor-in-Chief)

Anup Kumar Das (Assistant Editor)

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Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya, Ph.D
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Scientometric Research
[An Official Publication of SciBiolMed.Org]
Senior Principal Scientist (NISTADS)
& Guest Faculty (JNU)
Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus,
New Delhi-110012, INDIA
Phone: +91-11-25843024
Cell: +91-9999020157
editor@jscires.org | www.jscires.org

[KMDG-L] CFP-2: Classification and Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge - The Hague, 24-25 October 2013

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

==== 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ====

CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION:INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE

International UDC Seminar 2013

VENUE:The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands

DATE: 24-25 October 2013

WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org

The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and
techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of
application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream
bibliographic and documentary classifications.

We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of
the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of
documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge
discovery. We welcome high quality, innovative research contributions from
various fields of application including:

- visualization of knowledge orders (e.g. scientific taxonomies, Wikipedia)

- visualization of collection content, large datasets

- visualization of knowledge classifications for the purpose of managing the
classifications and working with them

- visualization of knowledge to support interactive searching, user browsing
behaviour (IR) and classification as an aid to information navigation

Specific topics may include:

1. Issues and challenges in visualization of conceptual structures and knowledge
in general, e.g. development of knowledge over time, shift in knowledge
structures (dynamic knowledge), interactions between knowledge structures,
socio-cultural issues, technical challenges (incl. animation, simulation)

2. Knowledge visualization models and metaphors: theory, methods, overviews,
analysis

3. Visualization of classification in: information searching and browsing (e.g.
search expansion, result display); visualization of knowledge in relation to
user information needs

4. Presentation and visualization related to specific types of knowledge
classification structure (e.g. faceted and enumerative hierarchies,
polyhierarchical and/or aspect classifications etc.)

5. Classification as an aid in presenting and navigating large datasets, or
providing an overview of collection content for resource discovery or management
purposes

6. Visualization as an aid to cross-collection, cross-language, cross-vocabulary
knowledge browsing

7. Relationships between classification data formats and classification
visualization

We invite two kinds of contributions: conference papers and posters. Paper
proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200
words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters). A
submission form is provided on the conference website.

Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed
at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES:
15 Jan 2013 - Paper proposal submission deadline

15 Feb 2013 - Notification of acceptance

15 Apr 2013 - Paper submission

ORGANIZER: Classification and Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a
series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and
hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is
a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and
distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and
development.


--
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Dr Aida Slavic
Editor-in-Chief, UDC
UDC Consortium
The Hague, The Netherlands

Email:aida.slavic@udcc.org

Web:http://www.udcc.org
Blog:http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451
Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049
______________________

--> Multilingual UDC Summary:http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php
--> CFP: Classification& Visualization:http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool
______________________

[KMDG-L] CFP: Classification and Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge - The Hague, 24-25 October 2013

*** Apologies for cross-posting ***

 

====  CALL FOR PAPERS ====

 

CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION:  INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE

International UDC Seminar 2013

 

VENUE:     The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands

DATE:         24-25 October 2013

WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org

 

The objective of this conference is to explore cutting edge advances and techniques in the visualization of knowledge across various fields of application and their potential impact on developments in the more main stream bibliographic and documentary classifications.

 

We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge discovery. We welcome high quality, innovative research contributions from various fields of application including:

 

- visualization of knowledge orders (e.g. scientific taxonomies, Wikipedia)

- visualization of collection content, large datasets

- visualization of knowledge classifications for the purpose of managing the classifications and working with them

- visualization of knowledge to support interactive searching, user browsing behaviour (IR) and classification as an aid to information navigation

 

Specific topics may include:

 

1. Issues and challenges in visualization of conceptual structures and knowledge in general, e.g. development of knowledge over time, shift in knowledge structures (dynamic knowledge), interactions between knowledge structures, socio-cultural issues, technical challenges (incl. animation, simulation)

2. Knowledge visualization models and metaphors: theory, methods, overviews, analysis

3. Visualization of classification in: information searching and browsing (e.g. search expansion, result display); visualization of knowledge in relation to user information needs

4. Presentation and visualization related to specific types of knowledge classification structure (e.g. faceted and enumerative hierarchies, polyhierarchical and/or aspect classifications etc.)

5. Classification as an aid in presenting and navigating large datasets, or providing an overview of collection content for resource discovery or management purposes

6. Visualization as an aid to cross-collection, cross-language, cross-vocabulary knowledge browsing

7. Relationships between classification data formats and classification visualization

 

We invite two kinds of contributions: conference papers and posters. Paper proposals should be sunmitted in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters). A submission form is provided on the conference website.

 

Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference.

 

IMPORTANT DATES:   
15 Jan 2013    Paper proposal submission deadline

15 Feb 2013    Notification of acceptance

15 Apr 2013    Paper submission

 

ORGANIZER: Classification & Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and development.

--   ---  Dr Aida Slavic  Editor-in-Chief, UDC  UDC Consortium  The Hague, The Netherlands    Email: aida.slavic@udcc.org    Web: http://www.udcc.org  Blog: http://universaldecimalclassification.blogspot.com/  Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/UDCC  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/UDC-Consortium/317530649451  Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/company/383049  ______________________    --> Multilingual UDC Summary:  http://www.udcc.org/udcsummary/php/index.php  --> CFP: Classification & Visualization:  http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/    The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool  ______________________  

[KMDG-L] Information Literacy/Ibero-America.Celebrating 1442 contents-resources and the Declaration of Havana in English

This October 25th marks the 3rd anniversary of the Ibero-America Information
Literacy Project that began with the blog:
http://alfiniberoamerica.blogspot.com and has continued with the generation of
different Web resources: http://aurl.es/bd.u

To mark this anniversary, and as part of the Open Access Week (22 to 28
October), we want to share two news of great value:

* This week we attained 1442 contents-resources from the repository-wiki:
http://alfiniberoamerica.wikispaces.com, that reflect the state of the art of
this subject in our 22 countries (Latin America, Spain and Portugal), most
open access:

Articles (425) - Papers (309) - Books/Chapters (93) - Degree
Works/Undergraduate (30) - Thesis/Postgraduate (72) - Declarations, models,
levels and standards (32) - Presentations (140) - Videos (43) - Audios (5) -
Events (46) - Web Resources (34) - Experiences and information literacy
courses (213)

* The publication of the "Havana Declaration: fifteen information literacy
actions from Ibero America..." in its English version:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BweUYcipCswRUlUwMEV0dXJOZzQ (thanks to the
collaboration of Jesus Lau, Mari Carmen Torras and Sean Cordes), whose aim is
to present our vision and information literacy purposes internationally. This
English version is attached to and made to Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal
Portuguese and Catalan:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BweUYcipCswRN3lLXzFBMldXeVU/edit?pli=1

Therefore, we invite you to visit and report both our wiki-repository with
multiple content-resources, as this declaration in these languages,
considering that from Latin America can work together and make different
contributions to information literacy in the world.

Regards,

Alejandro Uribe Tirado
PhD Candidate / University of Granada (Spain)
Professor / Inter-American School of Information Science
Researcher / Information, Knowledge and Society Group
Information Literacy, Information Technology and Knowledge Management Areas
University of Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
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auribe@bibliotecologia.udea.edu.co
auribe@correo.ugr.es
***
http://alfincolombia.blogspot.com
http://alfiniberoamerica.blogspot.com
http://ci2-colombia.blogspot.com
http://tecnologiasdelainformacioneib.blogspot.com
***
http://bit.ly/mfvCdc (Curriculum Courses using Moodle)
http://bit.ly/lLqBiY (Information Literacy Course using Moodle)
***
http://bit.ly/9kckMh (Research Group)
http://bit.ly/dkxuDd (Curriculum Vitae)
http://bit.ly/jAJHv5 (Research Extranet)
***
http://bit.ly/kv8kef (Open Access Publications)
http://bit.ly/qGh0W8 (Citation Index G. Scholar)
http://bit.ly/kayLhk (EXIT-Directory of Experts in Information Handling)

[KMDG-L] Resent: KIM2013, Knowledge and Information Management Conference

KIM2013 Knowledge and Information Management Conference

4 - 5 JUNE 2013

		Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club, Meriden, CV7 7HR, UK. Theme  -  Sustainable Quality
Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club

Conference Announcement

KIM2013 is the OR Society's inaugural Knowledge and Information Management conference.
The theme of Sustainable Quality is relevant to organisations and individuals working in any sector of the economy. Knowledge management has become a key process in understanding organisations and their use of resources and, ultimately, quality is a major differentiating factor when considering goods and services.  Sustaining quality requires taking a strategic view that may present short to medium term challenges and knowledge management should be able to help address such challenges. For large organisations, knowledge management may be seen as an intra-organisation activity, but sustaining quality for small to medium enterprises may require inter-organisational cooperation. The different quality and knowledge management issues faced by different sectors and differently sized organisations, and how these are addressed in practice and in theory, will help to make this a very interesting conference.
We are extremely fortunate in having three highly knowledgeable and exciting plenary speakers, who will present very different and challenging thoughts:

• Dr. Jay Liebowitz, Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology, The Graduate School, University of Maryland University College.
• Professor John Edwards, Executive Dean, Aston Business School and Editor of Knowledge Management Research and Practice (KMRP).
• Trevor Howes, Director, BRM Fusion Ltd.

Papers that relate to the theme and to knowledge and information management will be welcome.  Areas of particular interest include (but are not restricted to) the management of:

• services
• education
• health
• manufacturing.

Papers will be reviewed and accepted papers will be published electronically in conference proceedings (subject to conference booking and payment).
Submissions will be accepted for a special issue of KMRP and will be published electronically with DOI in time for the REF, subject to papers being completed (refereed, revised and accepted) by early July 2013. 
We shall also be inviting the submission of poster presentations.
Full details of submission procedures and poster presentations will be available soon.
The conference will incorporate the Tenth Birthday Party of KMRP and there will be a drinks reception, sponsored by Palgrave Macmillan and a gala dinner.
A bar quiz will be offered to delegates choosing to arrive on Monday 3 June.
We hope you will join us at the very Heart of England for a stimulating and highly enjoyable event.
The Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club has recently undergone a stunning £5 million refurbishment. The KIM2013 conference hotel is set in the heart of the English midlands in the rural Warwickshire countryside yet just four miles from the NEC complex, Birmingham Airport and the international train station. http://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/hotel-information/travel/cvtgs-forest-of-arden-a-marriott-hotel-and-country-club/

 
 
www.theorsociety.com/kim2013

 
 

 
 
 
 
Best wishes,
 
Brian Lehaney

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Take a look at "Business Information Systems and Technology - A Primer", by Brian Lehaney, Phil Lovett and Mahmood Shah" (Published 21st April 2011): http://www.routledge.co.uk/books/details/9780415559195/

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[KMDG-L] KIm2013, Knowledge and Information Management Conference

KIM2013, Knowledge and Information Management Conference

www.theorsociety.com/kim2013

[KMDG-L] UNESCO Call for participation: Poster Contest on Knowledge Societies

Call for participation: Poster Contest on Knowledge Societies

Are you inspired by the ability of today's communications technologies to empower people with knowledge? Are you a believer in knowledge as the gateway to connected, creative and resilient societies? Share your vision of Knowledge Societies with UNESCO, the only UN agency with a mandate to promote freedom of expression and information as a human right. The poster contest will be running from now until 20 September 2012 at eYeka.

Marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the WSIS Plan of Action, UNESCO, in cooperation with ITU, UNCTAD and UNDP, is organizing the first review meeting entitled "Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable Development" to be held in Paris, France, from 25 to 27 February 2013.

On this occasion, UNESCO is organizing a poster contest at eYeka online platform) until 20 September 2012. Selected entries will become the graphic identity of the event and will be used for poster, brochure, roll-up and other promotional materials.

The first winner will also earn 300 euros, and the second and third places will receive an official UNESCO certificate. Artists, graphic designers, photographers and everyone interested are encouraged to submit their proposals.

For more information and submission of your entry, please click here.http://en.eyeka.com/projects/7156?trk_acaq=act&trk_matter=fscox&trk_platform=uno&trk_target=un

The partners and audience for this first WSIS+10 review meeting are Ministers and high-level government officials, Heads of UN agencies and intergovernmental organizations, CEOs of the private sector, leaders of NGOs and other civil society entities, practitioners and experts in the field of education, culture, science, human science and communication and information.

Source: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/call_for_participation_poster_contest_on_knowledge_societies/

[KMDG-L] Reminder: last chance to book for ISKO UK "Shape of Knowledge" afternoon event on Sept 4

The final programme for the next ISKO UK meeting, The Shape of Knowledge, is now shown on the website at http://www.iskouk.org/events/shape_of_knowledge_Sep2012.htm. This afternoon meeting at the London College of Communication gives us an opportunity to think about the ways in which knowledge and information can be analysed and presented, for example to bring out underlying patterns or to emphasize specific aspects of the information. The meeting will also examine some of the organizing principles behind the presentation and different approaches to visualizing data, information and knowledge. One talk addresses touch technologies too. The event should appeal not only to those whose main business is the organization of knowledge, and who wish to disseminate this knowledge as effectively as possible, but also to designers, whose main concern is how design can be used to present knowledge and information in the most attractive and appealing way

 

If you have not already booked, please don't forget to do so by 30 August and encourage any colleagues who may be interested. The meeting is free for ISKO members and full-time students, and just 40 pounds for everyone else. Hope to see you there.

 

Anna Harvey

ISKO UK publicity

info@iskouk.org

 

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year.

**Apologies for cross-posting**

[KMDG-L] Primary Research Group publishes The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition ISBN 157440-207-2

Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition (ISBN 157440-207-2), which examines trends among the digital repositories of academic and other major research libraries worldwide. The 225+ page study examines costs, policies and future plans of academic and research library digital repositories, with data broken out by size and type of institution, among other variables. Some of the many topics covered include: budgets, marketing, staffing, detailed statistics on access, downloads and faculty cooperation, cataloging, rights management, impact on institutional scholarly reputation, efforts to develop publishing ventures and peer review networks and much more.

Just a few of the report�s many findings are that:

� The mean annual budget of the repositories in the sample is $84,240.
� Only 18.42 percent of all repositories surveyed contain lectures (notes or video), courses, or other coursework.
� Generally speaking, the larger the institution the more likely its repository will contain audio and video files, with 71.43 percent of those with an enrollment of at least 25,000 having the former and an identical 71.43 percent having the latter.
� A mean of 5.82 percent of all downloads from institutions in the sample come from Canada.
� A little less than a quarter of the repositories in the sample publish an annual report.
� Just 2.63 percent of survey participants say the repository charges any form of fee for any articles or downloads (including charges aimed only at cost recovery).
� 30.56 percent of the repositories surveyed provide their authors either with an email or with access to some sort of record that periodically summarizes the downloads of their materials.
� Just 8.11 of participants say there is a system in place for authors to communicate with those who have downloaded their articles, either through instant message, message boards, or some other means.
� Only 5.41 percent of participants say the repository has�either alone or in concert with others�established any form of peer review network.
� The mean number of man-hours of librarian and librarian technician labor required per year to operate and market the digital repository is 3,186.5

Participants include Australian National University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the National College of Ireland, Rutgers University, the Naval Postgraduate Schools, the University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, the University or Warwick and many others.

For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.

[KMDG-L] ISKO UK afternoon event on Sept 4th "The shape of knowledge"

Tuesday 4^th September (14.00-18.00)

London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, SE1 6SB

In this ISKO UK meeting, the focus will be on the ways in which knowledge and information can be analyzed and presented, for example to bring out underlying patterns or to emphasize specific aspects of the information. The meeting will also examine some of the organizing principles behind the presentation and different approaches to visualizing data, information and (by extension) knowledge. This event should appeal not only to those whose main business is the organization of knowledge, and who wish to disseminate this knowledge as effectively as possible, but also to designers, whose main concern is how design can be used to present knowledge and information in the most attractive and appealing way.

You will find the programme and other details of the event, and can register via the ISKO UK site at http://www.iskouk.org/events/shape_of_knowledge_Sep2012.htm. The event is free to ISKO members and to full-time students. The fee for non-members is just £40. All fees must be paid in advance - there is no provision for payment on arrival. Registration opens at 1.30 and we shall start promptly at 2 p.m. Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested.  We hope to see you there.

The programme includes these leading speakers: 

• Martin Dodge, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Environment and Development, at the University of Manchester and one of the originators of the Atlas of Cyberspaces. Martin will talk about the Atlas and also about code/space, new conceptual tools for understanding the relationship between software, technology, space and everyday activities

• Lisa Evans, writer, researcher and programmer at the Guardian working closely with the Guardian Datablog and Guardian Graphics teams. She will be joining the Open Knowledge Foundation in mid October this year. Lisa will talk about open data journalism at the Guardian, different interpretations of openness and what the Guardian team is are doing to involve their audience and allow people to replicate and verify what they do.

• Marianne Lykke, Professor in the Department of Communication and Psychology at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. Marianne will talk about Touch technologies as tools for analysis and structuring of concepts.

• Conrad Taylor, who has been involved practically in Information Design, cartography and computer graphics for 25+ years. He currently coordinates a discussion list on knowledge, information and data management (KIDMM). Conrad will talk about A grammar for graphics? Visual methods for revealing the shape and structure of knowledge and data. Many of the ideas in this presentation will draw on the work of Yuri Engelhardt. (Conrad formerly assisted Yuri and Karel van der Waarde in running the InfoDesign-Cafe list.)

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year.

[KMDG-L] IFLA Knowledge Management Section, Helsinki Update - a communication from the chair

Dear IFLA KM Supporters:

 

I’d like to provide you with an update of IFLA KM activities at the upcoming Helsinki conference. I look forward to welcoming some of you soon in Helsinki! As the conference is rapidly approaching, I want to use this opportunity to communicate with you on some highlights of this year’s programs, as well as bringing your attention to some of the section’s business issues.

 

This KM SC has planned a set of programs under the IFLA’s main theme “Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering.” This year, the KM section is proud to present a satellite meeting on Friday, August 10 at Goethe-Institut Helsinki. Thanks to the generous support of Ex Libris, we are providing free admission and lunch when you register at www.arpalazio.net/ifla2012/.

 

The presentations on Knowledge Management Theory in Action at the satellite meeting should be thought-provoking and educational. I am especially looking forward to the two keynote speakers. For information of keynote speakers and an interview with one keynote speaker, Anja Flicker of Germany, please check out our latest newsletter at http://www.ifla.org/files/km/newsletters/KM14_Juni2012_big.pdf.

 

At the main conference, the KM section will continue to present interesting speakers. Librarians from around the world will discuss the potential applications of knowledge management in public libraries. This open session is Tuesday afternoon at 13:45 in Session Room 4.  For information about the speakers, please check out the newsletter and IFLA programme link for more details. http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/session-141

 

Like last year, the KM Section Standing Committee will meet twice at Helsinki. The committee will meet first at 15.15 - 17.45 h Saturday, August 11 in Room 208 and second at 8.00 - 9.30 h Tuesday, August 14 in Room 203.

 

As part of IFLA policy and expectation on committee service, we expect all Standing Committee members to join the meetings, and we are looking forward to your ideas and commitments. Guests are very welcome in the SC meetings and asked to participate in the discussions.

 

Finally, we are planning a go-dutch dinner Monday, August 13 at Kappeli, a nice local restaurant. We hope that many of you will be able to join. Please email Xuemao Wang (x.wang@emory.edu) by Saturday, August 11 to RSVP for a reservation. Here is the link of the restaurant: www.kappeli.fi/index.php?id=frontpage.

 

IFLA KM is well represented in the social networking world. We also invite you to find more information about our section online at www.ifla.org/km, on Twitter at #IFLA KM, and on Facebook or LinkedIn under “IFLA KM: The Voice of Global KM.”

 

I look forward to your continued support to IFLA KM Section. To learn more about IFLA KM, please visit our website at:

http://www.ifla.org/en/km

 

 

Best wishes

 

Xuemao Wang

Chair of IFLA KM Section

 

 

 

 

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[KMDG-L] 3rd call for papers & announcement of keynote speakers Ragnar Audunson & Phil Bradley

January 23-25, 2013
From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries "Inside-Out"
(3rd call for papers)

The "21st BOBCATSSS Conference", will take place in Ankara, Turkey, from 23-25 January 2013.

As it is known BOBCATSSS is an annual conference series that is traditionally organized by students from European universities. At its 21st anniversary in January 2013, BOBCATSSS is organized by students from two universities, being Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Turkey and The Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark.

From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries "Inside-out" being the main theme, BOBCATSSS 2013 aims to bring together students, professors and specialists in the field of library and information science. Today, the world of libraries and librarians is, more than ever, set for change. The focus is shifting towards creating connections between people and developing online resources, rather than static collections focused on th e physical book. Part of information specialist's role is to facilitate and help the users navigate through this jungle, and in due course find our own place in this ever changing world: How will the role of the librarians develop in the future? What will happen with the classic libraries and librarians in the future? Will the physical library disappear and only exist in the digital world? In the light of these challenges, BOBCATSSS 2013 will be a meeting place between the professionals of tomorrow, and researchers and teachers of today.

 

Announcing: Ragnur Audunson & Phil Bradley as keynote speakers on BOBCATSSS 2013

We are happy to announce, that our lineup of keynote speakers has been completed, with the addition of Ragnar Audunson and Phil Bradley. Professor Audunson from Oslo University College is a leading researcher in public libraries, and is currently directing a research project on the potential of public libraries, in promoting social cohesion and integration in multicultural and digital societies. The 'UK Search Guru' Phil Bradley, has worked in the area of electronic publications for over 20 years. He teaches many varied courses on aspects of the Internet, both publically available and in-company. He also writes and designs web pages and is an SEO (Search Engine Optimiser).

Conference Theme(s)
Main topics of the conference include (but are not limited to) the following:


Serving Society in a Digital Age
The world is changing faster than we know it and everybody has a say in the matter. People are creating and sharing online in a way never experienced before. They tweet, make Facebook updates and they want to make an impression. How can we be sure that both new and old is preserved; what is important to keep and what are the demands of the digital population?

Information Professionals as Change-Agents
Challenges demand creative thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation. One of the digital challenges for the users is to be able to navigate through the digital jungle of information. A part of being information professional is to help people become e-literate. How do we meet the cha llenges in our profession and how can we influence the agenda?

Designing New Library Spaces
Today it's not enough for a library to be able to store collections. The space itself has to be engaging and inspiring to facilitate the users need for information, experiences and cultural inspiration. A plethora of libraries being built today are not only new icons but are also trying to reach the above mentioned goals in new ways. How can we the information professionals encourage this trend?

Mobile Information Services
We live in a world of hand held devices, and information has to be instantly accessible. More and more information is being digitized, and the volume alone is staggering. One of the tasks of the information professional is to create accessible designs, not compromising the content. Ideas can come from unlikely sources however. Are we capable of listening outside our own ranks?

Developing New Competencies
Lifelong learning is a term easy to use, but hard to master. Which competencies do we expect the users to need, and what can they expect from us? Are we, as information specialists, sufficiently prepared to guide them? Are we able to combine the need-to-have with the nice-to-have skills the patrons want to a satisfying degree and how do we keep improving? 

Submission of Papers
In addition to papers, short papers (pecha-kucha), posters and workshops on conference topics and general papers on information management are also welcome. Student papers and posters are very welcome. Please use the extended format guide available on the Symposium web site to prepare your contributions and proposals, and send them to us using the Conference Management Software (conftool) at https://www.conftool.pro/bobcatsss2013  

Requirements for Abstracts
An extended abstract is required. The abstract has to be in Word format (i.e. doc or docx). There should be an author description (first name, surname, department, degree, university, city, country, e-mail), a title, three to six keywords. It should only contain plain text (no figures and no tables), and the extended abstract should be between 500-700 words in Times New Roman, font size 10. Also, please include your references and your citations using APA style. Please see detailed information on http://www.bobcatsss.net.
 

Important Dates
First call: March 15th 2012
Second call: May 15th 2012
Third call: July 24th 2012

Deadline for abstracts: September 24th 2012
Author's notification: October 24th 2012
Final paper submi ssion: November 24th 2012

Conference: January 23rd – 25th 2013

 
With kind regards,
The Bobcatsss 2013 student team and 

 

Yaşar Tonta
Serap Kurbanoğlu
Hacettepe University
Department of Information Management
06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey
Tel: +90312 297 80 00
Fax: +90312 299 20 14


Jack Andersen
Nanna Kann-Christensen
Royal School of Library and Information Science
Birketinget 6
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
T +45 32 58 60 66
D +45 32 34 13 04