Please respond to Dr. Liebowitz directly if you have questions.
From: jay liebowitz [mailto:jay.liebowitz@umuc.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 9:15 AM
We recently did some research looking at cultural resistance related to knowledge management (KM) in law firms (see E. Zeide and J. Liebowitz (2012), “Knowledge Management in Law: A Look at Cultural Resistance,” Legal Information Management Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, Cambridge University Press). Now, we would like to extend the research to look at other organizations to see if they are experiencing similar KM cultural resistance issues. As such, we are kindly asking you to complete this short 10 question, 10-15 minute survey by June 22, 2012. The link for the survey is at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8JJLK2
Thank you, in advance, for your time in completing the survey. If you are interested in the results, kindly send me a separate email. Regards. Jay Liebowitz, Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology, The Graduate School, University of Maryland University College, jay.liebowitz@umuc.edu
Dr. Jay Liebowitz
Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology
The Graduate School
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, Maryland 20783-8030 USA
Tel: 240-684-2410
Fax: 240-684-2401
January 23-25, 2013
From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries "Inside-Out"
(2nd 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: Lorcan Dempsey is giving the opening speech!
We are happy to announce that Lorcan Dempsey will give the opening speech at Bobcatsss 2013. Lorcan Dempsey is the originator of the LIS-term "inside-out", which has inspired this year's main theme. Lorcan Dempsey, Vice president and Chief Strategist at OCLC, oversees the research division and participates in planning at OCLC. He is a librarian who has worked for library and educational organizations in Ireland, England and the US. For more information please visit OCLC's website.
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
A Seminar and Workshop on the subject of classification, to review how and why it is taught on Monday 16 July, 09.00 – 18.00
Wilkes Room – British Computer Society London office
1st Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA
In this ISKO UK and BCS joint seminar, we shall remind ourselves of the basics: the principles of classification, the philosophy, and the research into cognitive psychology. We shall hear from experts in five different fields where classification is applied. The employment opportunities too will be considered, before we join breakout groups to consider what we can and should do to develop our understanding and skills, and to engage the next generation of knowledge organizers. We hope to arrange demonstrations from vendors of software designed to handle classification automatically.
The event fee is £25 to ISKO and BCS members and to full-time students and just £60 for non-members, payable in advance. The fee covers lunch as well as the seminar and workshop, andthe programme will be followed by a chance to network, with wine and nibbles.
The topics and speakers are:
Session 1: The need for classification education and skills
· Principles of classification for libraries physical or virtualVanda Broughton
· How is classification currently taught? Review of current courses in UK Chris Urquhart
· Demand for classification skills: the employment/recruitment trends Donald Lickley
Session 2: Perspectives on classification
· Classification in the sciences, especially biologySandra Knapp
· Information retrieval and classification FabrizioSebastiani
· Categorization and website architectureTony Russell-Rose
· Classification in records management: part of the solution or part of the problem? Steve Bailey
· Class structure of ontologies, and uses in the Semantic Web[speaker to be confirmed]
Session 3: Back to basics
· To Cognize is to Categorize: From the 'Blooming, Buzzing Confusion' to the 'Cognitive Commons' StevanHarnad (by videoconference)
· Philosophy of classification John Dupré
Session 4: What to do about it?:Breakout sessions:
· Curriculum content in university LIS courses
· Learning in the workplace
· Classification in electronic/networked environments
· Formal versus informal classification
You will find the full programme and booking details via the ISKO UK site. Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested. We hope to see you there.
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. Our UK emphasis is to build bridges between the research and practitioner communities,with the UK Chapter attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meetings. You can see past and future events at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm, most with MP3 recordings.
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, champions the global IT profession and the interests of individuals engaged in that profession for the benefit of all. Among its many specialist groups is the Information Retrieval SG,whose aims include supporting communication between researchers and practitioners, promoting the use of information retrieval methods in industry and raising public awareness.
Please accept our apologies for any cross posting
Anna Harvey
ISKO UK promotion
Registration is open to the Satellite Meeting “Knowledge Management Theory in Action: how to plan, apply, and assess knowledge management in libraries", organized by the IFLA Section on Knowledge Management, to be held in
Registration is free.
For information visit our website www.arpalazio.net/ifla2012
This one day satellite meeting focuses on how to plan, put into practice, refine, and assess knowledge sharing systems.
It includes strategies for applying specifically in library environments as well as practical considerations, implementation tips, and more, offering a unique opportunity for librarians and other information professionals to see how to put Knowledge Sharing into Action.
Knowledge Management (KM) in an institution is recognized by all to be of crucial importance. Whether the institution is a library or an organization that contains a library, librarians can and should play a major role in this regard because they have the skill and the tools to do it. KM may not be employed because it is not fully understood or seems too complex or vague. It may also not be fully appreciated by the managers of the institution's budget.
Almost ten years after the official introduction of Knowledge Management within IFLA it is possible and appropriate
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Chair of KM Satellite Meeting Committee in
Planning, development and internal control division, Director
Education division, Director
ARPA Lazio (Regional Agency for Environment Protection, Lazio)
Via Boncompagni, 101
00187 Roma
Italy
Tel +39 06 48054549
Fax +39 06 48054443
September 17 - 19, 2012 ��� Recife/PE - Brasil
http://www.lscabral.netai.net/ontobras-most2012
Co-located event: 1st Workshop on Semantic Web and Amazonian Biodiversity Ontology
Ontology is a cross-disciplinary field concerning with the study of concepts and theories that support the building of shared conceptualizations of specific domains. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the application of ontologies to solve modeling and classification problems in diverse areas such as Computer Science, Information Science, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistic, Knowledge Management and many others. The Ontology Research Seminar in Brazil foresees an opportunity and scientific environment in which researchers and practitioners from Information Sciences and Computer Science can exchange the theories, methodologies, languages, tools and experience related to the ontology development and application. In particular, this Fifth Edition of the Ontology Research Seminar is being held simultaneously with the Seventh Edition of International Workshop on Metamodels, Ontologies, Semantic Technologies and the First Workshop on Semantic Web and!
Amazonian Biodiversity Ontology, putting forward the effort of the research community in integrating the previous events about Ontologies that has happened in Brazil in recent years, in order to create a unique highly scientifically qualified international forum for presenting and discussing the subject.
Therefore, we provide a non-comprehensive list of areas and researchers��� communities from which we expect to receive submissions:
- Information Science, for instance working with ontologies, thesauri, knowledge management among other applications,
- Databases, for instance working with semantic data integration, linked open data, among other applications,
- Artificial Intelligence, for instance working with knowledge based systems, agents, ontology reasoning, among other applications
- Software Engineering, for instance working with conceptual modeling, Business Process Models, among other applications,
- Informatics in Education, for instance working with Educational Ontologies , Semantic Web-based Educational Standards, among other applications,
- Linguistics and philosophy, working with natural language processing using ontologies, theories of representation, among other applications.
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit theoretical, technical and practical research contributions that directly or indirectly address the issues above. Particularly welcome are e-science, life-sciences, e-business and cultural applications.
CALL FOR PAPERS
We would like to invite you to participate in the 5th Research Seminar of Ontologies in Brazil and International Workshop on Metamodels, Ontologies, Semantic Technologies, which will be held this year in Recife, PE, Brazil, on September 17-19. ONTOBRAS-MOST is the Brazilian meeting for discussing Ontologies and this year will be sponsored by Federal University of Pernambuco. We are interested in the various aspects of the field, from its philosophical and theoretical foundations to the new technologies and innovative applications. In this edition, the meeting is opened to submissions in two categories:
- Full papers (maximum 12 pages) written in English and describing work with clear demonstrated results. Accepted full paper will be invited for oral presentation. The best full papers will be invited to be extended for publication in an influential international journal.
- Short papers (maximum 6 pages) written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish and describing ongoing work. Accepted short papers will be invited for poster presentations.
Electronic submission: https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/ontobras_most2012
The conference proceedings will be published in the online journal CEUR-WS (http://www.ceur-ws.org).
IMPORTANT DATES
- Main track submission deadline : 16 July 2012
- Acceptance notification: 23 August 2012
- Final version: 27 August 2012
TOPICS
Suggested areas include, but are not limited to:
- Ontology and Conceptual Modeling:
Ontological Foundations for Conceptual Modeling and Metamodeling
Foundational ontologies
Upper-level ontologies
Semantic consistency
Ontology-based conceptual modeling tools and environments
- Ontologies and Knowledge Organization:
Facets Theory
Concept Theory
Terminology
Folksonomies
Documentary languages. Thesaurus
Taxonomies
Metadata
- Ontology Engineering:
Methodology, languages and tools
Composition and modularity
Merging, mapping and alignment
Ontology language interoperability
Integration methods, problems and practice
- Semantic Web:
Modelling
Information retrieval
Ontology Search
- Ontology and Natural Language Processing:
Linguistic ontologies applied to text processing
Patterns of ontologies for specific applications
- Ontology applications:
Domain ontologies in e-science, e-business, natural sciences and others
Knowledge management
Ontologies and semantic technologies in Education
- Ontology Visualization
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS / TUTORIALISTS
- J��rome Euzenat (INRIA, Rh��ne-Alpes, France)
Keynote talk: "Distributed and dynamic knowledge for real"
Tutorial: ���Ontology matching���
- Franz Baader (University of Dresden, Germany)
Keynote talk and tutorial to be defined.
PANEL
A panel on Brazilian federal e-government solutions, applications, success cases, standards, efforts and actions performed by the Brazilian W3C Office will be presented at the event.
COMMITTEES
General Chairs ��� ONTOBRAS-MOST
- Fred Freitas (UFPE, Brazil) ��� fred at cin.ufpe.br
- Bernadette Loscio (UFPE, Brazil) ��� bfl at cin.ufpe.br
Chair ��� AMAZONIA SEMANTICA
- Jos�� Laurindo Campos dos Santos (INPA, Brazil) ��� lcampos at inpa.gov.br
Program Chairs ��� ONTOBRAS-MOST
- Andreia Malucelli (PUCPR, Brazil) ��� andreia.malucelli at pucpr.br
- Marcelo Bax (UFMG, Brazil) ��� bax at ufmg.br
Steering Committee
- Fernando Gauthier (UFSC, Brazil)
- Fred Freitas (UFPE, Brazil)
- Giancarlo Guizzardi (UFES, Brazil)
- Mara Abel (UFRGS, Brazil)
- Marcello Bax (UFMG, Brazil)
- Maria Claudia Cavalcanti (IME, Brazil)
- Maria Luiza de Almeida Campos (UFF, Brazil)
- Renata Vieira (PUCRS, Brazil)
- Sonia Elisa Caregnato (UFRGS, Brazil)
Program Committee ��� To Be Confirmed
"Lessons Learned in Information Literacy Programmes in Ibero America
(Latin America, Spain and Portugal)"
17-19 April, La Havana, Cuba
23 papers from 9 Ibero-American countries about Information Literacy:
Argentina
Brasil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
España
México
Uruguay
Venezuela
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2012/03/lecciones-aprendidas-en-
programas-de.html (In Spanish)
http://bit.ly/zhu1h0 (In English, Google traslate)
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Information Literacy Weblog (Sheila Webber)
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2012/03/lecciones-aprendidas-en-
programas-de.html
There is the final programme for the conference *Lecciones aprendidas en
programas de Alfabetización Informacional en Iberoamérica* (Lessons
Learned in Information Literacy Programmes in Latin America), taking
place 17-19 April as part of Congreso INFO 2012 in Havana, Cuba. The
INFO conference website is at http://www.congreso-info.cu/ and the
Information Literacy programme is at
http://groups.google.com/group/alfin-
iberoamerica/browse_thread/thread/d20823bf4fe16e00
