[KMDG-L] Agricultural Libraries -IFLA Conference -Call for Papers - 2016

http://2016.ifla.org/cfp-calls/agricultural-libraries-special-interest-group

Call for Papers: Open Sessions

Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Theme:
"Animal Agriculture Information Systems: An International Perspective"

Focus

Papers are invited to be presented at the Open Session organized by the Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group during the 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Columbus, Ohio, United States in August 2016 on the theme: Animal Agriculture Information Systems: An International Perspective

Submissions

All proposals must be received by 15 February 2016.

All proposals must be sent to:

Dr. Ajay P. Singh
Convener
Email: apsingh_73@yahoo.co.in

Copy should be sent to:

Dr. Deva E. Reddy
Program Chair
Email: devaereddy@tamu.edu

[KMDG-L] Organizing information: roles, skills and training for the future: ISKO-UK, 14 March 2016

Dear IFLA colleagues

ISKO UK Next Meeting and AGM - Organizing information: roles, skills and training for the future

What part will knowledge organization play in our ability to find and manage information in the future, whether it's on websites, document management systems, collaboration systems, corporate intranets, or even on shared drives? What sort of roles will be needed to cope with the ever increasing amounts of information that we're dealing with, and how do we prepare ourselves for these roles? Do university courses and other institutions reflect the needs of the market in their syllabus, and what other ways are there to improve our skills?  

This will be a slightly different format than usual, as we are expecting to look at the topic from a number of different angles. Speakers from government, enterprise, recruitment and academia will be reflecting on the marketplace and how we as professionals respond to it, but instead of our usual longer papers, we are planning shorter contributions in order to cover a wider spectrum of thoughts and experience  and will also welcome input about your own situations. Come and join in the discussion at 2pm on March 14th 2016 at The British Dental Association, Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS. Members are urged to attend the ISKO UK AGM at 1pm, immediately before the main session, and non-mem! ber observers are welcome too.

For more information, and details of registration, please go to

http://iskouk.org/content/organizing-information-roles-skills-and-training-future

Free to members, only £40 for non-members.

Hope to see you there!

Liz Marley ISKO-UK Publicity

[KMDG-L] Digital content and knowledge society symposium: Dubai ,May 4-5 ,2016

Dear IFLA members,

I would like to send you the Digital Content and knowledge society ( DCAKS) Symposium, the main theme of the symposium is "Digital Content: Industry & Rights." It will feature an elite group of speakers from Arab countries and the world who will share their knowledge and experiences in the major topics covered under the theme. They will present research papers, experimental research, and case studies in addition to specialized workshops on digital content management.

For more information about DCAKS, please visit

http://www.dcaks.com/en/

[KMDG-L] IFLA Knowledge Management Open Session 2016 Columbus, Ohio

Using social media at work: How to share knowledge, improve collaboration and create a mutual savoir-faire?

By IFLA Knowledge Management Open Session 2016 Columbus, Ohio

In Columbus, Ohio 2016 the Knowledge Management Standing Committee invites you to experiment with new ways of working and to share your own techniques in an exciting new format for an interactive open session. If you use social networks in your institution or if you have out of the ordinary methods for sharing knowledge for everyday work, this "call for demos" is for you!

Tell us how you use social media to share the best practices of your organization, to involve colleagues in new projects, to connect your library with other projects at your institution, to improve your work processes, and to create team spirit. We want you to present your success stories and share with the public live, on stage, with a computer and a use case in a very practical way.

The selection will be based on the following submission criteria:
- An abstract explaining your method in a few words
- A live demo of your concept in 5 minutes through internet (or video)
On the day of the open session, your presentation will be a 20-minute live demo and a 10-minute live exchange with your audience. We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Deadline for the abstract: 18 March 2016 

Send it to julien.sempere@universite-paris-saclay.fr or send it to the KM section through our FB page 

 

Wilda B Newman

[KMDG-L] IFLA KM Satellite Conference scheduled for University of Cincinnati 12 August 2016

IFLA Knowledge Management Satellite Conference
12 August 2016
Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Theme: Sharing Practices and Actions for Making Best Use of Organizational Knowledge in Libraries

Langsam Library, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

This one-day Satellite Conference will focus on organizational knowledge in all varieties of libraries and information centers with particular attention to best practices and activities for optimal dissemination and use. With a global interest in mind, this Satellite Conference will aim to provide a thoughtful and engaging discussion about an array of worldwide issues regarding the organization of knowledge within library and information settings. 

This Satellite Conference is organized by IFLA Knowledge Management Section.

 

Wilda

Wilda B Newman

Information Coordinator

IFLA Knowledge Management Standing Committee

Wilda B Newman

Knowledge Associates Resources, LLC

5964 Rosinante Run

Columbia, MD 21045 USA

Phone: 1-410-730-7583

Email: wildanewman@yahoo.com

Skype: wildanewman

[KMDG-L] ISKO UK/BCS IRSG: Search Solutions 2015, 26 November 2015, London, UK

Dear IFLA colleagues:

SEARCH SOLUTIONS 2015

Thursday 26 November, Covent Garden, London, UK

(with tutorial programme on Weds 25 November)

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Innovations in Search and Information Retrieval

Search Solutions is a joint event of ISKO UK and BCS IRSG (Information Retrieval Specialist Group).

Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for presentation of the latest innovations in search and information retrieval. In contrast to

other major industry events, Search Solutions aims to be highly interactive, with attendance strictly limited.

The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.

Search Solutions includes a Tutorial Programme on Wednesday 25 November and the main event is on Thursday 26 November.

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09:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee

SESSION 1: WEB SEARCH CHALLENGES

10:00 - 10:10 Introduction

10:10 - 10:40 Behshad Behzadi, Google, Future of Search

10:40 - 11:10 Fabrizio Silvestri, Yahoo!, Context- and Content-aware Embeddings for Query Rewriting in Sponsored Search

11:10 - 11:40 Bhaskar Mitra, Microsoft Research/Bing, Vectorland: A brief look at text embeddings for Search

11:40 - 12:00 BREAK

SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING USERS AND USER NEEDS

12:00 - 12:30 Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs, User requirements for complex search strategies

12:30 - 13:00 Charlie Hull, Flax, Towards a new model of test-based relevance tuning

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH

SESSION 3: THE CHANGING FACE OF SEARCH

14:00 - 14:30 Alison Weightman, Cochrane Information Retrieval Methods Group,Searching and screening efficiency: Emerging techniques for systematic review

14:30 - 15:00 Dave Clarke, Synaptica, Searching inside images: Innovations in visual information retrieval

15:00 - 15:30 Tom Crane, Digirati, New things to search

15:30 - 16:00 BREAK

SESSION 4: SEARCHING THE WORLD'S NEWS

16:00 - 16:30 Tessa Radwan, Newspaper Licensing Agency, Handling printed and online news content in one search solution

16:30 - 17:00 David Corney, Signal, Finding relevance in a real-time, large-scale stream of news articles

17:00 - 17:30 Panel Session (confirmed panellists: Miles Osborne (Bloomberg), Peter Wallqvist (RAVN))

17:30 - 20:00 DRINKS RECEPTION

   

TUTORIAL PROGRAMME (25 November)

   Designing Search

   Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs

   Crowdsourcing for Data Processing and Search

   Gianluca Demartini, University of Sheffield

   Text Analysis with GATE,

   Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield

   Evaluating Search

   Paul Clough, University of Sheffield

   

LOCATION

Search Solutions 2015 is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization), and is held at the BCS Central London Office:

BCS, 1st Floor

The Davidson Building

5 Southampton Street

London, WC2E 7HA

http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.8404

REGISTRATION

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) for Search Solutions are as follows:

Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2015)

* BCS and ISKO member rate: £99

* Non-member rate: £129

Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2015)

* BCS and ISKO member rate: £119

* Non-member rate: £149

If signing up as an ISKO member, please quote your ISKO membership number in the appropriate box in the registration form to receive the member rates.

Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings.

Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening.

Tutorials are payable separately. The registration fees for tutorials are as follows:

Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2015)

* BCS and ISKO member rate: £90

* Non-member rate: £110

Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2015)

* BCS and ISKO member rate: £110

* Non-member rate: £130

If signing up as an ISKO member, please quote your ISKO membership number in the appropriate box in the registration form to receive the member rates.

Closing Date for tutorial bookings is 23:59 on Wednesday 11th November 2015.

No more bookings will be taken after this date.

We are pleased to announce up to five fee waivers for students wishing to attend Search Solutions this year. See website for further details:

http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2015/sse2015.php

Hope to see you there

Liz Marley
Publicity, ISKO UK

[KMDG-L] Final Invitation : Classification & Authority Control - 29-30 October, Lisbon

[apologies for cross-posting]

=== Registration closes on 25 October ===

The International UDC Seminar entitled "Classification & Authority
Control: Expanding Resource Discovery" will take place in The National
Library of Portugal in Lisbon, on 29-30 October 2015.

Conference website: http://seminar.udcc.org/2015
Contact: seminar2015@udcc.org

Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting
controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery.
Authority data held in library systems often includes classification schemes.
These knowledge structures now have the potential for being shared across the
linked data environment.

The objective of this conference is to explore such potential, expanding the
value and use of classification as an authority controlled vocabulary, from a
local perspective to the global environment.

Speakers include Michael Buckland, Barbara Tillett, Dagobert Soergel,
Rebecca Green, Maja Žumer & Marcia Zeng, Nuno Freire, Maria Inês
Cordeiro, Andrea Scharnhorst & Richard Smiraglia, Wolfram Sperber,
Koraljka Golub, Claudio Gnoli, Marie Balikova, Victoria Francu.

Proceedings are published by Ergon Verlag.

To learn more about conference programme and to register go to the
conference website http://seminar.udcc.org/2015

Venue: National Library of Portugal, Campo Grande 83, Lisbon

Organizer: UDC Consortium

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* International UDC Seminar 2015: Classification and Authority Control - http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/
* UDC Online Hub (6 languages): http://www.udc-hub.com/index.php
* UDC Summary (over 50 languages): http://www.udcsummary.info/php/index.php

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