7th ISKO UK Biennial  Conference

Knowledge Organization and Information Discovery

Improving user experience, quality and trust

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

24 - 25 July 2023

The 7th ISKO UK biennial conference "Knowledge Organization and Information Discovery: Improving User Experience, Quality and Trust" is a hybrid conference taking place on 24-25 July 2023 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in partnership with the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University.

The conference aims to explore the role of knowledge organization in supporting information discovery with special focus on user experience and resilience in the context of data and information overload and increased dependence on automatic information processing. The objective of the conference is to promote discussion and understanding about the benefits of knowledge organization and the way it can encourage user engagement and interaction with information.

DAY 1    24 JULY 2023

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Ian RuthvenBecoming Different: Information Behaviours in the Times of Personal Change [slides] 

  SESSION 1: INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR AND NAVIGATION

Stephann MakriSeeking Serendipity through Knowledge Organisation: Creating a Knowledge Infrastructure for Surprising, Meaningful Discoveries through Browsing [slides]  

David ElsweilerUnderstanding and Navigating Biases in Information Behaviour to Facilitate (better) Online Choices  [slides]

Maja Kuhar & Tanja MerčunNavigating an Online Bookstore: User Experience Insights from Eye-tracking and Think-aloud  [slides]

POSTERS INTRODUCTION

Ginevra Peruginelli & Enrico FrancesconiKnowledge Organization Systems in the Law Domain: Benefits and Challenges [Poster]

Zanna FribergGuiding the Unknown Traveller in a Land not Fully Known - Helping Users Navigate New and Old Knowledge Organisation Systems [Poster]

Shu-Jiun (Sophy) Chen: Qing Dynasty Official Documents as a Genre for Developing Ontologies for Digital Humanities Research [Poster]

SESSION 2:  USER EXPERIENCE AND DATA ENRICHMENT

Enrico DagaCitizen experiences in cultural heritage archives: a data journey  [slides]

Tenna Eliasen & Marianne LykkeParticipatory, generative design methods: How to involve end-users as active participants in the design of information architecture  [slides] 

Douglas Tudhope & Ceri BindingKOS-based enrichment of archaeological fieldwork reports [slides]

SESSION 3:  KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

Paul GrothKnowledge Engineering in the Language Model Era  [slides]

Peter WinstanleyIs an Upper Ontology Useful? [slides]

DAY 2    25 JULY 2023

SESSION 4 : VISUALIZATION

Marcia ZengVisual Representations of Knowledge Structures for Information Discovery [slides]  

Deborah LeeKnowledge Organisation in Two-dimensional Space: Exploring Visualisation Within Classification Schemes  [slides]

Claudio Gnoli, Douglas Tudhope, Patrícia de Almeida, Romana Barbui, Ceri Binding & Véronique Blot: Simpler Search in a Complex World: Browsing Ethnographic Videos by Freely Faceted Classmarks 
  [slides]

SESSION 5: INFORMATION QUALITY AND IMPACT ON USERS

Martin WhiteInformation Quality and its Impact on Enterprise Search Satisfaction [slides]

David HaynesImproving Search Quality by Enhancing Access to Metadata [slides]

Carlin SoosTheoretical and Methodological Considerations for Understanding the Influence of Tacit Knowledge on Category Development and Classificatory Structure 

SESSION 6 : SUBJECT ACCESS AND KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION

Fereshta WestinComparing Feature Engineering Techniques for Time Period Categorization of Novels [slides]

Eleni GeorgakiA Maritime Heritage Thesaurus Based on a Greek Project Documentation Case 

Michael UpshallWhy and How We Built a Domain-based Subject Gateway: Ortho Search [slides]


SESSION 7: DOCTORAL RESEARCH SHOWCASE

Hye (Joy) Lim Nam, Glasgow University: Exploring scholarly perceptions of knowledge organisation across disciplines [slides]
Ash Charlton, University of Edinburgh: Slavery and Race in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-1860): A Text Mining Approach [slides]
Jennifer Hamilton, University of Strathclyde: A Toolkit for Better Understanding of User Engagements with Online Content [slides]

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