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Information professionals usually discuss knowledge organization (KO) in the context of collection organization and access. At this event, our three speakers will look into how the KO techniques are utilised by the publishing and retail industries to make content accessible directly to users. Conrad Taylor will give an overview of the origins of mark-up and its role in tagging content. Niké Brown will provide, on the example of Wiley, an insight into the role of taxonomies in publishing and Tony Russell-Rose will consider some of the latest advances in information retrieval as an alternative to traditional KO-mediated access to content. A panel discussion will focus on whether the KO-mediated access to content may be redundant. This will be followed by a reception with wine, soft drinks and nibbles.
Note: this event will be preceded by the 13th Annual General Meeting of the British Chapter of ISKO (ISKO UK) scheduled for 13:30. Guests are welcome.
Programme
14:15 Registration
14.30 Welcome from ISKO UK and introductions: David Haynes, ISKO UK
14.40 Conrad Taylor: The origins and contemporary applications of markup
15.10 Tony-Russel-Rose, Goldsmiths College: Novel searching and the challenges to publishers
15.40 Refreshments
16.20 Niké Brown, Wiley: Taxonomies for diverse content
16.50 Title and speaker to be confirmed
17.20 Panel session: Are taxonomies redundant for customer-facing content?
17.45 Event ends
18.00 Reception
19.00 Close
Venue
Room 3 on the second floor of the Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Rd, Rotherhithe, London SE16 7AR. The Library is situated directly above Canada Water tube station.
How to get there
Tube: Canada Water (Jubilee line or Overground)
Bus: Canada Water Bust stop: 1, 47, 188, 199, 225, 381, C10 and P12
Fee
The event is free for members of ISKO and students and £40 for non-members.
