North
American Symposium on Knowledge Organization
June
18-19, 2009
Syracuse,
New York
Location
Syracuse
University School of Information Studies
Hinds
Hall [see campus/area
map]
Program
|
Thursday, June 18 |
|
|
9:00-10:45 |
Registration |
|
10:45-11:00 |
Welcome |
|
11:00-Noon |
Paper Session 1
Classical
pragmatism and its varieties: On a pluriform metatheoretical perspective for KO Thomas
M. Dousa, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Tensions
between language and discourse in North American knowledge organization D.
Grant Campbell, University of Western Ontario |
|
Noon-2:00 |
Lunch |
|
2:00-3:00 |
Paper Session 2
North
American facet heritage: Past lessons as pathways for contemporary
exploration? Kathryn
La Barre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign User-Centered Paradigm to Cataloging Standards in Theory
and Practice: Problems and Prospects
Gretchen
L. Hoffman, Texas Womans University |
|
3:00-3:30 |
Break |
|
3:30-4:30 |
ISKO-Canada/USA chapter meeting |
|
4:30-5:30 |
Welcome Reception |
|
Friday,
June 19 |
|
|
9:30-10:30 |
Paper Session 3
Modulation
and specialization in North American knowledge organization: Visualizing
pioneers Richard
P. Smiraglia, Long Island University Treatment
of georeferencing in knowledge organization systems
Olha Buchel & Linda
L. Hill, The University of Western Ontario |
|
10:30-12:30 |
Workshop
State of North American KO research |
|
12:30-2:00 |
Lunch |
|
2:00-3:00 |
Paper session 4
The
KO roots of Taylor's value-added model David
M. Pimentel, Syracuse University The
data-information-knowledge-wisdom hierarchy and its antithesis Jay
H. Bernstein, Kingsborough Community College |
|
3:00-3:30 |
Break |
|
3:30-4:30 |
Paper session 5
Thomas
M. Dousa, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Melvil Dewey's ingenious notational system Rebecca
Green, Dewey Decimal Classification, Online Computer Library Center, Inc. |
|
4:30-5:00 |
Closing remarks |
Registration
Fee:
$70 US ($30 US for students) to be paid on-site; checks should be drawn from a
US bank.
To
pre-register, please send a message to nasko2009@gmail.com
with your name, title and professional affiliation.
Conference
Accommodations
[see campus/area
map]
- Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel, 800-395-2105, http://sheratonsyracuse.com .
Rates are $118/night for single occupancy or $128/night for double
occupancy. Make reservations by June 2 and mention NASKO to receive
conference rate.
- Watson
Hall, Syracuse University residence hall. Rate is $44/night for basic
dormitory rooms with shared bathrooms. Requests for dormitory
accommodations must be directed to David Pimentel at nasko2009@gmail.com.
Questions
All
questions regarding the Symposium can be directed to nasko2009@gmail.com.
Sponsors
ISKO-Canada/United
States chapter
Syracuse
University School of Information Studies
Program
Committee
- Clement Arsenault, Universit
de Montral
- Thomas
Dousa, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
- Nicolas
L. George, Indiana University Bloomington
- Michele
Hudon, Universit de
Montral
- Elin
K. Jacob, Indiana University Bloomington, Co-Chair
- Barbara
Kwasnik, Syracuse University, Co-Chair
- Kathryn
La Barre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Shawne
Miksa, University of North Texas, Denton
- David
M. Pimentel, Syracuse University
- Richard
Smiraglia, Long Island University
- Joseph
T. Tennis, University of Washington