Founding of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)
Abstract: Yes, on this very day of July 22nd, 1989, a group of German and non-German members of the German Society for Classification founded the International Society for Knowledge Organisation (ISKO) at the Intercity Restaurant of Frankfurt’s central Railway Station…
The Society is meant to unite nationally and internationally personal and institutional members interested in “research, development and application of all methods for the organization of knowledge in general or of particular fields by integrating especially the conceptual approaches of classification research and artificial in telligence” (Charter Art.4,1)…
The founding of the new international Society had been considered for many years already, however, its realization became a necessity only recently as it turned out that the progress ofthe work of those members of the German Society for Classification who are not so much interested in mathematical-statistical procedures is seriously hampered by the fact that the council elections at the membership assembly at Augsburg, April 11, 1989, resulted in an almost total “victory” of mathematicians and statisticians over the experts from library and information science…
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The Society is meant to unite nationally and internationally personal and institutional members interested in “research, development and application of all methods for the organization of knowledge in general or of particular fields by integrating especially the conceptual approaches of classification research and artificial in telligence” (Charter Art.4,1)…
The founding of the new international Society had been considered for many years already, however, its realization became a necessity only recently as it turned out that the progress ofthe work of those members of the German Society for Classification who are not so much interested in mathematical-statistical procedures is seriously hampered by the fact that the council elections at the membership assembly at Augsburg, April 11, 1989, resulted in an almost total “victory” of mathematicians and statisticians over the experts from library and information science…
Ingetraut Dahlberg: The Founding of the „International Society for Knowledge Organization“, Frankfurt, July 22, 1989. International Classification, 16(2 Announcement), 1989: 71-72
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- Clare Beghtol: Festschrift in honour of Ingetraut Dahlberg and the 10th year of ISKO activity. Knowledge Organization, 26(1), 1999: 2. Full text from publisher »
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- Winfried Schmitz-Esser (Ed.): Lines of Thought in Knowledge Organization. 10-Year Anniversary Festschrift: ISKO – International Society for Knowledge Organization 1989 – 1999. Würzburg: Ergon (Advances in Knowledge Organization Series), 1999
- Gerhard J.A. Riesthuis; Winfried Schmitz-Esser: Bibliography of 10 Years International Society for Knowledge Organization. Knowledge Organization, 26(4), 1999: 203-252. Full text from publisher »
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Contents: Welcome; …; Founding of the German ISKO Chapter; Invitation to join ISKO Working Groups; Planning the First International Conference, Darmstadt, Aug.14-17, 1990;… ; Charter and Preamble
ISKO Regional Chapters
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): General Bylaws for Regional Chapters. Knowledge Organization, 20(2 – ISKO News 13), 1993: 93. Full text from publisher » (1994, 2023 replace 1993/4)
- Díaz jiménez A, González Pérez L, Cuellar Santos-Suárez LL. ISKO-CU: Propuesta del capítulo cubano de la Sociedad Internacional para la Organización del Conocimiento. Revista Cubana de Información en Ciencias de la Salud [Internet]. 20 de diciembre de 2023 [citado 20 de marzo de 2025];34. Disponible en: https://acimed.sld.cu/index.php/acimed/article/view/2469
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- Hanne Albrechtsen (Ed.): ISKO’s Nordic Chapter. Knowledge Organization, 34(4 – ISKO News), 2007: 268 Full text from publisher »
- Hanne Albrechtsen (Ed.): ISKO Activities in Poland. Knowledge Organization, 33(2 – ISKO News), 2006: 122-123 Full text from publisher »
- Claudio Gnoli: The Italian ISKO chapter. Knowledge Organization, 31(1 – KO Reports), 2004: 66 Full text from publisher »
- Clare Beghtol (Ed.): Formation of Czech ISKO Chapter (ISKO-CZ). Knowledge Organization, 26(1 – ISKO News 34), 1999: 50 Full text from publisher »
- Hanne Albrechtsen (Ed.): French ISKO Chapter founded. Knowledge Organization, 24(1 – ISKO News 27), 1997: 35 Full text from publisher »
- Giliola Negrini: Knowledge Organization in Italy: Start of a Working Group, Plans for a Seminar, Dec. 1-2, 1994. Knowledge Organization, 21(2 – ISKO News 17), 1994: 101 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): Initiatives in the USA. Knowledge Organization, 21(1 – ISKO News 16), 1994: 41 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): New ISKO Coordinators. (Canada, Portugal, Austria, China, Nigeria) International Classification, 19(4 – ISKO News 11), 1992: 217 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): India to Establish its ISKO Chapter. International Classification, 19(4 – ISKO News 11), 1992: 217 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): New ISKO Chapter in Bulgaria. International Classification, 19(1 – ISKO News 8), 1992: 27 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): Russia has its ISKO Coordinator. International Classification, 19(1 – ISKO News 8), 1992: 27 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): Founding of the German ISKO Chapter. International Classification, 16(3 – ISKO News 1), 1989: 163 Full text from publisher »
ISKO Working Groups
- ISKO STAC (Ed.): Working Groups. International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), Scientific and Technical Advisory Council (STAC), 2020/2021ff Read more »
- Peter Ohly; Alexander Sigel: New working group on ‘Knowledge Organization and Internet’ constituted at the German ISKO Conference. Knowledge Organization, 24(4 – ISKO News 30), 1997: 248 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): First Meeting of the ISKO/GC (German Chaper) WG Indexing, Classifying, and Retrieval. International Classification, 17(3 – ISKO News 1), 1990: 101 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): First German ISKO Working Group Established. (WG on ‘Cognition and Knowledge Organization’) International Classification, 17(3 – ISKO News 1), 1990: 101 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): Invitation to join ISKO Working Groups. (Indexing, Classifying and Retrieval; Cognition and Knowledge Organization; Universal Organization of Knowledge) International Classification, 16(3 – ISKO News 1), 1989: 163-162 Full text from publisher »
ISKO Members
- Peter Ohly: Obituary. Dr. Ingetraut Dahlberg. Knowledge Organization, 44(8), 2017: 581-585. Full text from publisher »
- Peter Ohly: Ingetraut Dahlberg (1927-2017). Knowledge Organization, 47(2), 2020: 173-182. Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg (Ed.): ISKO’s Member No. 500! (Klaus Prätor) Knowledge Organization, 21(4 – ISKO News 19), 1994: 229 Full text from publisher »
- Ingetraut Dahlberg: ISKO Member No. 1. (Otto Nacke) Knowledge Organization, 26(1 – ISKO News 34), 1999: 51 Full text from publisher »
- KMedu Hub page for the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)