The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

• Student Section of the International Organization of Knowledge Organization at the School of Library, Archival and Information Science, University of British Columbia* (ISKO-UBC; 2011-?)

Conferences

• North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization (NASKO)*
  The biennial North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization (NASKO) is the conference of the ISKO C-US chapter. It is held in conjunction with the chapter’s biennial General Assembly.
  Symposium Themes:
  2025: Multi-Purpose Knowledge Organization (KO): Risks, Challenges and Opportunities
  2023: Who Are We?: Reflecting, Shaping, and Challenging Identity Through Knowledge Organization
  2021: Resilience, Resistance, and Reflection: Knowledge Organization at a Crossroads
  2019: Knowledge Organization: Community and Computation
  2017: Visualizing Knowledge Organization: Bringing Focus to Abstract Realities
  2015: Producing Knowledge Organization
  2013: Transition Cultures, Transition Knowledge Organization: Evolving Exploration, Critical Reflection, and Practical Work
  2011: Expanding Our Horizons, Evaluating Our Parameters
  2009: Pioneering North American Contributions to Knowledge Organization
  2007: Knowledge Organization, Classification Systems, and Controlled Vocabularies Adjust to New Technologies and Service Areas– What are YOU Doing?

• International Society for Knowledge Organization Conference (ISKO) 2008, 2000, 1996
  • 10th International ISKO Conference, Montréal, Canada, August 5-8, 2008
    Conference Theme: Culture and identity in knowledge organization
    OCLC / ISKO-NA Pre-conference Event (Aug 5):
    Everything Need Not Be Miscellaneous: Controlled Vocabularies and Classification in a Web World

  • 6th International ISKO Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 10-13, 2000
    Conference Theme: Dynamism and stability in knowledge organization
  • 5th International ISKO Conference, Washington, DC, July 15-18, 1996
    Conference Theme: Knowledge organization and change

Meetings

General Assembley (biennial @ NASKO)

Jun 2023 @ NASKO (9th), July 2021 @ NASKO (8th), June 2019 @ NASKO (7th), Jun 2017 @ NASKO (6th), Jun 2015 @ NASKO (5th), Jun 2013 @ NASKO (4th), Jun 2011 @ NASKO (3rd), Feb 2010 (2nd) @ ISKO Conference, Jun 2009 @ NASKO (1st)

Chapter Meetings @ Conferences/Events

…?, ASIS&T 2011, iConference 2010, ISKO 2010 Conference

ISKO-UBC Meetings

Feb 2014: Niche Classification Systems (panel discussion w. CHLA/ABSC student interest group at SLAIS)
Jan 2014: Paul Otlet: The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World (brown bag event)