The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

Regional Chapters

• Brazil (since 2007), Bulgaria* (1991-?); China, Czech Republic*, Czechoslovakia / Slovakia* (1999-?), France (since 1996), Deutsche Sektion (Germany + Austria + Switzerland) (since 1989), Iberico (Spain (since 1993) + Portugal) (since 2013), India (since 1992), Iran, Italy (since 1991/4; 2004 full ISKO Chapter), Kenya (since 2023), Low Countries (covering Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands) (since 2019), Maghreb (Tunisia + Algeria + Morocco) (since 2010), Nordic Chapter (Denmark + Finland + Faeroe Islands + Iceland + Norway + Sweden)* (2007-2011), North America (Canada + USA) (since 2009), Poland (since 1995), Russia* (1993-1999 full Chapter; ?-2006), South America*, Singapore’ (2015-2024), United Kingdom (since 2007), West Africa (since 2017)
• Local contacts in: Australia, Hungary, Georgia, Northern Europe, Russia, Slovakia

Scientific and Technical Advisory Council (STAC)²⁾: Working Groups

• Subject Access Metadata / Guidelines for the effective use of subject metadata in discovery systems (since 2023)
• Annual Review of Knowledge Organization (ARKO; since 2023)
• Education in Knowledge Organization (KO) across disciplines (information science, education linguistics, computer science, medical informatics, …) (since 2024)
  

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• Joint working group with DARIAH-EU (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts & Humanities)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for the movement for social justice (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) for learning (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for sustainability (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for crisis management (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for dealing with misinformation on social media (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for information and education on healthy behavior (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) support for team science, especially interdisciplinary teams (planned)
• Semantic technologies in publishing, sharing and accessing Knowledge Organization Systems (planned)
• Terminology shifts in Knowledge Organization Systems and management of semantic shift over-time (planned)
• Knowledge Organization System representation standards and Knowledge Organization System ontologies (planned)
• Knowledge Organization (KO) and subject access in information retrieval (planned)
• Information behavior in relation to Knowledge Organization (KO) (planned)
• Knowledge Organization System visualization/GUI (planned)

Working Groups* (est. 1996; ever active?)

ISKO WG “Education and Training”
ISKO WG “Knowledge Indexing and Supply”
ISKO WG “Humanities/Fiction”

Conferences

Int’l conference in even years; Chapter conferences in uneven years

• International Society for Knowledge Organization Conference (ISKO)*
• 1st European ISKO Conference 1994, September 14-16, 1994, Bratislava, Slovakia
  (Organizer: ISKO Slovak Chapter)
  Conference Theme: Environmental Knowledge Organization and Information Management – Classification, Terminology, Thesauri and Software
  Keynotes:
  Spherical configuration of categories to reflect systemic patterns of environmental checks and balance
  Global environmental challenges: An approach to a new integrative science (closing session)

  Sections:
  Inter- and Transdisciplinary Aspects
  Catalogues of Data Sources
  National Environmental Information Systems
  Classification Systems and Thesauri in the Environmental Sciences
  Standardization and Legal Provisions
  Conceptual Bases of Environmental Knowledge Organization
  Glossaries and Databases in Special Fields
  Knowledge Organization in Special Fields
  Software and Multilingual Tools
  Environmental Education Programs
  Environmental Networking on an International and National Scale
  Approaches to Harmonize Environmental Information

  Panel Session:
  Evaluation of the Conference and formulation of recommendations for future tasks

• ISKO Chapters’ Conferences
  (As for the active chapters and their conferences pls. refer to the chapter pages)
  • Russian Chapter
    • 4th Russian ISKO Conference 1999, May 1999, Moscow, Russia
      Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization in Culture and Art
      Planned!

    • 3rd Russian ISKO Conference 1997, 12 June 1997, Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine
      Conference Theme: Linguistic Support of Information Retrieval Systems
      Conference Sessions:
      Classification systems
      Linguistics problems
      Information retrieval systems

      Panel discussion:
      ISKO activities in Russia

    • 2nd Russian ISKO Conference 1995, May 15-18, 1995, Moscow, Russia
      Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization and Linguistic Aspects (KOLA ’95)
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    • 1st Russian ISKO Conference 1993, May 10-13, 1993, Moscow, Russia
      Conference Theme: Knowledge Organization: Problems and Tendencies
      …

  • Czechoslovak Chapter (NISKO)
    • 1st International Conference on Knowledge Organization, Terminology, and Information Access Management (NISKO ’91), May 13-16, 1991, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
      Pre-/post-conference Seminars:
      Micro CDS /ISIS software and its applications
      TermNet Seminar

      Sections:
      Knowledge organization, information access and retrieval
      The relationship of terminology and information access and retrieval tools

Meetings

• Annual General Meeting incl. Biennial General Assembly (in conjunction with the ISKO Int’l Conference)
• Jul 2023: 20th ISKO Annual Meeting
• ISKO STAC working group meetings
  • ISKO ARKO: May 31, 2023, June 1, 2023