Abstract: Education and training in the field of Knowledge organization (KO) have been conducted in various academic disciplines, including Library, Archives, and Information Science Education. Within this field, the term KO has been specifically used in connection with formal education across field and disciplines, but specially in Archival Studies, Library and Information Science and
Knowledge Organization (KO) journal
Contributions to Knowledge Management education and training, and the Knowledge Management career path from “Knowledge Organization (KO)”, the official journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO).
Role that knowledge organization professionals could play
Abstract: In the early 20th century, Paul Otlet carved out a role for knowledge organization as a force for positive social change. While his ideals appeared to be utopian to many of his contemporaries, his activism and vision foreshadowed the potential (for good and evil) of the World Wide Web. This paper discusses the
International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)
The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO)1) offers the following Knowledge Management education and training
Knowledge organization and classification education
Abstract: Each objective listed in courses entirely or partially dedicated to knowledgeorganization (KO) and bibliographic classification in 30 distinct LIS programs was categorized as to: 1. its nature; 2. its subject; 3. its focus; 4. its taxonomic level. The results tend to reinforce observations made over the past 30 years in relation to KO
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