On 2012-11-20 16:33, Paul Groves wrote:
> The website says this is on 28th November, which makes more sense as there
> is no 31st November!
>
> regards
>
> Paul
Oops, yes, sorry. The 28th it is.
Leonard
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Leonard Will
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>> The ISKO UK (International Society for Knowledge Organization - UK
>> Chapter) meeting on organizing visual resources will take place in London
>> on Wednesday 31st November. There is still time to book, which you can do
>> online at
>>
>> <http://www.iskouk.org/events/**Images_in_focus_Nov2012.htm<http://www.iskouk.org/events/Images_in_focus_Nov2012.htm>
>> where you can see the full programme. The introductory text is as follows:
>>
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>>
>> Though largely confined to text-based resources through much of its
>> history, Knowledge Organization has always had to cope with visual
>> materials. Art galleries, photo libraries, film and video collections have
>> hitherto largely 'done their own thing', adapting techniques designed for
>> textual resources to visual content. However, it can be argued that
>> communication today places as much emphasis upon visual materials as upon
>> text and that visual materials need special attention.
>>
>> The rise first of film and then television, has accelerated the growth of
>> visual content beyond imagination. With the more recent digital revolution,
>> the emergence of the World Wide Web as a global 'library', and with 72
>> hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, the need to develop
>> improved approaches to cataloguing and indexing of visual content has
>> become even more urgent.
>>
>> In the first session, this event examines some examples of current best
>> practice: in image collection cataloguing, in IPR management for images and
>> in the use of a standards-based approach to a national film collection. In
>> the second session, three speakers will describe how computer-based image
>> analysis and crowdsourcing techniques are being investigated as a means of
>> by-passing the bottleneck posed by the need for human cataloguing and
>> indexing. The afternoon will end with a Panel Q&A session followed by a
>> wine-and-nibbles fuelled networking opportunity.
>>
>> The event is free to ISKO members and to full-time students. The fee for
>> non-members is just £40. All fees must be paid in advance - there is no
>> provision for payment on arrival.
>> ------------------------------**----------------------
>>
>> Leonard Will, on behalf of ISKO UK
>>
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