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  International UDC Seminar 2015
CLASSIFICATION AND AUTHORITY CONTROL:
Expanding Resource Discovery

DATE:     29-30 October 2015
VENUE:    National Library of Portugal
                Campo Grande 83
                Lisbon, Portugal
WEBSITE:    http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/
CONTACT:    [log in to unmask]

Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting
controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in
library systems, including classification schemes find new ways of expanding its
potential as shared knowledge structures across the linked data environment.
The objective of this conference is to explore such a potential, expanding the
value and use of classification as authority controlled vocabulary, from the
local perspective to the global environment.

We invite experts in authority control, classification schemes and linked data
to provide overviews, illustrations and analysis of classification data
management and exploitation. Contributions are welcome on high quality,
innovative research and practice on the following topics:

•    Classification as a component of subject authority control
•    Classification authority data formats and modeling
•    Classification and multilingual subject access
•    Sharing classification data from authority files
•    Classification data in the open linked data context

CONTRIBUTIONS:

Two kinds of contributions are invited: conference papers and posters. Authors
should submit a paper proposal in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200
words, including references, for papers; and 500-600 words for posters). The
submission form is provided on the conference website.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Programme Committee consisting of an
international panel of experts. Each submission will undergo a blind review by
at least three reviewers.
The Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be
distributed at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
     28 February 2015    Paper proposal submission deadline
     23 March 2015    Notification of acceptance & paper submission instructions
     15 May 2015 Papers submission (camera ready copy)

ORGANIZER: Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery is
the fifth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars
organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization,
based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the Universal Decimal
Classification and to support its use and development. UDC is one of the most
widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain.

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