*** Forgive cross-posting, and distribute as you see fit *** ISKO 2008 — Montréal. Call for Papers 10th biennial ISKO Conference Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization Official Call is OPEN The 10th biennial International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) is organised and hosted by the École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal. Previous ISKO conferences took place in Darmstadt (1990), Madras (1992), Copenhagen (1994), Washington (1996), Lille (1998), Toronto (2000), Granada (2002), London (2004) and Vienna (2006). Time and Place of ISKO 2008: Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 of August 2008, at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada). Website: http://www.ebsi.umontreal.ca/isko2008/ Contact: [log in to unmask] Conference Theme: Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization. The proposed research topics for this edition include: – Epistemological Foundations in KO – Models and Methods – Systems and Tools – Ethics – KO for Libraries, Archives, and Museums – Non-Textual Materials – KO in Multilingual Environments – Users and Social Context – Discourse Communities and KO – KO for Information Management and Retrieval – Evaluation Types of Contributions Accepted to ISKO 2008 Research papers, posters, and workshop proposals are accepted for this conference. The authors should clearly outline the central objective or hypothesis of the research, and present preliminary or intermediary results. If authors intend to present their most recent findings (not yet available at the submission date) at the conference, they should clearly indicate their potential significance. Research-in-progress papers may also be submitted but may not be retained if underdeveloped. Research Papers Professionals and researchers are invited to submit abstracts with a maximum of 1500 words for full and research-in-progress papers by November 9th, 2007. Full papers that are not accepted might be retained as posters. Posters Professionals and researchers are invited to submit abstracts with a maximum of 500 words for posters by November 9th, 2007. Workshop Proposals Submission for workshops are also invited. Review of Contributions The international programme committee will review the abstracts, and authors will be notified of decisions by December 14th 2007. The deadlines for submission of papers for the printed conference proceedings are below. All abstracts should be submitted through email ([log in to unmask]) by November 9th 2007. Late submission will not be eligible for consideration. Guidelines for Submission of Abstract First page should include the following information (copy&paste in your document): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tenth International ISKO Conference Montréal, August 5–8, 2008 Author name(s): {fill in} Affiliation(s): {fill in} Full contact information: {fill in} Title: {fill in} Conference topic: {fill in} Type of submission: {Paper / Poster / Workshop} Number of words: {fill in} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The abstract should follow on the second page (no name should appear on this page). Format: Word or RTF. Conference Chair Dr. Clément Arsenault, Associate Professor, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information. Université de Montréal, Canada. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Programme Chair Dr. Joseph T. Tennis, Assistant Professor, The Information School of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Poster Session Chair Dr. Michèle Hudon, Associate Professor, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information. Université de Montréal, Canada. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Programme Committee To be announced soon (please check the website). Authors will be requested to submit their final accepted contributions using the ISKO 2008 formatting guidelines. Valid Document Formats: Microsoft Word (.doc) and Rich Text Format (.rtf). Submission for Accepted Papers and Posters – Papers — max. 7 pages (~3500 word). Papers will be published in the printed proceedings. – Posters — max. 2 pages (~1000 words). Posters will be published on the website. – To prepare your camera ready manuscript you must use and conform to the ISKO 2008 paper template or to the ISKO 2008 poster template. The templates and guidelines will be posted on the website at a later date. – Failure to conform to templates will lead to paper rejection from Proceedings and Conference. – The working language of the conference is English. Important Dates – Abstract submission, deadline: November 9th 2007. – Notification of acceptance of paper submissions: December 14th 2007. – Notification of acceptance of posters: January 18th 2008. – Camera ready papers due in MS Word/RTF format: 1st March 2008. Contact: [log in to unmask]