ISKO UK Biennial Conference 4th-5th July 2011 – Early Bird window finishes on April29th Do join us at University College London on 4th-5th July for the second biennial ISKO UK Conference, which honours the life and achievements of Brian C Vickery, a pioneer in our field. Early Bird registration with reduced fees is still available so long as the meeting fee is paid on or before Friday 29th April. After that date the standard fees will be payable until June 24th. You can find out more details of the event and register via “Registration” on the conference site: <http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm>. This will be a very full programme with the theme Facets of Knowledge Organization, with 29 presentations as well as seven posters. Day One includes a special session co-organized by our colleagues in the European network of NKOS (Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services). The topic, “What role can KOS play in information retrieval applications?” was inspired by Brian Vickery’s long standing interest in information retrieval. On the second day we shall hear from several other speakers who have drawn on Vickery’s legacy. This year the Proceedings will be published and sent to all those attending the Conference, including not only the presented papers but also a selection of papers either by, or about, Brian Vickery. Our keynote speakers include Stephen Robertson, who, after leaving the Aslib Research Department under Brian Vickery, spent many years leading the Centre for Interactive Systems at City University and is now a full-time researcher at the Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge; and Amanda Spink, recently appointed to the Chair in Information Science at Loughborough University, moving from the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Details of the programme are available on the website. Places are limited and we look forward to welcoming you to a lively and engaging event ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series as well as its very successful first conference in 2009. Leonard Will -- Dr Leonard D Will 27 Calshot Way, ENFIELD, EN2 7BQ, UK [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0) 20 8372 0092 -------------- <URL: http://www.iskouk.org/> -------------- **************************************************************** website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************