Dear Colleagues,
The provisional programme
<http://www.iskouk.org/sites/default/files/ProgrammeDraft2%20%28DH2%29.pdf>
for ISKO-UK's September conference "Knowledge Organisation: what's the
story?" is now available. The conference will be taking place in the
fantastic Canada Water Library and Cultural Space
<http://www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries/find-a-library?chapter=5> in the
heart of London's docklands on 11-12 September 2017.
One of the highlights of the conference will be the second day's "False
Narratives" session, aiming to develop a KO response to post-truth
phenomena such as Fake news, Alternative facts, Social media echo
chambers and other worrying developments. Not everyone is worried,
though. According to some analyses, fake news may not have had much
impact on events such as the 2016 US presidential election. Should we
worry more about the home-grown bias of personalized feeds from our web
browsers?
Enlightenment on the technical issues, and energy to pursue solutions,
will come from our first two speakers in this special session on 12
September:
* a research project led by the innovative Dave Clarke explores ways
of combating the post-truth phenomena, in consultation with leading
information professionals;
* just 3 months after the snap election, Nick Poole reports on CILIP's
"Facts Matter" campaign and where we go from here.
Don't forget to register for the conference this month, to benefit from
the early-bird discount. See more at
<www.iskouk.org/content/isko-uk-conference-2017-knowledge-organization-whats-story>,
and register at <www.iskouk.org/content/2017-conference-registration>.
This year, for the first time, delegates can choose to register for just
one day of our conference. Please pass this message on to any colleagues
who can't make it on the Monday but want to join in the False Narratives
debate on the Tuesday.
Regards
Liz Marley
Publicity, ISKOUK
#ISKOUK2017
