The program for this year’s workshop is now available. We have a great line-up. Please join us!
Conceptual Crowbars and Classification at the Crossroads: The Impact and Future of Classification Research
Workshop sponsored by ASIS&T SIG/Classification Research
ASIS&T 2015 Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, USA
8:30 Arrival / 8:40 Welcome
8:45-9:45: Session 1 – Space/time/semantics
Karen M. Wickett, University of Texas at Austin, Modeling Classifications and Value Vocabularies with Situation Semantics
Yejun Wu, Louisiana State University and Li Yang, Southwest Petroleum University, China, Exploring Completeness and Balanced Perspectives in Classifications: Case Studies of Violence and Man-Made Disaster
Joseph Busch, Principal—Taxonomy Strategies, Revisiting Historical Source Information
9:45-10:00, Break
10:00-10:40: Session 2 – Ontology/Epistemology/Culture
Joseph T. Tennis, University of Washington, On Operationalization and Evaluation of Epistemic and Ontological Claims to Knowledge Organization
Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cultural Pervasiveness or Objective Violence?: Three Questions about KOS as Cultural Arbiters
10:40-11:00, Break
11:00-12:00: Session 3 – Social/Personal/DIY
Lala Hajibayova, Kent State University, Participatory Systems of Knowledge Representation and Organization
Audrey Lorberfeld and Elan May Rinck, University of Washington, Structural (In)visibility: Possible Effects of Constructing a Controlled Vocabulary on a Niche Domain
Ronald Day, Indiana University, Social Classifications, Affect, and Human Actions
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12:00-12:30: Discussion and wrap-up
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