2018 ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop: Call for Proposals

Call for Papers & Presentations:
ASIS&T Special Interest Group/Classification Research (SIG/CR) Workshop on
Culture, Community, and Voice in Knowledge Organization Systems
Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 1 pm – 5 pm
ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC – Nov. 10 – 14, 2018
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Call for Papers & Presentations:

RATIONALE
In response to the theme of this year’s conference, SIG/CR seeks to more-deeply examine the ethical and human- and community-centered implications of knowledge organization (KO) systems as they are embedded in technological and institutional spaces. We seek to answer: how do KO systems define, liberate, or restrict the capacities (access to information, creation of identity, ability to mobilize, etc.) of communities and/or individuals?

Given the location of the conference and the opportunities available for this important discussion, First Nations and indigenous communities will be of particular concern, but participants need not feel limited to this topic. We welcome submissions from the point of view of any communities, including, marginalized, ethnic, and immigrant populations; economic, sexual, gender, disabled, and other minorities. “Community” can also reference professional, educational, or other situated communities or groups that are affected by knowledge organizing structures in some capacity. Perspectives on ecological communities would also be very welcome, broadening our discussion into domains often overlooked in studies of KO and technology.

TOPICS
Potential topics for submission include:

• Examination of the authorial voice in knowledge organizing systems;
• Imposition of classifications in diverse spaces;
• Linguistic analyses of KO systems and language revitalization efforts;
• Knowledge organization as a form of advocacy;
• Domain- and community-specific KO systems and their interrelationship to other systems;
• Case studies in building knowledge organization systems in multiple environments;
• Theoretical critiques of KO systems (such as postcolonial or other critical approaches);
• The ethics of KO as they relate to the topic;
• Practitioner and technical perspectives on KO systems;
• KO systems as creative, subversive, or liberating acts.

There are many potential issues to be discussed here, including,

1. In what ways do builders of KO systems solicit community involvement for their systems?
2. What are the feedback mechanisms for KO systems, and what are the avenues to change structures/concepts/relationships that are inappropriate or have been defined?
3. How do we build flexible systems from a technological point of view? Builders of taxonomies and technology experts are especially welcome in this regard.
4. Who authors KO systems and what implications does this have on various communities?

We solicit papers from a wide variety of individuals, including scholars, theoreticians, builders of classification systems, and those who have technical expertise in these types of systems. Our aim is to include representation from many communities of practice in the discussion so as to provide a more balanced, nuanced, and informed discussion. In this context, knowledge organization systems are broadly conceived and can potentially include, classification systems, taxonomies, ontologies, linked data structures, algorithms, documentary artifact organizational systems, and other classificatory structures. We encourage submissions that examine KO systems as they are embedded in not only documentary organizations, but scientific and professional KOSes as well. The domain of the classification is also open and can include library classification, distributed computational spaces, museums, professional domains, and beyond.
 
Concept papers for non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also welcome. A prize will be awarded to the best paper. For more information visit the SIG/CR site at https://sigcr.wordpress.com.
 
IMPORTANT DATES
August 15        Paper submissions due
August 31        Author notifications
September 30     Revised papers due
November 1      Participants receive copies of all papers as pre-reads
November 1      Presentation slides due
November 10    Workshop
 
SUBMISSION: To submit a paper (maximum 1,500 words), please email  sigcr.asist@gmail.com.
 
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Robert D. Montoya, Indiana University Bloomington
Lala Hajibayova, Kent State University
Shavonn Matsuda, University of Hawaiʻi Maui College
Laura Ridenour, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Bar-Ilan University

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2017 ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop – Pre-conference papers and slides

Please note that the papers here are the pre-conference versions and are intended for use in the workshop and not for citation. After the workshop, authors will have the opportunity to revise their works for a workshop proceedings.

Barbara Kwaśnik has created a classification primer for the purposes of this workshop.
The program can be found here.

Rebecca Green, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated
Providing for Indigenous Nations in the Dewey Decimal Classification
Pre-conference version
Slides

Wan-Chen Lee, University of Washington
Three Questions Concerning the Foundation of Multi-perspective Classification
Pre-conference version
Slides

Jiquin Liu, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Nina Wacholder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Classification Systems as a Visualization and Navigational Tool in Online Searching: A Technique for Supporting Multi-Cultural Information Seeking
Pre-conference version
Slides

Shavonn-Haevyn Matsuda, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi; Lala Hajibayova, Kent State University; Wayne Buente, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; Luz Quiroga, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; Keahiahi Long, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa;
Decolonizing Knowledge Organization Systems: Hawaiian Epistemology, Representation and Organization
Pre-conference version
Slides

Richard P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Disciplinary, Asynthetic, Domain-Dependent: NARCIS a National Research Classification in Isolation
Pre-conference version
Slides

Dagobert Soergel, University at Buffalo
Multi-perspective KOS to Support Cross-disciplinary Knowledge Transfer
Slides

Joseph T. Tennis, University of Washington
Perspective, Voice, Reference, and Warrant: A Sample of Ameliorations to the Multi-Perspective Design Requirement and Some Arguments Against It
Pre-conference version
Slides

Annuska Zolyomi, University of Washington
Challenges of Constructing a Multiple-Perspective Domain Analysis of Neurodiversity
Pre-conference version
Slides

ASIST SIG/CR Workshop: Call for Proposals

Call for Concept Papers & Presentations:

ASIS&T SIG/CR Workshop on Building a Research Agenda for Multi-Perspective Knowledge Representation

Workshop sponsored by ASIS&T

Special Interest Group/Classification Research (SIG/CR)

October 27, 12:30-5:30pm

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ASIS&T Annual Meeting, October 27-November 1, 2017, Crystal City, VA, USA

Workshop: October 27, 2017, 12:30pm-5:30pm

Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Virginia

Early registration cost: $115 before September 15th

Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.

Important Dates:

August 15	Concept papers due
August 16-23	Papers reviewed
August 24	Authors notified
September 15	Revised papers due
October 20	Participants receive copies of all papers as pre-reads
October 20	Presentation slides due

Submission: To submit a concept paper (maximum 1,500 words), please email Lala Hajibayova at lhajibay@kent.edu.

 

We invite contributions for academic research, case studies, work-in-progress and PhD Research. Concept papers for non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also welcome. A prize will be awarded to the best paper. For more information visit the SIG/CR site at https://sigcr.wordpress.com.

Workshop Goals:

Ontologies, classifications, and controlled vocabularies, are built to represent the knowledge of a specific domain and thus represent the particular entities and relationships of that domain from that community’s perspective. But, what if we want to represent many perspectives? What are the conceptual and technical issues of creating a relationship among ontologies that collect and represent multiple views and are often maintained by diverse constituencies? The goal for the workshop is to identify, define, and compile a set of principles and practices for integrating and coordinating knowledge-representation schemes from different perspectives and for application in a variety of contexts without losing the integrity or personality of the contributing schemes.

 

Topics of Interest for Concept Papers:

Bearing in mind that the purpose of the workshop is to compile a list of issues and practices rather than a particular knowledge structure, we solicit short papers related to any of the following:

• Purposes, motivations, and functions of multi-perspective classification systems
• Knowledge structures and ontological data models in specific domains that exhibit particular aspects relevant to workshop goals
• Issues in building multi-perspective classification structures
• Thoughts on how to accommodate for growth and expansion of classification/knowledge organization systems
• Examples of data models and systems maintaining particular “views” or “dimensions” of knowledge representation with respect to space, population type and culture (local vs. global, individual vs. community/society views), time (diachronic vs. synchronic, contemporary vs. historical views), opinion and authority (expert vs. crowds, viewpoint-dependent vs. consensual, subjective vs. objective views), and scope (intra-disciplinary vs. inter-disciplinary)
• Issues of authority and autonomy
• Rules or practices to support multi-perspective work
• Issues related to modeling and reconciling relationships between knowledge systems
• Issues of maintenance and classification system evolution

Workshop Structure:

• Part 1, Presentations: Laying the Conceptual Framework. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to present a concise version of their paper, followed by a 5-minute moderated discussion led by the respondent
• Part 2, Collaborative Session: Identifying Issues. Starting with existing schemes/ontologies, we will look for approaches and techniques to harmonizing and integrating different views. We will consider the fundamental components of a generic multi-perspective classification model, such as terms, conceptual relationships, cross-perspective relationships, and overall structure.

After the Conference: The workshop outcomes will be summarized in a paper and the proceedings (including the papers) will be published in Advances in Classification Research Online.

Cost: The registration rates will be  $115 for members, $125 non-members, including a coffee break.

Graduate Student Scholarships: SIG/CR is dedicated to supporting graduate student involvement. Limited scholarships are available and will be distributed to all registered graduate students.

Questions: Please email Lala Hajibayova at lhajibay@kent.edu.

Workshop Co-Chairs:

Lala Hajibayova, PhD., Kent State University

Barbara H. Kwaśnik, Ph.D., Syracuse University

Robert D. Montoya, PhD., Indiana University Bloomington

Laura Ridenour, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Ph.D., Bar-Ilan University