Invitation and Call for Participation:
The Challenge of the Electronic Environment to the Organization of Knowledge –
Second International Seminar on Subject Access to Information, Helsinki, Finland, 29-30 November 2007
Target Group: Research librarians, information and subject specialists, students of information studies
Organizer: The International Relations Group of the Finnish Research Library Association
Venue: University of Helsinki, Porthania, Lecture Hall P674, 6th floor
Street address: Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki
Location information: http://kartta.hel.fi/opas/main/default.asp?o=1&l=3&d=YLIOPISTONKATU%203&n=73536&e=52827
Purpose:
The purpose of Seminar is to explore and interpret some of the current changes in knowledge organization tools and methods which the more and more sophisticated information technology makes possible and which the more and more electronic and interactive environment makes necessary.
The Seminar aims to bring together research librarians, information and subject specialists as well as students of information studies to discuss these issues, local and global, of subject access to information in the context of the electronic environment.
Keynote and Guest Speakers:
Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, USA
Maja Zumer, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Douglas Tudhope, School of Computing, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Dennis Nicholson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Resgistration fees:
Member of the Finnish Research Library Association 150 Euro +22%vat
Non-member of the Finnish Research Library Association 200 Euro +22%vat
Registration online : https://kampela.it.helsinki.fi/elomake/lomakkeet/6034/lomake.html
For more information:
Eva-Costiander Hulden eva.costiander-hulden@abo.fi
Päivi Pekkarinen: paivi.pekkarinen@helsinki.fi
Accommodation information eg.: http://www.hel2.fi/convention/EN/hotellit.asp
Programme (as of 4th October 2007)
Thursday 29th November
Theme: Classifications and Thesauri – What Changes – What Challenges
Some key questions the speakers will address:
- Do we still need traditional knowledge structures and organization tools: classification
schemes and controlled vocabularies, thesauri?
- Are traditional knowledge structures still valid in organizing and searching information in the
electronic environment? Or do we need new structures and tools?
- Does the collaborative information creation of the emerging Library 2.0 suggest new collaborative
structures, tools, methods, models?
- What about multilingual and multicultural contexts?
09.30-10.00 Coffee
10.00 -10.10 Welcome
10.10-10.45 Introductory Review of Current Knowledge Structures and Tools
Marcia Lei Zeng
School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, USA
http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/
10.45-12.00 Classifications and Thesauri: local needs – global reach
Problems of interoperability
Keynote: Douglas Tudhope
School of Computing, University of Glamorgan, Wales
http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/staff/dstudhope
Problems of multilingual and multicultural contexts
Keynote: Marcia Lei Zeng
School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, USA
http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/
Discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30-16.15 From Classifications and Thesauri to Data Modelling
Functional requirements of authority data (FRBR-FRAD-FRSAR)
Eeva Murtomaa
National Library of Finland www.nationallibrary.fi
Maja Zumer
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia http://www.uni-lj.si/
Discussion
15.00-15.30 Refreshments
15.30-16.15 Optimising Interoperability in Multi-KOS Subject Searching: A Framework for a Collaborative Approach?
Dennis Nicholson
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
http://cdlr.strath.ac.uk/index.html http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
16.15-17.00 From Data Modelling to Ontologies
Marcia Lei Zeng
School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, USA
http://www.slis.kent.edu/~mzeng/
Discussion
Friday 30th November
Theme: Ontologies – Local Applications – Global Implications
Some key questions speakers will address.
- With access to global information, do we face a new situation?
- How do the masses of information on the Web affect our thinking, our way of
expressing ideas, structuring knowledge, conveying meanings?
- What about the semantic content of documents, collections?
09.00-12.15 Ontologies – Local Applications
09.00-10.00 From General Thesaurus to General Ontology – Experiences from the National Library of Finland
Laila Heinemann
National Library of Finland www.nationallibrary.fi
Finnish General Upper Ontology YSO
Katri Seppälä
Semantic Computing Research Group, Helsinki University of Technology
http://www.seco.tkk.fi/projects/finnonto/
A special ontology – case Agriforest
Päivi Lipsanen, Kimmo Koskinen
Viikki Science Library http://www.tiedekirjasto.helsinki.fi/english/
Discussion
10.00-10.30 Coffee
10.30-11.00 Elements of a National Semantic Web Infrastructure –
Case Study Finland on the Semantic Web
Kim Viljanen et al.
Semantic Computing Research Group, Helsinki University of Technology
More information : http://www.seco.tkk.fi/projects/finnonto/
Paper : http://www.seco.tkk.fi/publications/2007/hyvonen-et-al-elements-2007.pdf
11.00-11.15 CultureSampo – Finnish Culture on the Semantic Web
Tuukka Ruotsalo et al.
Semantic Computing Research Group, Helsinki University of Technology
More information: http://www.kulttuurisampo.fi/
11.15-11.30 TerveSuomi – Finnish Health Information on the Semantic Web
Osma Suominen et al.
More information: http://www.seco.tkk.fi/applications/tervesuomi/
11.30-12.00 QUCCOO – Query Construction with Ontology, ontology-based search interface
Feza Baskaya, Anne Kakkonen
University of Tampere, Department of information Studies
http://www.info.uta.fi/index_en.php
12.00-12.15 Discussion
12.15-13.45 Lunch Break
13.45-15.50 Ontologies – Global Implications
13.45-14.15 Douglas Tudhope
School of Computing, University of Glamorgan, Wales
14.15-14.30 Break
14.30-15.50 Panel with Seminar Speakers
Moderator: Marcia Lei Zeng
15.50-16.00 Closing Remarks
University of Helsinki