2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization
June 15 - 16, 2012
Milwaukee, WI
Information organization (IO) faces many ethical challenges which demand our attention. The IO literature raises ethical issues concerning the role of national and international IO standards, provision of appropriate subject access, deprofessionalization of IO work, education of IO professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues, and others like them, have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and its Information Organization Research Group and Center for Information Policy Research are joined by Milwaukee Public Library, Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries and UWM Libraries in presenting this conference to address the ethics of information organization.
Presentations will address the ethics of a wide range of
topics:
• Classification theory
• Indigenous knowledge organization
• Consultants' attitudes toward and corporate roles in
cataloging
• Metadata standards and practices
• Archival representation
• Addressing the shortcoming of subject access
• Representations of marginalized groups and topics
• Catalogers' objectives and responsibilities
• Concepts for education and research
• Where we are now
• and more
INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Just Classifications
Jens-Erik Mai | University
of Toronto
Eliminate, Abandon, Dismantle: Cataloging in
Library Consultant Reports
Tina Gross| St. Cloud
State University
Changing the Stories We Tell: The Research
Ethics of Indigenous Métissage
Ann Doyle| University of
British Columbia
From Mishmash to Mash-up: Objectives, Ethics,
and Practice in Cataloging
Daniel CannCasciato |
Central Washington Brooks Library
Ethics in Information Organization: Visualizing
Extension, Monitoring Shifting Intention
Richard Smiraglia | University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Complete list of speakers and conference program will be available on the conference website.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics
Early bird registration ends - April 30,
2012
Conference Poster available here: https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sois/webdocs/events/eio-poster.pdf
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM CONTACT:
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