2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization
June 15 -
16, 2012 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 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:
Milwaukee, WI
• 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: Visalizing
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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