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