[Metadatalibrarians] Fwd: Registration Open: Ethics of Information Organization Conference

[Steven Miller]

[Please excuse cross-posting] 



2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization 

June 15 - 16, 2012 
Milwaukee, WI 

http://sois.uwm.edu/ioethics 


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: 
• 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: 
soisinfo at uwm.edu | Ph: 414-229-4707 | http://www.uwm.edu/sois 




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Posted by: Steven J. Miller 
UWM School of Information Studies 

mll at uwm.edu