[NORSLIS] Topic maps 2008

[Nils Pharo]

A happy new year to you all, my dear friends and colleagues!

I would be thankful if you could forward the following Call for 
participation to any interested parties and national librarian mailing 
lists:

Call for participation at Topic Maps 2008, Oslo April 2-4
Topic Maps is an ISO standard based on bibliographic principles like 
collocation and subject-centric organization of knowledge.

An excellent way to find out more about what is going on in Topic Maps
- and how it relates to library science - is Topic Maps 2008, a
conference that takes place in the Oslo, Norway, one of the strongholds
of the Topic Maps community, on April 2-4 2008.

The conference has "Towards the Vision of Subject-centric computing" as
its theme and it consists of a day of tutorials followed by two days of
presentations, most of them case studies showing how Topic Maps is being
applied around the world, in eGovernment, Knowledge Management,
technical documentation and libraries. This year the conference is 
targeting librarians, library scientists and information architects in 
particular, and there are plans for in-depth discussions of topics such 
as the relationship between Topic Maps and Dublin Core, thesauri and 
FRBR, and the role of Topic Maps in digital libraries.

There are some great keynote speakers lined up, including David
Weinberger, author of "Everything is miscellaneous", Alex Wright, author
of "Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages", and Steve Pepper,
author of "The TAO of Topic Maps".

For more information, see www.topicmaps.com. Registration opens in late
January, and the full program will also be published then. In the
meantime, I encourage you to mark your calendars and start looking for
funding. This conference should not be missed!

-- 
Nils Pharo, førsteamanuensis/Associate Professor
Høgskolen i Oslo/Oslo University College
Avd. JBI/Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science
Mail address:Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo;
Visiting address: Pilestredet 48; Tel: +47 22 45 26 84