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<body style="font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1477386896000_eva.medin@hb.se_1B7B8B0110410000A2D7346E6E7F10C3_"><div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Hello!</font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://www.hb.se/en/The-Swedish-School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-SSLIS/">The Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the University of Borås</a> in Sweden will be offering a PhD-level course in <strong>Dynamics of Knowledge Organization</strong> that you, your colleagues, or students at Uppsala University may find of interest. Please feel free to share this information with those who may wish to participate. </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">This is an advanced level course that has been developed in association with the EU-funded research project <a href="http://pericles-project.eu/">PERICLES</a><font face="Calibri" size="3">. Those who wish to participate in the course should be familiar with at least two out of the following related topics: knowledge organization, information retrieval, general linguistics, and geometry at a Master’s level.</font></font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><a href="http://www.hb.se/Global/HB%20-%20student/utbildningsomr%c3%a5den/Forskarutbildning/F%20blanketter/Kursplan_FBIDKO1_Dynamics%20of%20Knowledge%20Organization.pdf">Here is the course syllabus</a> with information on the course literature, prerequisites, content, learning outcomes, and more. </font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please note: </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><ul><li><font face="Calibri" size="3">The course tempo is half speed.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><font face="Calibri" size="3">The course will start 6 December 2016.</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><font face="Calibri" size="3">Deadline for registration (or at least declaration of intention to register) is 22 November. </font></li><li><font face="Calibri" size="3">In case of five or more students, the course will be offered in full format with an one-time on-location 2-3 day visit to Borås, Sweden (residential period) planned for the week of 16 January 2017. </font></li><li><font face="Calibri" size="3">In case of four or fewer students, a revised version in the form of a reading course could be arranged (if of interest).</font></li></ul><p></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Please don't hesitate to contact <a href="mailto:Nasrine.Olson@hb.se">Nasrine.Olson@hb.se</a> with any questions about the course or course registration. </font></p><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Eva Medin</div><div>Research Assistant</div><div>The Swedish School of Library and Information Science</div><div>University of Borås</div><br></div></div></body></html>