About ISKOInternational Society for Knowledge OrganizationISKO ID-eb9a782c-d187-4d0c-a743-3ab77b6c0a2cFounded in 1989, ISKO is the leading international society for organization of knowledge. ISKO has a broad and interdisciplinary scope. ProfessionalsAs an interdisciplinary society, ISKO brings together professionals from many different fields. ISKO counts more than 400 members all over the world, from fields such as information science, philosophy, linguistics, computer science, as well as special domains such as medical informatics.ScientistsPhilosophersLinguistsComputer ScientistsISKO Executive BoardH.-Peter OhlyPresident [2010-2014] (GESIS: Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Bonn, Germany)María J. López-HuertasPast-President / 1st Vice-President [2010-2014] (University of Granada, Spain)Claudio Gnoli 2nd Vice-President [2010-2014] (University of Pavia, Italy) Vivien Petras Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Services [2010-2014] (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)Wiesław BabikBoard Member (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland) [2012-2016]Claudio GnoliBoard Member (University of Pavia, Italy) [as Vice-President]José Augusto Chaves Guimarães Board Member (Universidade Estatual Paulista, Marília, Brazil) [2012-2016]Birger HjørlandBoard Member (Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen, Denmark) [as SAC Chair]Hemalata Iyer Board Member (SUNY. University at Albany, USA) [2012-2016]María J. López-HuertasBoard Member (University of Granada, Spain) [as Past-President]H.-Peter OhlyBoard Member (GESIS: Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Bonn, Germany) [as President]Vivien PetrasBoard Member (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany) [as Secretary]Richard P. SmiragliaBoard Member (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA) [guest as journal Editor-in-chief]ISKA Scientific Advisory CouncilBirger HjørlandChair (Royal School of LIS, Copenhagen, Denmark) [2010-] Maria Teresa Biagetti Scientific Advisory Council Member (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)Emilia Currás Scientific Advisory Council Member (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)Ingetraut DahlbergScientific Advisory Council Member (Bad König, Germany)Ágnes Hajdu-Barát Scientific Advisory Council Member (University of Szeged, Hungary)Francisco Javier García Marco Scientific Advisory Council Member (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Rebecca Green Scientific Advisory Council Member (OCLC, Dublin, USA)Edward N. Jacob Scientific Advisory Council Member (Dutch Society of Informatics, Netherlands)Ia McIlwaine Scientific Advisory Council Member (University College London, UK)Joan Mitchell Scientific Advisory Council Member (OCLC, Dublin, USA)Widad Mustafa El-Hadi Scientific Advisory Council Member (Université Charles de Gaulle, France) Rosa San Segundo Scientific Advisory Council Member (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain)Winfried Schmitz-Esser Scientific Advisory Council Member (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)Otto Sechser Scientific Advisory Council Member (Zürich, Switzerland)Aida Slavić Scientific Advisory Council Member (UDC Consortium, UK)Dagobert Soergel Scientific Advisory Council Member (University of Maryland, USA)Kim Veltmann Scientific Advisory Council Member (Maastricht, Netherlands)Karsten Weber Scientific Advisory Council Member (University of Opole, Poland)To advance conceptual work in knowledge organization in all kinds of forms, and for all kinds of purposes, such as databases, libraries, dictionaries and the Internet. ID-0abd4922-8999-498f-960c-220e3286ab80KnowledgeOrganizationResearch, Development & ApplicationsPromote research, development and applications of knowledge organization systems that advance the philosophical, psychological and semantic approaches for ordering knowledge ID-96a311f2-e7c6-461b-b50a-0a8c14b06c2a1JournalPublish the leading scientific journal in the field: Knowledge Organization (KO) ID-8be9a988-7dae-43eb-8be4-6e7a071105741.1formerly International Classification, founded in 1974Communication & NetworkingProvide the means of communication and networking on knowledge organization for its members ID-bf068ac5-4960-4733-b9f6-308dec6ea7a22NewsPublish ISKO News, in Knowledge Organization ID-8a5625ec-4a9d-4558-8a1a-a99a1f9975db2.1Conference ProceedingsPublish the series of Advances in Knowledge Organization (AKO) ID-4e5d43a6-0e0b-43ca-b436-314f48c170f72.2ConnectionsFunction as a connecting link between all institutions and national societies, working with problems related to the conceptual organization and processing of knowledge ID-1537afa1-2bff-42fb-8f45-b948db96d2f43International Conferences[Host] international conferences every two years ID-6c9174c2-c3b8-4d5b-bdf9-060a32e25ec53.1National & Regional Conferences[Host] national and regional conferences on special topics ID-588b028e-0a96-4454-b795-e43b6bf2ddb23.22014-01-23http://www.isko.org/about.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net