Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society

The 9th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO-09) was held at the Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna, July 4th-7th 2006. The general conference topic focuses on the roleof knowledge organization methods and processes in educational situations, including E-Learning, didactical presentation and organization of knowledge. The intention of the conference was to actively contribute to the vision of a "Global Learning Society". The refereed papers selected for this book provide interesting new thoughts, evidence, and insights.
This volume contains selected papers contributing to current research in the following topics:
Information Systems and Learning in a Global Society: Concepts, Design and Implementation - Global Society and Learning in Theories of Knowledge and Knowledge Organization - Multilingual Problems of Information Retrieval - Representations of Educational and Didactical Knowledge - Theoretical Basis of Knowledge Organization: Universal vs. Local Solutions - Users and Uses of Knowledge Organization - Ontologies and Fundamentals for Knowledge Ordering - Knowledge Organization for Non-print and Multimedia Information - Linguistic and Cultural Approaches to Knowledge Organization in a Global Learning Society.