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Advanced Publications in Knowledge Organization

The resources gathered in this section give the opportunity to explore the many facets of Knowledge Organization. A large part of this collection has been assembled by ISKO members and are freely accessible on the ISKO website, except for the Knowledge Organization Journal, which is available exclusively to ISKO members. Join ISKO UK to gain access.

ISKO UK biennial conference archives 2009 - 2023 - Outputs of past conferences have been migrated to Zenodo within the ISKO UK community.

ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization (IEKO) - This is an online, open access encyclopedia of knowledge organization hosted by ISKO and produced by ISKO Scientific Advisory Council. It includes detailed entries on concepts, disciplines, organizations, systems, standards, theories, and other important domain-specific systems.

Journal of Knowledge Organization - Knowledge Organization publishes original articles, reports on conferences and similar communications, as well as book reviews, letters to the editor, and an extensive annotated bibliography of recent classification and indexing literature. Access is reserved to ISKO members only.

Advances in Knowledge Organization (AKO) - AKO is the series of proceedings of International ISKO Conferences. Papers are submitted to the organizers of each conference and submissions are peer-reviewed by the scientific committee of the conference. Since 2020, also the final full papers are peer reviewed.

Bulletins of Knowledge Organization Literature - This is a cumulative database of publications dealing with various aspects of Knowledge Organization.

Hanging together - the OCLC Research blog

Facet Analysis: The Evolution of an Idea by Vanda Broughton

The discipline of organizing by Robert J. Glushko - This book synthesizes insights from library science, information science, computer science, cognitive science, systems analysis, business, and other disciplines to create systems for understanding the challenges of organizing.