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Article: On the horizon: conferences on information science, scholarly publishing, and knowledge management.(Conference Circuit)(Calendar)
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- July 1, 2007
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Information science, scholarly publishing, and knowledge management are a few of the dominant information industry conference themes this summer. The usual complement of professional society meetings rounds out the conference calendar.
Information Science
Information science (IS) is the fundamental discipline and the basis for many of the industry's products and services. Here are some conferences on various leading-edge aspects and applications of IS:
* The ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) is a group of about 1,200 members interested in research in information retrieval, "ranging from theory to user demands in the ...