At the beginning of July I presented a paper at the ISKO UK Conference on the need for knowledge organisation professionals to build design competencies: "From Cataloguers to Designers: Paul Otlet, social impact and a more proactive role for knowledge organisation professionals". A slight accident prevented me from travelling to London, and so I prepared a video presentation.
https://vimeo.com/133312790
Here is the accompanying paper:
In the early 20th century, Paul Otlet carved out a role for bibliography and documentation as a force for positive social change. While his ideals appeared to be utopian to many of his contemporaries, his activism and vision foreshadowed the potential (for good and evil) of the World Wide Web. This paper discusses the role that knowledge organisation professionals could play in enhancing the positive social impact of the web of knowledge, and how our roles are shifting from the more passive role of descriptive cataloguers, to proactive designers of positive and productive knowledge environments.
revised version of paper 27 July 2015
The slides for the presentation are here
https://vimeo.com/133312790
Here is the accompanying paper:
In the early 20th century, Paul Otlet carved out a role for bibliography and documentation as a force for positive social change. While his ideals appeared to be utopian to many of his contemporaries, his activism and vision foreshadowed the potential (for good and evil) of the World Wide Web. This paper discusses the role that knowledge organisation professionals could play in enhancing the positive social impact of the web of knowledge, and how our roles are shifting from the more passive role of descriptive cataloguers, to proactive designers of positive and productive knowledge environments.
revised version of paper 27 July 2015
The slides for the presentation are here
By Patrick Lambe
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