Towards an Open, Inclusive and Sustainable Knowledge Organization Models

Amel Fraisse (1) , Samantha Blickhan (2) , Victoria van Hyning (3)

1 GERIICO - Groupe d'Études et de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Information et COmmunication - ULR 4073
2 Alder Planetarium, Chicago
3 Library of Congress

In an increasingly globalized context, multilingualism and multiculturalism have become major preoccupations for Knowledge Organization (KO) which have to be as fair as possible to ensure and sustain knowledge organization as a driver for development. Indeed, over time, the gap between languages of dominant nations or civilizations and other languages has been growing. In this research, we describe, evaluate and present first results of our sustainable and open access knowledge organization model. The model is based on a paradigms that permit different types of contributors, including volunteers as well as scientific and scholarly communities from across borders, languages, nations, continents, and disciplines to take part in the knowledge organization process in an efficient and dynamic way. Recent experiments with this model have been conducted on transnational literary texts as well as in the arena of crowdsourcing cultural heritage knowledge and collections enrichment.

Mots clés: Preserving knowledge diversity; Collaborative and inclusive knowledge organization systems; Knowledge organization; Preserving cultural heritage; Linguistic and cultural diversity

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Amel Fraisse, Samantha Blickhan, Victoria van Hyning. Towards an Open, Inclusive and Sustainable Knowledge Organization Models. International Societey for Knowledge Organziation (ISKO). Knowledge Organization at the Interface, 17, Ergon-Verlag, 2020, Advances in Knowledge Organization, 978-3-95650-775-5. ⟨10.5771/9783956507762-133⟩. ⟨hal-03047836⟩