Drexel University (Drexel University, CIST)

Libraries, museums, and archives use knowledge organization systems to index, organize, and enhance access to information and cultural resources. However, these systems’ components usually are not well integrated or interoperable across systems or disciplines. Drexel University and its partners, the University at Buffalo and the Getty Research Institute, will bring together library, archives, and museum practitioners, researchers, and domain experts to discuss current practices and problems with knowledge organization systems. These participants will plan a research and action agenda to guide future work on more meaningful, useful, and interoperable knowledge organization systems. Proof-of-concept prototypes of improved knowledge organization system components also will be developed.