Ingetraut Dahlberg Founds the International Society for Knowledge Organization

In 1989 German information scientist and philosopher Ingetraut Dahlberg and colleagues founded the International Society for Knowledge Organization, (ISKO), the principal professional association for scholars of knowledge organization, knowledge structures, classification studies, and information organization and structure.

"ISKO's mission is to advance conceptual work in knowledge organization in all kinds of forms, and for all kinds of purposes, such as databases, libraries, dictionaries and the Internet.

"As an interdisciplinary society, ISKO brings together professionals from many different fields. ISKO counts about 600 members all over the world, from fields such as information science, philosophy, linguistics, computer science, as well as special domains such as medical informatics."

The Society publishes the quarterly academic journal Knowledge Organization, and holds biennial international conferences. It officially recognizes national chapters in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ISKO cooperates with international and national organizations such as UNESCO, the European Commission, the International Organization for Standardization, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the Association for Information Science and Technology, the Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services, and the International Information Centre for Terminology.