International co-operation between Poland and Spain, within the International Society for Knowledge Organization: present situation and prospects

Abstract

[Abstract] The International Society for Knowledge Organization provides an excellent forum for co-operation in scientific information among scholars. Such co-operation already exists between national chapters of ISKO in Poland and Spain. It is visible e.g. in mutual participation of ISKO members in national conferences held in Spain and Poland and strengthened by individual contacts. My purpose is to present the achievements of current co-operation in that area, inspired by membership in ISKO, and mention potential possibilities of further development. The ISKO anniversary in Spain is a great opportunity to consider further expansion. Collaboration between Polish and Spanish ISKO members is possible on the grounds of the research field of scientific information, and of knowledge organization in particular, as well as in specific areas of research and ISKO members' participation in joint international research projects. Teaching and mobility can provide other dimensions of co-operation between researchers taking part in post-graduate studies and lecturing, expanded by internships for the students of scientific information and library science under international programmes, including those supported by the European Union. New possibilities of co-operation will appear mainly in the context of the implementation of the information and knowledge society conception in Poland and Spain. That option will be associated with the ISKO's Spanish members' participation in the ISKO anniversary celebrations in Poland and the international ISKO conference to be held in Kraków in 2014.