The sixth ISCCR was held at University College, London, on June 16-19, 1997 on the topic __________

The Correct answer is Knowledge Organisation for Information Retrieval.

Key Points

• The first ISCCR was held at Dorking, England, during May 13-17, 1957.
• Ranganathan, in his opening address, dwelt upon " Library Classification as a Discipline"
• The second ISCCR was held at Elsinore, Denmark, during September 14-18, 1964.
• The third ISCCR was held in Bombay during January 6-11, 1975.
• The fourth ISCCR was held in Augsburg, Germany, from June 28 - July 2, 1982.
  • The theme of the conference was "Universal Classification, Subject Analysis, and Ordering Systems.
• The fifth ISCCR was held in Toronto, Canada during June 24-28, 1991.
  • The theme of the conference was "Classification Research for Knowledge Representation and Organization.
• The sixth ISCCR was held at University College, London, on June 16-19, 1997, on the topic "Knowledge Organisation for Information Retrieval"

Additional Information

•  FID|CR:
  • ​On the initiative of Ranganathan, FID formed a Committee on Classification Theory (FID/CA) in 1950.
  • Later in 1961, FID/CA was renamed as the Committee on Classification Research (FID/CR).
  • FID/CR has so far organized six international conferences as ISCCR.