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Week 2

on the website of the Information Architecture Institute, http://iainstitute.org/

First, in the About section (“About,” n.d., para. 1-3), the IA Institute represents itself as an organization for IA professionals in a similar way to how ALA exists for librarians or ASIS&T for information professionals. I saw the stated goal of building bridges between related disciplines, (something [...]

Week 1

on Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, preface and chapters 1 & 2

Morville and Rosenfeld (2006) define information architecture as follows:

(1) The structural design of shared information environments.

(2)  The combination of organization, labeling, search and navigation systems within web sites and intranets .

(3) The art and [...]