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A Review of Resources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2008
In the essential work, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Lou Rosenfeld and Peter Morville (ISBN 1-56592-282-4), the authors state that the primary job of the information architect is to:
clarify the mission and vision for the site, balancing the needs of its sponsoring organisation and the needs of its audiences
determine what content and functionality the site will contain
specify how users will find information in the site by defining its organisation, navigation, labelling, and searching systems
map out how the site will accommodate change and growth over time.
These points rather succinctly describe what an information architect sets out to accomplish for any given site and/or situation. But given these points what should someone ‘do’ to implement improved information architecture (IA) for a site? Where do you start?
