Information Architecture for the
World Wide Web by Peter Morville
Phenomenal Book On Information Architecture
In Chapter 6 of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, the
authors discuss the details of good search-engine design. In a bitingly
humorous segment, they analyze a Web sites search-page results: Lets
say youre interested in knowing what the New Jersey sales tax is.... So
you go to the State of New Jersey web site and search on sales tax. The
20 results are scored at either 84% or 82% relevant. Why does each
document receive only one of two scores?... And what the heck makes a
document 2% more relevant than another? With a swift and convincing
stroke, the authors of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
tear down many entrenched ideas about Web design. Flashy animations
are cool, they agree, as long as they dont aggravate the viewer. Nifty
clickable icons are nice, but are their meanings universal? Is the search
engine providing results that are useful and relevant? This book acts as a
mirror and with careful questioning causes the reader to think through all

the elements and decisions required for well-crafted Web design.
--Jennifer Buckendorff
Personal Review: Information Architecture for the World Wide
Web by Peter Morville
I did not know the astounding amount of intersection between Library
Science and Web Site Design until I read this book. If you design big web
sites, corporate intranets, or other information sources you owe it to your
users to read this book.
The first part of the book starts with a gentle, but cogent introduction to the
nascent field of Information Architecture. Part two looks at ways of
organizing information for web sites (e.g. taxonomies, controlled
vocabularies, thesauri). The next three parts give you ways to implement
Information Architecture in a variety of contexts (e.g. corporate, world wide
web) with different methodologies and processes. The last part is also
very helpful in that gives you two case studies, one being for Microsoft's
intranet.
The authors are experienced in the IT world and steeped in knowledge of
Library Science. Broaden your horizons in IT by reading this important
book.
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