The Promise of Information Architecture Keith Doyle Web Content Architect University of Salford

Introduction What Architecture Can Learn from Web Design Users’ Experience of Web Search Directions on the Web The Web As Library

What Architecture Can Learn from Web Design

Users’ Experience of Web Search

Directions on the Web

The Web As Library

The scale of misery – why users fail

Origins 660BC: Clay Tablet catalogues published 1595 Nomenclator published 1873 Melvil Dewey: catalogue system 1945 Memex designed 1959 Calvin Mooers – Mooers’ Law 1976 Richard Saul Wurman creates term 1994 Jakob Nielson starts publishing 1998 IA for the World Wide Web published 2001 Boxes and Arrows created 2002 IA Institute formed

660BC: Clay Tablet catalogues published

1595 Nomenclator published

1873 Melvil Dewey: catalogue system

1945 Memex designed

1959 Calvin Mooers – Mooers’ Law

1976 Richard Saul Wurman creates term

1994 Jakob Nielson starts publishing

1998 IA for the World Wide Web published

2001 Boxes and Arrows created

2002 IA Institute formed

Definition The structural design of shared information environments. The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability. An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape. http:// iainstitute.org/en/about/our_mission.php

The structural design of shared information environments.

The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability.

An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.

http:// iainstitute.org/en/about/our_mission.php

Information Architecture Concepts Wayfinding Berry-picking, Information Foraging and Satisficing Thesauri Taxonomies Metadata and Tags

Wayfinding

Berry-picking, Information Foraging and Satisficing

Thesauri

Taxonomies

Metadata and Tags

Information Architecture Activities Research and Strategy Design and Documentation Site maps and Taxonomy Flow charts Wireframes Inventories Style guides Operational Information Architecture Analytics Content Management Systems Portals Search Engines Thesaurus Management

Research and Strategy

Design and Documentation

Site maps and Taxonomy

Flow charts

Wireframes

Inventories

Style guides

Operational Information Architecture

Analytics

Content Management Systems

Portals

Search Engines

Thesaurus Management

The Promise of Information Architecture South Birmingham College Heist Gold Award What You Can Do Findability Responsibility User Testing Community of Practice

South Birmingham College

Heist Gold Award

What You Can Do

Findability

Responsibility

User Testing

Community of Practice

Resources Books Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3 rd Edition, Morville & Rosenfeld Don’t Make Me Think by Krug Information Architecture, Blueprints for the Web by Wodtke Email list: [email_address] IA website: www.boxesandarrows.com Institute: Information Architecture Institute Resource website: www.extremeusability.com Keith Doyle Web Content Architect University of Salford Email: [email_address] Blog: consequencing.com Slides: consequencing.com/slides

Books

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3 rd Edition, Morville & Rosenfeld

Don’t Make Me Think by Krug

Information Architecture, Blueprints for the Web by Wodtke

Email list: [email_address]

IA website: www.boxesandarrows.com

Institute: Information Architecture Institute

Resource website: www.extremeusability.com

Keith Doyle

Web Content Architect

University of Salford

Email: [email_address]

Blog: consequencing.com

Slides: consequencing.com/slides