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June 26, 2011

Content Strategy for the Web

Halvorson, K. (2010). Content strategy for the Web. Berkeley, CA: New Riders. 192 pages. Halvorson is the founder and CEO of Brain Traffic, a Minneapolis based content strategy and web writing firm. This book provides an overview of content strategy for professionals interested in improving their organizations’ website. This book begins by making the case...

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June 23, 2011

The Elements of User Experience

Garrett, J. J. (2003). The elements of user experience: User-centered design for the web. New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts. 208 pages. Garrett is a user experience designer and is the president and co-founders of Adaptive Path. This book provides an effective introductory overview of user experience design for a general audience, but it...

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June 11, 2011

Information in Information Science

I decided to begin my summer reading with Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld, or as it is commonly referred to “the polar bear book.” Both Morville and Rosenfeld pursued advanced degrees in library and information science before they popularized the field of information architecture and published the first...

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Jonathon - I finished library school two years ago and I have yet to find work. Like your university, my program focused on a traditional track at the expense of training that could have helped my job search. I have been fixing that by taking continuing education classes, but it seems like my iSchool really missed the boat preparing me.

Martin White - I don’t know which iSchool you went to but that’s certainly not the situation at the iSchool at Sheffield University http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is where I am a Visiting Professor. The faculty team and the Advisory Panel have just spent two days working on new courses, including a new BSc in Informatics that will be available in 2012. Certainly we still offer modules in library-related topics, but the overall emphasis is very much on information management with a strong technology element. Information architecture is a core module – there is no escape from it.

Good luck with your career

Martin

Amy - I took the Information Architecture class at your school the last time it was offered, and it was a big help in getting me started in an IA/UX career. I’m surprised and disappointed that it hasn’t been offered since. When I was in school, there was cautious interest in and awareness of UX work, but those of us planning to pursue such work were still exceptions to the rule; I’d have thought that would have changed by now. Library and information science programs are obvious candidates to prepare people to work in nontraditional information professions–so why aren’t they doing so?

Jacqueline - I first learned about IA while getting my MLIS at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and took an IA class. I think they’re starting to see the value of IA/UX and are revising their curriculum accordingly. Makes me wish I had went to grad school later than sooner!

At the same time, a part of me wishes I had went the HCI route instead of library science, since it seems like those of us with Lib Sci backgrounds are less desirable job candidates than those who have comp/web design backgrounds.

Cory - Vous avez de bons points il, c’est pourquoi j’aime toujours verifier votre blog, Il semble que vous etes un expert dans ce domaine. maintenir le bon travail, Mon ami recommander votre blog.

Mon francais n’est pas tres bon, je suis de l’Allemagne.

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