Category Archives: Books Morville, P., & Rosenfeld, L. (2007). Information architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly. 528 pages. Morville and Rosenfeld are credited with founding the field of information architecture through their work with Argus Associates and both continue to be highly regarded and engaged practitioners in the field. Morville is currently the founder and…  Lambe, P. (2007). Organising knowledge: Taxonomies, knowledge and organisational effectiveness. Oxford: Chandos. 275 pages. Lambe is a co-founder and the principal consultant of Straits Knowledge, a Singapore-based knowledge and information management firm. He has a background in information science. This book is written for a semi-technical audience of information professionals. The first few chapters offer… show 1 comment [...] of taxonomy work appropriate for a general audience, but of primary interest to a new taxonomist. Patrick Lambe wrote the forward to this book and he aptly describes Hedden’s effort as one that focuses on the [...]  Hedden, H. (2010). The accidental taxonomist. Medford, N.J: Information Today. 472 pages. Hedden is an information management professional and lecturer at Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She currently works as a senior analyst and taxonomy consultant for the Project Performance Corporation. Previously, Hedden worked in controlled vocabulary and indexing with Gale… no comments  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… show 1 comment [...] architecture. Much of the content covered in shorter books like The Elements of User Experience or Content Strategy for the Web is covered here and the rich context that the other content provides is worth the extra time [...]  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… show 1 comment [...] in learning about information architecture. Much of the content covered in shorter books like The Elements of User Experience or Content Strategy for the Web is covered here and the rich context that the other content [...] |
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Attention » Gemma Petrie - [...] to this website garnered a bit of attention back in June. At the time I was reading Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and becoming increasingly disillusioned by the lack of forward-thinking course offerings in my [...]
Search Analytics for Your Site » Gemma Petrie - [...] at the first UX Book Club CU event in September. This book by Louis Rosenfeld, co-author of Information Architecture and founder of Rosenfeld Media, will appeal to anyone that works with a searchable website or [...]