LIS 5937 INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
Introduction and Overview
Information Architecture is not computer programming software, development, database management. Note: based on
concepts not technologies.
Book-Information Architecture for the World Wide Web this book is also know as the”polar bear” text.
Three roles of Information Architecture is discipline, role & community.
Information Architecture began with Web-based information environments, over time it has expanded to include a wider
variety of information spaces, including:
Virtual-software & websites
Physical-museums, libraries & hospitals
Procedural-flows of information in work processes
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