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Webreview.com: Cross-training for Web Teams - Features articles for designers, publishers and Internet strategists. Offers current issue, archive, forums, career information, and newsletter. Published weekly.
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's site (Usable Information Technology) - Alertbox column on Web usability, usability engineering, and Jakob's minimalist approach to Web quality, recommended links/books, Jakob's biography and upcoming talks.
Resources on Information Design: Models, Processes, and Techniques - Popular resources including a worksheet for preparing an information plan, instructions for setting objectives and planning an evaluation, guidelines for choosing a "type" of communication product and media, and issues to consider when setting editorial guidelines.
Resources on the Business and Management of Information Design - Popular resources including worksheets for setting budgets and schedules, tips on starting a successful work team, and an overview of the production and maintenance phases.
Information Retrieval with Human Indexing (article) - This article discusses how information retrieval can be improved cost-effectively through the use of human outlining and indexing.
Squishy's Information Architecture Tutorial - Information architecture is the science of figuring out what you want your site to do and then constructing a blueprint before you dive in and put the thing together. This tells you why.
Intranet Design Magazine - The online magazine about information technology for intranets, extranets, web pages, ldap, xml, tcp/ip, and thin client applications.
User Interface Engineering - A usability group whose mission is to provide product development teams with the information they need to make strategic design decisions.
Info.Design - Consultancy and think tank. Great online list of IA references.
Seth Maislin, Information Architect - One of the leading indexing industry experts and an independent consultant. Information architecture and indexing articles and sites available; presentation schedule; bio.
Webmonkey Radio: Information Designers - Listen to a conversation about the life of information designers. Multiple audio formats available.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - From the World Wide Web Consortium. These guidelines are the closest you can get to official usability standards.
Web Pages That Suck - A great site for web page architecture criticism. Based on the book by the same name.
WebABLE! - An authoritative site for disability-related internet resources.
ZDNet Developer: Accessibility - Make your site user-friendly with the right kind of "user accessibility" and design. Articles and news.
Why User Testing Is Good (article) - Mike Kuniavsky happily relates everything you ever wanted to know about user testing (but were afraid to ask).
What Is an Information Architect? - Article by Stephen Downs, from his website.
Info-architects Mailing List - Central repository for information architecture on the Web. Provides an active forum for issues relating to the theory and praxis of IA. Also offers a range of information consulting services and software products for Web-based content publishing and knowledge management.
InfoDesign: To Surf The Community - The InfoDesign site provides information designers and information architects with up-to-date information and communication facilities on aspects of the growing field of Information Design and Information Architecture. Its main objective is to collect, structure and disclose relevant resources.
Prutsman & Company - Professional consulting services firm specializing in Internet strategy and information architecture.
jjg.net: Information Architecture Resources - Extensive links to Information Architecture resources by Jesse James Garrett.
Ignition Network - Information architecture consultancy with services in information design, knowledge management engineering, information graphics development, product manual design and interactive learning systems.
Addwise - Specializes in information architecture and usability evaluations. Our in-depth knowledge of human-computer interaction, information design, and usability engineering enables us to offer our clients usable websites or Intranets.
Evolt.org - Various articles on IA and usability. Allows readers to review and comment on articles. Requires free sign-in.
Accessibility and Usability Design Issues - Information on designing sites that all readers can access, from About.com.
Becoming an Information Architect - Article written by Sacha Cohen, originally published on Monster.com.
Information Architecture Guide - A bibliography of resources related to the topic of information architecture, including references to books, articles, and Web sites.
ASIS 2000 annual meeting - "ASIS Knowledge Innovations 2000: Celebrating Our Heritage, Designing Our Future." Nov. 11-16, 2000 in Chicago.
ASIS Summit 2000: Presentations - Includes an Information Architecture Glossary, and slides for 12 Information Architecture presentations. April 7-9, 2000, Boston, MA.
Iaslash - News forum for information architects.
Usability Guy - User experience design for successful, empowering web sites. Strategy, information architecture, interaction design, usability.
Web Architect Archive - Humorous, irreverent, and practical exploration of IA topics.
Salaries and Benefits for Information Architects - Survey results. We're compensated decently, don't put in ridiculous hours, don't have to travel too much... And apparently our employers don't require too much experience.
Klariti Information Architecture - Dublin, Ireland-based IA and documentation specialists. Publishes monthly newsletter, KLARIFIED.
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web - Authorative yet easy-to-read guide. "Best Internet Book of 1998" by amazon.com. By Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville.
Parallel Internet's Guide to Information Architecture - Ivan Walsh writes about the field.
Information Architecture Course - Free introductory short course into being an Information Architect (from Addwise).
David Bliss Experience Designer - Papers and discussions from an experienced designer with a special interest in narrative and storytelling.
Tim Salam, Information Architect & Experience Designer - The articles, portfolio, and resume of an information architect and experience designer. Home to the development of Customer Momentum Preservation (CMP), a user-centered design methodology.
Elegant Hack - Information Archtitect resources, weblog, and newsletter.
ia-uk (Information Architecture UK) - Articles about information architecture, usability and web design.
B C Bennett - Information architect, interactive designer, graphical user interface (GUI) specialist, multidisciplinary team manager. Resume and portfolio.
LouisRosenfeld.com - Information architecture consulting services from Louis Rosenfeld, a leading industry expert. Also hosts Bloug, a weblog on information architecture.
The Alexandre Group Co Inc - Assisting clients with the knowledge transfer of mission critical information through such interface design and implementation methods as Information Architecture, Media Production, and Interactives.
Lyn Dunagan's Info Architect Resume - Experienced information architect/usability consultant available for web projects. Experienced information architecture can improve the success of web sites, software, and other information delivery systems.
Industry Leading Information Architecture Consulting - Knowledge transfer services. Specializing in information architecture development for Fortune 1000 companies and federal and state governments.
Blog on Information Architecture and User-Centered Design - Daily links to information architecture, user-centered design, and interaction design resources.
Hey, Hey, IA! - One-stop information resource for information architects.
COCREATE - The eBusiness People - End-to-end web solutions with a priority on investment return. Based in the UK.
Semantics by Peter Morville - An irregularly irreverent column about information architecture, strategy and management.
ITpreneurs.com: E-Diffusion - Services for dissemination of structured content and information using the Internet, tailored for different business models. Content structures, portal, information architecture, content presentation, digitization.
IAwiki - A wiki dedicated to the topic of Information Architecture
Web Analysis Through Business & Marketing Surveys - iPerceptions is a leading solution provider for customer retention and web analysis for building profitable relationships with web site users.
Apperceptive - With close to 10 years in the interaction design field, Sean brings a communication design and narrative flavor to designing information architectures and user interfaces. Featured case studies available.
von Buchholz.ca :: Content Engineering - Canadian firm specializing in all areas of content engineering and information architecture for print publications and Web sites.
ContextualAnalysis - Information architecture consulting, specializing in content analysis and organization, taxonomy/thesaurus design, website indexing and back-of-book indexes in the humanities.
Jason Hobbs: Information Architecture - Articles about IA and the WWW. Written from the day-to-day experience of building and living online.
Black Box Media, Vancouver B.C. - Information architecture and user-centered interface design examples from 30 projects
Sean Peters - Information Architecture consultant located in London, UK.
Coping with information overload in design projects - Enabling students in higher education to cope with information overload and structure their data searches for serious work.
VisionCor - Consulting firm that helps companies sustain knowledge management throuhgh the use of information and knowlege architecture.
Argus Center for Information Architecture - Reference for learning about the theory and practice of information architecture.
Contentology.com - the science of content - A resource site with information, links and analysis on information design and architecture, usability principles, Web design, content development and Internet news produced by contentologist G. A. Buchholz.
Information design using card sorting (article) - Card sorting is a very simple method of working with users to come up with a usable information design. A valuable tool for all information architects.
Enterprise-Architecture - Information about standards, methods and tools for Enterprise Architects, conference agenda and publications of Jaap Schekkerman.
SIGIA-L Mail Archives - Mailing list archives for the SIGIA-L mailing list, a discussion forum for information architects.
Boxes and Arrows - Journal dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of the information architecture community. Offers current, as well as previous issues and submission information for authors.
Information Architecture Project - Project at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is collecting the design principles that create navigable information spaces. Offers project description, publications and contact details.
Stick2it.net - Portal gathering resources and debates on how to get the users stick to your site.
andersja's blog on KM and IA - Articles and weblog entries on Knowledge Management and Information Architecture by weblogger and consultant Anders Jacobsen
Hierarchy Science - Principles of the creation of effective management systems: overview, experiences on introduction and development, legitimacy and an error.
InfoArk Information Architecture Consultancy - Using the latest automated software tools, we work with you to categorize, link and filter the content you and your clients need. London-based company.
Amichi - Chicago based knowledge management and web design firm that specializes in metadata creation and interface design. Offers company profile, description of services and testimonials.
Argus Center for Information Architecture (ACIA) - A focal point for learning about the theory and practice of information architecture. Hosts seminars and conferences, publishes articles and white papers, participates in research.
American Society of Indexers (ASI) - The only professional organization in the United States solely devoted to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building.
ACIA Seminars - "Synonyms and Taxonomies: Thesaurus Design for Information Architects." Offered in La Jolla in October 2000, Chicago in November, New York in January 2001, and San Francisco in February.
Information Architecture 2000 Conference - Includes pre-conference seminar on thesaurus design and a two-day conference on various IA topics. Hosted by the Argus Center for Information Architecture.
The Design Council - Strives to promote the effective use of design in business, education, and government through initiatives, events, tools, and multiple media publications.
ASIS Information Architecture Forum - Discussion group (SIGIA-L) with nearly 800 subscribers, created after the ASIS Summit 2000 in Boston. Get digests from the discussions on information architecture.
ASIS Science Summit 2001: Practicing Information Architecture - Second in the series of conferences for IA professionals. San Francisco, February 2001.
ASIS Summit 2000: Information Architecture - Presentations, mailing list information, IA Glossary, etc.
STC Information Design SIG - Bibliographies, links, reviews, tools, and so on.
TCG - Online lessons to novice and experienced technical writers. The technical communicators can display their profiles on this site.
Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA) - A 501c6 non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to a advancing and promoting information architecture.

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