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| Authors: Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Edition: 3
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Pages: 526
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ISBN: 0596527349
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780596527341
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Important to put IA in the design phase of very large websites January 24, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the book you need for designing large-scale web sites, where a well-planned information architecture is absolutely essential. In building effective large-scale websites, as in programming large computer applications, much work has to be done in the preliminary design stage. The early design effort of the information architecture is valuable not only in the building of the successful large web site, but for the future maintainability and revision of this web site.
This classic primer is written by pioneers in information architecture and shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale web sites that are easy to navigate and appealing to users. To accommodate the many web site display options available today, the book also addresses how to design for multiple platforms and for mobile devices.
The authors first lay the background for introducing and defining information architecture and for presenting the basic requirements to be good information architects. Information is defined as different than data, different than knowledge and information-seeking behaviors are looked into before delving further into the study of information architecture.
The components of information architecture are then defined as organization systems, labeling systems, navigation systems, and searching systems. Organization systems define how we categorize information; labeling systems define how we represent information; navigation systems define how we browse or move through information; and searching systems tell us how we search information. The study of these components in designing the information architecture of our web site comprises a major part of this book.
Conclusion: In designing large-scale web sites, there are a lot of complex relationships between the information involved, the expected users of the web site, the objects involved, the storage of the objects, the search or browse methods involved, and yet many more subjects. This comprehensive book purports to address all (or most all) of the elements and components of information architecture that need to be addressed in designing a large-scale website so that when the web site is completed, it is an appealing and easy to use and navigate web site that users will enjoy, complete their tasks successfully, find their desired information, and return to the site again and again.
 Pleasantly Surprised January 19, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I realized the 3rd edition was only 40+ pages longer than the 2nd edition I was a bit nervous, wondering how all the new advances in the field would be covered in such a small space. I was pleasantly surprised! Peter and Lou definitely listened to the IA community when they asked us what we wanted to see in the 3rd edition. This book will be useful for many professionals - IA's, Usability Specialists, Web Developers, etc. I believe it will also be an asset for people outside these fields who are simply interested in improving their personal websites.
Loved this book January 12, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Alright the sections on building thesauri and search engines was pretty weeny. Who cares? That's what Google is for. Put Google in your site and that's the end of that discussion. Everything else was super useful though. I use the knowledge I got from this book on a daily basis, while I manage my 20,000 page website.
Useful for usability professionals interaction designers January 10, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Updates to this edition are relevant to the ever changing "Web2.0" nature fo e-commerce and web design. Usability professionals and interaction designers will benefit from the information to PRACTIVELY build better sites with better, scalable site topographies.
 Information Architecture for the World Wide Web January 1, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was a bit too abstract for me -- a software developer -- but it may appeal to professional information architects and librarians. There is a lot about labeling and classification, and even on less technical subjects such as business strategies and internal politics and marketing. I had expected more on usability-related issues, but as the author states this is a separate field... The last chapter with case studies was nevertheless quite insightful, and there are a lot of pointers to interesting resources throughout the book.
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