Information Architecture

Topic outline

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  General

  Information Architecture
  

  
  Dr. Mario Pérez-Montoro
  Department of Information Science
  University of Barcelona
  perez-montoro@ub.edu
  

  • News forum
  • What is Information Architecture? File
  • Planning and Evaluation File
  • Groups Composition File
  • List of participants File
  • Final group project File
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  Topic 1

  Unit 1: Basic Concepts (8 and 9 of July) (Group 1)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Part I. Introducing Information Architecture”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 3-38.
    
  • Beecher (2009) The iPhone is not Easy to use File
  • Morville (2004) A brief history of Information Architecture File
  • Hagedorn (2000) Information Architecture Glossary File
  • Feldman (2004) The high cost of not finding information File
  • Reiss (2008) It’s Not What You Think, but How You Think File
  • Reiss (2007) We Are All Information Architects File
  • Broder (2002) A taxonomy of web search File
  • Bates (1989) The Design of Browsing and Berrypicking Techniques File
  • Assigments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about the basic concepts of Information Architecture using the main ideas included in the readings.
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 2:30 hours to develop assignment a): 8 of July (16-18) and 9 of July (9:30-11).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 1 File
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  Topic 2

  Unit 2: Organization Systems (10 of July) (Group 2)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Organization Systems”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 50-75.
    
  • Shirky (2005) Ontology is Overrated File
  • Larson and Czerwinski (1998) Web Page Design File
  • Assigments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about Organization Systems using the main ideas included in the readings. These ideas have to be illustrated using original websites examples (not included in the readings).
    b) The group has to evaluate the organization systems of the European Union official website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm).
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 2:30 hours to develop assignments a) and b): 10 of July (14-15:30 and 16-17).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 2 File
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  Topic 3

  Unit 3: Labeling Systems (12 of July) (Group 3)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Labeling Systems”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 76-105.
    
  • von Ahn et al (2008) reCAPTCHA File
  • Spiteri, Louise (2005), Controlled Vocabularies and Folksonomies File
  • Nielsen, Jackob (2009) Top 10 Information Architecture Mistakes File
  • Assignments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about Labeling Systems using the main ideas included in the readings. These ideas have to be illustrated using original websites examples (not included in the readings).
    b) The group has to evaluate the labeling systems of the European Union official website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm).
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 2:30 hours to develop assignments a) and b): 12 of July (9:30-11 and 11:30-12:30).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 3 File
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  Topic 4

  Unit 4: Navigation Systems (13 of July) (Group 4)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Navigation Systems”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 106-131.
    
  • Instone (2003) Location, Path & Attribute Breadcrumb File
  • Gube (2009) Breadcrumbs in Web Desing File
  • Backer (2005) Information Scent File
  • Porter (2003) Testing the Three-Click Rule File
  • Fox (2003) Sitemaps and Site Indexes File
  • Assignments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about Navigation Systems using the main ideas included in the readings. These ideas have to be illustrated using original websites examples (not included in the readings).
    b) The group has to evaluate the navigation systems of the European Union official website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm).
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 2:30 hours to develop assignments a) and b): 13 of July (14-15:30 and 16-17).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 4 File
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  Topic 5

  Unit 5: Search Systems (14 of July) (Group 5)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Search Systems”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 132-175.
    
  • Bring and Page (1997) The Anatomy of a Search Engine File
  • Assignments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about Search Systems using the main ideas included in the readings. These ideas have to be illustrated using original websites examples (not included in the readings).
    b) The group has to evaluate the search systems of the European Union official website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm).
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 2 hours to develop assignments a) and b): 14 of July (9:30-11 and 11:30-12).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 5 (I) File
  • Unit 5 (II) File
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  Topic 6

  Unit 6: Controlled Vocabularies (14 of July) (Group 6)

  • Readings:
    

    Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). “Thesauri, Controlled Vocabularies, and Metadata”. Morville, Peter y Rosenfeld, Louis (2006). Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol (CA): O’Reilly Media Inc, p. 176-210.
    
  • Nudelman (2010) Faceted Finding with Super-Powered Breadcrumbs File
  • English et al (2003) Flexible Search and Navigation using Faceted Metadata File
  • Assignments:
    

    a) The group has to give an articulated speech about Controlled Vocabularies using the main ideas included in the readings. These ideas have to be illustrated using original websites examples (not included in the readings).
    b) The group has to evaluate the controlled vocabularies of the European Union official website (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm).
    

    Calendar:
    

    The group has 1 hour to develop assignments a) and b): 14 of July (12-13).
  • Presentation:
  • Unit 6 File