Course Materials: Resources

There are many quality print and online resources related to information architecture. Those with an * have been identified as particularly useful.

Information Architecture and Website Usability Books

Badre, Albert N. (2002). Shaping web usability: Interaction design in context. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-72993-8. (Great book on usability)

Craver, Kathleen W. (2002). Creating Cyber Libraries: An Instructional Guide for School Library Media Specialists. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 978-0313320804.

Davidson, Susanna & Yankee, Everyl (2004). Web site design with the patron in mind: A step-by-step guide for libraries. ALA. ISBN 0-8389-0869-1

Huddleston, Ron. HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Your Visual Blueprint for Designing Effective Web Pages. Wiley Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0470-274361.

Information design (1999). Robert Jacobson (Ed.). Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-10069-X (Background information on design)

Kristof, Ray & Satran, Amy (1995). Interactivity by design. Adobe Press. ISBN 1-56830-221-5 (Was written primarily for multimedia developers, but applies to web development)

Krug, Steve (2000). Don't make me think: A common sense approach to web usability. New Riders. ISBN 0-7897-2310-7 (lots of good examples)

Morrogh, Earl (2003). Information architecture: An emerging 21st century profession. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-096746-7 (Historical information about the foundations of this area)

Nielsen, Jakob (2000). Designing web usability. New Riders. ISBN 1-56205-810-X (consider to be 'THE' book on web usability)

Nielsen, Jakob (2006). Prioritizing Web Usability. New Riders Press. ISBN 978-0321350312.

Nielsen, Jakob and Pernice, Kara (2009). Eyetracking Web Usability. New Riders Press. ISBN 978-0321498364.

Norlin, Elaina & Winters, CM! (2002). Usability testing for library websites: a hands-on guide. ALA. ISBN 0-8389-3511-7 (great for people working on library websites)

* Rosenfeld, Louis & Morville, Peter (2006). Information architecture for the world wide web. 3rd Edition. O'Reilly. ('THE' textbook in this field, often quoted by others writing about information architecture)

Sauers, Michael P. (2006). XHTML and CSS Essentials for Library Web Design. New York: Neal-Schuman.

Wilson, Paula A. (2004). Library websites: Creating online collections and services. ALA. ISBN 0-8389-0872-1

Wodtke, Christina (2004). Information architecture: Blueprints for the web. New Riders. ISBN 0-7357-1250-6 (Good general guidelines)

Print Manuals

Castro, Elizabeth (2003). HTML for the World Wide Web. 5th Edition with XHTML and CSS. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-321-13007-3

* McFarland, David Sawyer (2010). Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1449381813

* Negrino, Tom & Smith, Dori (2004). JavaScript for the World Wide Web. Fifth Edition. Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-321-19439-X

Osborn, Jeremy; AGI Creative Team;, and Heald, Greg (2010). Dreamweaver CS5 Digital Classroom. Wiley Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0470607749

Ullman, Larry (2004). PHP for the World Wide Web. Second Edition. Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-321-24565-2

Ullman, Larry (2003). PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide . Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-321-18648-6

Web Manuals

Another alternative is to right to Adobe and make use of their many great resources for ASP.NET and PHP. THey also have some great manual.

Library Website Development Resources

Computers in Libraries
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/past.shtml
Frequent articles about web development

Library Webmaster Resources
http://librarysupportstaff.com/4libwebmasters.html
Quality online resources for library webmasters

Library Web Manager's Reference Center
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/
Explore resources collected from listserv

HTMLW: How to Manage the Library Website
http://www.wiredlibrarian.com/
Eric Anderson's page contains resources on service issues, management issues, and technology issues.

Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/toc.html
Great resources to writing HTML

School Website Development Resources

Building a School Web Site
http://www.wigglebits.com/
This website contains tips and guidelines for creating a school website.

Designing School Websites that Deliver from FromNowOn
http://www.fno.org/webdesign.html
Lots of articles and resources

Information Architecture Websites

Boxes and Arrows
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/
Great resources on website design

Digital Librarian - Web Page Design
http://www.digital-librarian.com/web.html
Links to lots of web development resources.

Dr. Dobb's Software Tools for the Professional Programmer
http://www.webreview.com/
This website provides lots of tools, resources, and articles for professional programmers.

Findability
http://findability.org/

IASlash
http://iaslash.org/
A blog of research on IA. Specifically check out the IA Research Page.

Information Architecture Library
http://aifia.org/library/
Links to good resources

Information Design News
http://www.informationdesign.org/
News on information architecture

New Architect: Internet Strategies for Technology Leaders
http://www.webtechniques.com/
Articles and resources for information architects

Useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design
http://www.useit.com/
Well known website on usability, web design, standards, and technical issues. Nielsen's Alertbox provides updated information on usability.

Semantic Studios
http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/
Articles about information architecture and strategy. Lots of materials by Peter Morville.

Web Builder's Toolkit
http://www.crispen.org/web_building/
Links to many different areas such as clipart, fonts, graphics, and HTML

Web Design
http://deblogan.com/design.html
A simple approach to design

Web Monkey: Web Development Resources
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
Articles, information, and tutorials

Web Reference.com
http://www.webreference.com/
Lots of resources for web developers

Information Architecture Blogs

Louis Rosenfeld
http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/
Information, blog, and resources by this respected IA professional.

Peter Merholz's Peterme.com
http://www.peterme.com/

Jeffrey Veen
http://veen.com/jeff/
Focuses on user experience and interface design

Articles

Hagedorn, Kat (March 2000). Information Architecture Glossary. From the Argus Center for Information Architecture. (Download PDF White Paper)

Minkel, Walter (June 2000). Tis a Gift to Be Simple (From EBSCOhost, requires IUPUI login) . School Library Journal.

Toub, Steve (November 2000). Evaluating Information Architecture: A Practical Guide to Assessing Web Site Organization. From the Argus Center for Information Architecture. (Download PDF White Paper)

Wurman, Richard Saul (1996). Information Architects. Peter Bradford (Ed). Zurich: Graphis Press Corp.

Electronic Discussions

Web4Lib Electronic Discussion
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/
Join the listserv or check the archives

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