Top Information Architecture books recommended by experts

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Fundamentals of Information Architecture

Understanding the concepts of Information Architecture starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond

Information architecture (IA) is far more challenging―and necessary―than ever. With the glut of information available today, anything your organization wants to share should be easy to find, navigate, and understand. But the experience you provide has to be familiar and coherent across multiple interaction channels, from the Web to smartphones, smartwatches, and beyond.

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A Practical Guide to Information Architecture

If you're a website designer, intranet manager or someone without much Information Architecture experience, this book answers all those questions you were afraid to ask.Drawing on her many years experience of practising and teaching Information Architecture, Donna Spencer guides you through some simple steps to better IA and leaves you feeling empowered and able to run your own IA projects. Wh…

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Understanding Context: Environment, Language, and Information Architecture

This practical, insightful book provides a powerful toolset to help information architects, UX professionals, and web and app designers understand and solve the many challenges of contextual ambiguity in the products and services they create. You’ll discover not only how to design for a given context, but also how design participates in making context.

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Reframing Information Architecture

Information architecture has changed dramatically since the mid-1990s and earlier conceptions of the world and the internet being different and separate have given way to a much more complex scenario in the present day. In the post-digital world that we now inhabit the digital and the physical blend easily and our activities and usage of information takes place through multiple contexts and vi…

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Everyday Information Architecture

Lisa Maria Martin EVERYDAY INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE FOREWORD BY KAREN MCGRANE Organize web content to create the best experiences for everyone. PAPERBACK $24.00 + shipping ADD EBOOK? $14.00 ADD PAPERBACK & EBOOK $34.20 + shipping ADD READ A SAMPLE CHAPTER The design of information on the web changes the way people find, understand, and use that information—for better or for worse. Lisa Maria M…

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How to Make Sense of Any Mess

This book defines the word “mess” the same way that most dictionaries do: “A situation where the interactions between people and information are confusing or full of difficulties.” — Who doesn’t bump up against messes made of information and people every day?

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