After months of hard work, we are delighted to officially announce our new IA Institute website. We approached this daunting task with a phased approach to release the front-end initially and then jump into the future phases for the membership, mentor and library experience. The previous site is archived and redirects are in place so as to not lose our search prominence. The IAI website’s refreshed look is responsive allowing our audience to better engage with the content. What you see today is the first step of many and we have a number of people we’d like to acknowledge. Thank you to the...
Our site's a mess. Take a look around. It's scary. But, we have a plan! We have this crazy idea. The audacious goal of having all of our technology on one platform. Everything talking to everything else. Websites and applications living together. We want to create a community of volunteers to build it, own it and fix it if it breaks. And we want it to be a mechanism for teaching and learning. Did I say it was audacious? We think we can do it, and here's why: it's already been done. The Drupal Association provides an excellent model of a community committed to the creation and growth of a...
The Information Architecture Institute (IAI) Newsletter features the latest news about IAI and our partners. Also, there's a brief list of events with discounts for members and job postings at the end, so read on! A request from the new board of directors: As the new board prepares to begin their term April 1st, there are several research and strategic efforts starting up. The first is a set of user research activities that will be carried out by students in Pratt Institute's School of Information & Library Science program. To kick off this project, Samantha Raddatz and Kate Merlie have...
The Information Architecture Institute (IAI) Newsletter features the latest news about IAI and our partners. Also, there's a brief list of events with discounts for members and job postings at the end, so read on! IN THIS ISSUE: IAI News IA Institute 2014 Annual Members Meeting in San Diego Meet Our Incoming Board of Directors World IA Day Wrap Up - Thanks, Everyone! New Member Discounts: UX-Lx and GIANT Conferences What's New With Our Partners IA Library Additions Schools Teaching IA Additions Upcoming Conferences and Workshops IA Institute Job Postings IAI NEWS - http://iainstitute.org/news...
The IA Institute 2014 Annual Members' Meeting will take place on Sunday, March 30th at at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. Learn what we have accomplished in 2013 and what we have in store for the new year.
The Information Architecture Institute (IAI) Newsletter features news about IAI and our partner's sites: Asis&t Bulletin, Boxes and Arrows, IxDA, SEGD, UXPA and Web & Electronic Indexing SIG. Also, there's a brief list of events with discounts for members and job postings at the end, so read on! IN THIS ISSUE: IAI News Happy New Year from the IA Institute Upcoming Conferences and Workshops IAI Job Postings IAI NEWS - http://iainstitute.org/news/ Happy New Year from the IA Institute! Wishing you a warm and happy New Year! Here's a look back on a number of Institute-backed initiatives...
IA Institute Board Nominations are now open! World IA Day locations announced, Member discounts to UX-LX and GIANT conferences, What's new with our partners, new library additions, new IA education programs, upcoming events, jobs and more!
October 2-3 2013, New York City Ashley Kelleher, Pratt Institute, NY M.S. Information & Library Science Candidate 2014 M.S. History of Art & Design Candidate 2014 akellehe@pratt.edu This October's Semantic Technology & Business Conference was a privilege to attend on behalf of Information Architecture Institute. As a current student I was grateful for the opportunity to come up-to-speed on current industry applications of semantic technologies. This year's Conference marked the second anniversary of the "East Coast Edition" of Semantic Technology & Business in New York, and...
As we've discussed the future of the Information Architecture Institute both on the board of directors and with our membership and the wider community in the past few months, we've heard over and over again that a larger audience is out there, and we need to find ways to be more inclusive. Earlier in 2013, the board of directors approved a new membership model for the IAI that takes this into account. Going forward, the IAI has 3 tiers of individual membership: *Basic membership: FREE *Join the IA Institute today and be part of a global community of practice. Participate in the IAI community...