AIM Readings from eric

1. "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 3-15 (Chpt.1)
-- IA definition, what it is, what it isn't 

2. "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 23-35 (Chpt. 2: "Practicing IA in the Real World" and onward)
--users/content/context
--user needs and behaviors (thinking about systems for users who don't know what they're looking for) 

3. "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 50-75 --this is online

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/design/information/iawww/chap5/

-- IA challenges (ambiguity, heterogeneity, different perspectives, internal politics)
-- Organization schemes (exact, ambiguous)
-- Organizational structures (top-down, bottom-up) 

4. "I.nformation Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 76-105 (Chpt. 6)
--Labeling systems - why they're worthwhile to think about, and the different types
--designing labeling systems 

5 "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 106-131 (Chpt. 7)
-- Navigation systems (embedded, supplemental)

6. "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).

pgs. 243-269 (Chpt. 11)
-- "Strategy" - a walkthrough of IA development with a client

7.

"Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" (Rosenfeld & Morville; O'Reilly).
pgs. 270-298 (Chpt. 12, stopping before "Controlled Vocabularies")
-- IA blueprints (high-level, wireframe)
-- content mapping, chunks