The term information architecture has become ubiquitous within the Library and Information Science (LIS) community over the last 15-20 years. But like the word information itself, and most concepts in LIS, information architecture (IA) has differing definitions that are often situational or functional, and perceptions of it have changed as technology has evolved. This poster looks at these changing notions of IA as related to concurrent advances in technology, divided roughly into four stages: the Information Design Approach, the Information Systems Approach, the Information Science Approach, and Pervasive Information Architecture. Examining their similarities and differences, and how they informed and influenced one another provides insight into the field’s development and how it will continue to adapt and affect information professionals.
(Rosenfeld & Morville, 1998).
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