Information architecture must-have

If you are looking for an easy-to-follow book on the topic of information architecture, then look no further than Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, written by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville.

The authors provide a how-to guide for information architects and website managers that includes useful approaches to developing websites. The book’s primary focus is organization and how to maintain it. The authors guide readers from the conceptualization stage of a website to its completion.

According to Rosenfeld and Morville (2006):

We’re convinced that everyone, novice and wizard, should invest considerable time and energy into their web site’s information architecture, especially if the goal is to build a large, complex web site or intranet. As we don’t use lots of technical jargon, and because of the topic of information architecture is so centered around users, we wrote this book to be accessible to anyone who has used the World Wide Web more than once or twice. (Preface xv)

Rosenfeld and Morville co-founded one of the earliest information architecture consulting firms. They are considered pioneers in the subject, and the book is an indispensable source of information on the topic as a result.

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Rosenfeld, L. & Morville, P. (2006). Information architecture for the world wide web: Designing large-scale web sites (3rd ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.