INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE - AN EMERGING 21ST CENTURY PROFESSION

The first book to explore the roots of the emerging Information Architecture profession.

A true foundations text, this book introduces the reader to:

* Key innovations in the history of communications and computing
* Technologies leading to the Information Age
* The origins of the World Wide Web
* Information architecture's pioneers
* The emerging profession of information architecture

Information Architecture: An Emerging 21st Century Profession features:

* An abbreviated history of revolutionary information and communications technologies
* Social and technology-related factors in information creation, communication, storage, and retrieval
* Information Age-related problems
* Information architecture practitioners, educators, and education programs
* Visions for the future of information architecture