Schools Teaching IA. Many colleges, universities, and non-profit organizations offer courses in information architecture.
Below you can download listings of institutions worldwide that offer courses and full degree programs dedicated to information architecture. These represent offerings at institutions that confer academic degrees and certificates. For commercial course offerings and information about our Webinar Partner program, contact info@iainstitute.org. Alexandre LACOUR – Chef de projet informatique et formation. Information Architecture. Introduction This lesson discusses ideas associated with the phrase "information architecture" and relates them to aspects of the library- and information-science (LIS) professions.
Origin of the Phrase, "Information Architecture" The phrase "information architecture" appears to have been coined, or at least brought to wide attention, by Richard Saul Wurman, a man trained as an architect but who has become also a skilled graphic designer and the author, editor, and/or publisher of numerous books that employ fine graphics in the presentation of information in a variety of fields. In the 1960s, early in his career as an architect, he became interested in matters concerning the ways in which buildings, transport, utilities, and people worked and interacted with each other in urban environments. Wurman views architecture as the science and art of creating an "instruction for organized space. "