[Sigia-l] IA and medium

[Kathryn Lewellen]

Actually, I do think IA is medium specific (or at
least should be).  Not all IA's have library science
backgrounds or put a lot of empahsis on traditional
library training.  The web gave birth to IA and as a
result of being overloaded with information, there is
now a heightened awareness to organizing and
displaying it effectively-a different kind of
awareness than organing library materials generated
prior to the web.  Of course IA has similarities to
lots of other areas-library science, "wayfinding",
etc. but I think what makes IA unique *is* it's
medium-the web-and how information is organized for
Internet users. 

Also, I think broadening the definition of IA to span
various mediums could be detrimental in the long run.
Its hard enough already to get people to take IA
seriously.  In my experience, "we help people find
information" and trying to provide expertise in too
many different areas doesn't work. I think IA NEEDS to
be medium specific to gain acceptance and
understanding.

Kathryn Lewellen
--- Susan Zeyher <susan_z40 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Christina!
> 
> Of course IA is not medium specific!  What about
> Melvil Dewey's classification system, or the Library
> of Congress classification system, or Dublin Core? 
> Those are all architectures for information.  
> 
> Gee Wiz, folks!  I'm always repeating to library
> people that classification and collocation is not
> limited to library land.  Now I'm telling all you
> Web-heads that organizing information is NOT limited
> to Web land.  
> 
> THINK OUTSIDE YOUR OWN BOXES, FOLKS!!
> 
> OK, I'm done now.
> 
> So, tell me honestly.  What am I missing that makes
> Christina's question look so dumb to me?
> 
> Susan Zeyher
> 
> --- Christina Wodtke <cwodtke at eleganthack.com>
> wrote:
> > Pondering in the backyard on a Sunday afternoon...
> > 
> > Do you think IA is medium specific? I know the web
> > gave birth to IA (as a
> > title, role, etc) and Iknow the skills that apply
> to
> > IA apply to other
> > media, but is IA in it's truest form inseperable
> > from the web as media?
> 
> 
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