[Sigia-l] education: being an IA

[Livia Labate]

BJ,

Chris has good points here. And if you are indeed interested in going back
to school, have a look at AIfIA's list of IA graduate courses and degrees +
the IA Wiki:

 Schools teaching IA
 http://aifia.org/pg/schools_teaching_ia.php

 Degree in IA
 http://www.iawiki.net/DegreeInIA

-LL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Chandler" <chrischandler67 at earthlink.net>
To: "BJ Cook" <bcook at gate1travel.com>; <Sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] education: being an IA


:
: "BJ Cook" wrote:
:
: > Is it
: > necessary to get a degree in order to break into IA or am I going
: about this
: > wrong? Do you need to be certified to gain a position as an IA?
:
: Hi BJ,
:
: No, you don't need an HCI or MLIS or any other degree to break into the
: field.
:
: You may need to accept a junior position, or, if you're drawn to the
: field because of your experiences as a new media developer you may have
: enough work samples to talk yourself into an IA position. As we like to
: say around here, "it depends."
:
: That being said, you may have good reasons to want to go back to school,
: and re-focusing your career by getting a degree in HCI or Information
: Studies (or lots of other related fields!) is a perfectly decent
: strategy.
:
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