[Sigia-l] survey: what are the things we do and make as IAs?

[Arjun Sabharwal]

Eric & IA List:

In an effort to integrate our virtual library into the e-learning environment (Blackboard) in order to improve user experience, I focused on the following:

-- context analysis (informs the labelling system)
-- sitemap
-- integrating KM (developing ontologies, data integration)
-- workflow (for site maintenance)
-- client outreach & advocacy (faculty, student, and staff)

:-)

Arjun 

>A few years back I did a simple survey on the things we do and make as IAs.
>Might be time to repeat that survey and see what's changed.
>
>Very simply, take a minute or three and jot down the names of any IA thing -
>regardless of whether it be an activity, a method, or a deliverable. Just
>start typing off the top of your head, stop when you feel tempted to look
>something up from a book or website. Don't stop to classify or sort your
>list in any way, and don't worry if the thing you jot down is also used by
>other disciplines. I'd also prefer names of things over descriptions or
>prose. I'm not after an exhaustively comprehensive list, I'm more interested
>in the zeitgeist du jour.
>
>In short, simply jot down the *names* of the things we do and make as IAs.