Slides for my IA Summit presentation (”Embodying IA“) are now available on Slideshare. I look forward to hearing your feedback!
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IA Summit Presentation
Posted in experience integration, library 2.0, tagged architecture, experience integration, public libraries, renovation, user centered design, user experience, web design on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Stephen Bell on “Design Thinking”
Posted in experience integration, information architecture, library 2.0, tagged design, experience integration, information architecture, library 2.0, public libraries on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Jan./Feb. 2008 issue of American Libraries features an article by the omnipresent Stephen J. Bell on the benefits of taking a design approach to the delivery of library services. By Googling his name I also came across this interesting handout on “Librarianship by Design” — basically a bibliography of design-related resources for librarians — and the [...]
Placing Words: Symbols, Space and the City
Posted in experience integration, information architecture, library 2.0 on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Started reading William J. Mitchell’s Placing Words: Symbols, Space and the City over the weekend and am delighted I purchased this book on a whim while Christmas shopping at Borders. This quote alone is almost worth the price of admission ($19.95 in paperback):
“The social and cultural functions of built spaces have become inseparable from [...]