Information Architecture & DesignIA MethodologyBookmarksBookmarks & Web Use with IAInfo Archiving with BookmarksInfo Archiving with Bookmarks (2)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (3)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (4)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (5)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (6)Document Management & Web TechDocument Mgmt & Web Tech (2)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (3)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (4)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (5)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (6)Design Space for Personal Info MgmtDesign Space for Personal Info Mgmt (2)Design Space for Personal Info Mgmt (3)Principles for Digital Library Dev.How Do You Put it All Together?IA for Ubiquitous ComputingBonus Points WorkNext WeekInformation Architecture & Design Information Architecture & Design •Week 15 Schedule-Advanced IA Topics•When is IA Different?•Alternate IA Environments-BREAK-Research Topic Presentations-10 Minute DrillIA MethodologyAnalysis DesignVerification Construction MaintenancePlanningBookmarksBookmarks•Bookmarks are your own Personal Information Architecture•How Many?•What For?•Why Bookmark?•Do You Organize Your Bookmarks?•What kinds of other PIAs do you have?Bookmarks & Web Use with IABookmarks & Web Use with IA•How Do Your Bookmarks/Browser Influence How You Use the Web?-Versions, Information Management-Tabs – other Features•What Do Your Bookmarks Note About Your Web Use?•How Does Using Bookmarks Affect the IA of a Web Site?•How Can You Promote Bookmark Use for a Web Site?•Why Is Bookmarking Helpful for IA?Info Archiving with BookmarksInfo Archiving with Bookmarks•Small, Older Study-50 Bookmarkers-300+ Web Users•How People Create, Use and Organize Bookmarks•Bookmarks Are One Method to Make Sense of the Web-Supporting Searching-Supporting Browsing•Help with Mental Model of the Web•A “Personal Web Information Space”Abrams, Baecker & Chignell (1998)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (2)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (2)•Why Bookmarks?-Frequently Used Pointers•Easy to Make•Easy to Use-Archives•Topics of Interests•Aging Interests (forever)•Paths Through the Web (over time)•What Bookmarks?-Distinct Domain Names-Index or Search Engines-Front/Main (News) PagesInfo Archiving with Bookmarks (3)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (3)•Methods for Organizing Bookmarks-None-Ordered List (re-arranged)-Sets & Folders-Hierarchy (Nested Folders)-External Web Page(s)-Other System(s)•More Bookmarks Require More Organization MethodsInfo Archiving with Bookmarks (4)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (4)•Bookmark Filing Strategies-None – Never – Natural Order-At Creation Time•Folders•Labels-At End of Browsing Session•More Folders•More Time-When Bookmark Sets Become Unwieldy•Randomly•Scheduled•Archival Use-100 Day Median-About Half Visited in the Last Three Months-Almost All Within the Last YearInfo Archiving with Bookmarks (5)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (5)•Organizing Bookmarks-Only When Necessary-Tradeoff Against Not Finding a Bookmark•Finding Bookmarks-Names of Bookmarks Not Always Descriptive-Folders Difficult to Navigate-Remembering Bookmark Location Challenging-Recalling Exact Bookmark Name UnlikelyInfo Archiving with Bookmarks (6)Info Archiving with Bookmarks (6)•How to Enable & Expand Bookmarking Functions?-Taxonomy-Classification-Automatic Bookmarking-Agents•“My” Web (Site – Nav Bar)•Bookmarking As Poaching•Sharing With Others (email)•Should We Bookmark at All?-Search Engines Are More Efficient-Web Use History (if extended) Show Prior Accesses-Interfaces Don’t Scale for Volume•Implications for IA?Document Management Document Management && Web Web TechTech•(Alice Marries the Mad Hatter)•Keeping up with Web Technologies•Instant (Dynamic) Publishing Often Bypasses Information Architecture Issues•Follow a Systematic Design Methodology•Use a Document Management SystemDocument Mgmt & Web Tech (2)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (2)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (3)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (3)•Manage and deliver large amounts of unstructured material in multiple media•Provide a consistent and predictable information structure, user interface, and navigational mechanism•Enable linking of related materials•Ensure information is up-to-date•Facilitate non-technical authors in creating the content• Support well-defined roles, responsibilities, and access control for various stakeholders in various departments•Enable workflow between authors, product managers, content administrators, editors, attorneys, and system administratorsDocument Mgmt & Web Tech (4)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (4)•Enable the composing and publishing of different views of marketing information for different audiences: financial consultants, clients, the public•Provide version control to support regulatory requirements•Provide a locking or concurrency control mechanism to prevent two or more people from simultaneously updating the same content•Enable searching and retrieval of content using predefined business characteristics of products and servicesDocument Mgmt & Web Tech (5)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (5)•How Do You Integrate All These Requirements?•Use a Database•Make the System Fit the Organization (Not the Reverse)•Use Generated Templates with Instructions and Comments Ready for Filling In•Keep Objects in Sync (between versions)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (6)Document Mgmt & Web Tech (6)•Gradually Integrate New Features into the Doc Mgmt System•Gradually Integrate New Features into the Web Site-Staging & Production Servers-Automatic Verification-Usability•Can Others Input (Content) Changes?•Don’t Chase New Technologies•Users Aren’t Like Us•Web Sites Are More Likely to Be Like Applications Now, Follow Structured Dev. MethodsDesign Space for Personal Info MgmtDesign Space for Personal Info Mgmt•Personal Information Architecture?-Models of How and What we Use the Web.-Functions We Need to Navigate. •How Can We Help People Remember Where Information Has Been Stored?•How Can We Display How Information Is Stored?•How Can We Manage Daily (and other) Information Tasks?•Stacks, Folders and Piles of Information-Appearance -Geographic Cues-Temporal Cues•A Web SitePeters (2001)Design Space for Personal Info Mgmt (2)Design Space for Personal Info Mgmt (2)•Very Personalized Management•Event-Driven Retrieval•Numerous Devices, Locations & Formats-Systems-Home and Work (Now Mobile)-Contexts•Confusion Affects Memory of Information•IA