Edtechkat

These sessions from the upcoming Information Architecture conference in Sydney are library topics - even if the presenters wouldn’t think so. http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/program.shtml

I think we need to be paying attention to what is coming out of Information Architecture / User Experience conferences and literature.

Are users really ready for faceted search?

Elizabeth Pek

Short Session

Easy content discoverability is a goal for any business. This session will discuss the faceted search experience and whether a Google style simple search interface works in all context.

Building a navigation structure for HealthInsite using thesaurus management software

Prue Deacon

Short Session

This presentation will show how the broader/narrower relationships in a thesaurus structure can be the basis for a classification scheme and hence support a site navigation structure.

Taxonomy, Social Networks and Pace-Layering

Roger Hudson

Advanced Session

Is our growing reliance on search rotting our brains? Will social software replace conventional site taxonomy? Can pace-layering provide an answer to these questions?

Website to Webapp - designing for workflow

Shane Morris

Advanced Session

Web applications are much easier to design than traditional web sites, right? I mean, there’s only one page in the site map! How hard could it be? Right?

From research fluff to useful tools

Stephen Cox

Short Session

Having lots of research data can be frustrating, what do you do with it all? Learn how News Digital Media transforms its research into practical tools for design.