Course suitable for: This programme is for all information and knowledge professionals who need to play a more effective role in the management of information resources in their organisation. Delegates from a library and information background will benefit from the introduction to information design principles. Delegates with a web design background will benefit from increased understanding of information classification and collection management principles.
This one day foundation programme provides an essential introduction to the important principles of information architecture design for the information and knowledge professional. It explores how modern information resources need to be organised, classified and formatted for effective navigation and retrieval. It introduces the current thinking on electronic collection design, information classification, meta data standards and information navigation techniques. It also describes specialised roles and publication processes required to make an effective information architecture work.
outcomes:- understand the business benefits of deploying a coherent information architecture
- learn to recognise the symptoms and risks of a poor architecture design
- become an articulate supporter of information architecture design projects
- understand the components of effective information architecture and the contribution you can make
- learn how to sustain the ongoing maintenance and development of an information architecture
- understand the principles of taxonomy development
programme:- developing content organisation schemes and structures
- classification scheme design
- content labelling schemes
- navigation systems design
- information architecture tools and techniques
- information architecture maintenance
speaker:Adrian Dale , Senior Advisor, TFPL
A radical, creative thinker and an information and knowledge evangelist committed to making an immediate difference to clients businesses.
Adrian Dale has 20 years experience in the fields of Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence and Information Science. Before joining TFPL as an Associate, he was a Senior Manager for Unilever Research with responsibility for IT and Knowledge Management in their Research and Innovation Programmes. He is now one of TFPL's strategic advisers coaching organisations and their senior management in the development of information and knowledge strategies. He is an experienced Project Director currently working with a number of public and private sector organisations on the development of the information architectures that underpin their web sites and intranets. Adrian runs the TFPL knowledge management and information architecture training programmes helping organisations develop their skills in this increasingly important area. Adrian is Editor of the Journal of Information Science and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He is also a Visiting Professor of Knowledge Management at the Athens University of Economics and Business and a visiting lecturer in Information Management at the University of Sheffield, Loughborough University and Napier University, Edinburgh.
