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Subject:    [WEB4LIB] Information Architecture: Designing Navigation for Library Websites (online class)
From:       Rory Litwin <rlitwin () GMAIL ! COM>
Date:       2013-06-12 13:52:12
Message-ID: B826A372-A226-4AAB-AC91-4BADCEE38012 () gmail ! com
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Information Architecture: Designing Navigation for Library Websites

Instructor: Susan Teague-Rector
Dates: July 1-28, 2013
Credits: 1.5 CEUs
Price: $175

http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/046-designing-navigation.php    

Website navigation is a key design device to help users search and browse library \
websites and information systems. The design of Website navigation can be simple or \
complex, flat or deep. In all cases, website navigation should take into account \
information architecture (IA) best practices, common user tasks in the library \
domain, user research, analytics and information seeking models.

In this four week, asynchronous, online course, you will gain insight into the art & \
science of IA, the discipline of labeling and organizing online information for \
optimal usability and findability. This course will introduce you to basic types of \
navigation, as well as classification schemes for organizing information. You will \
learn about best practices for labeling navigation, search engine optimiziation (SEO) \
and usability. Finally, you will gain hands-on experience developing a navigation \
scheme for a library website.

This course can be taken as one of six courses needed to earn our Certificate in User \
Experience (UX), but can be taken as a stand-alone course as well.

Susan Teague Rector holds a Master’s degree in Information Science from the \
University of NC-Chapel Hill. She has over 15 years of experience in Web \
technologies, with 6 years in academic libraries. In her current role at University \
of Colorado, Susan specializes in information architecture (IA) and UX design for \
University Web Services. Previously Susan led the IA, design and implementation of a \
new website for NCSU Libraries in 2010; and led IA, design and usability testing as \
Web Applications Manager at VCU Libraries. She has presented nationally on Web \
topics, as well as published in the Journal of Web Librarianship and CRLN. 



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Tel. 218-260-6115
inquiries@libraryjuiceacademy.com
http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/

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