LIS 531G Web Development and Information_Architecture
Organizing and structuring content to help individuals, communities, and organizations find and manage internal and external Web-based resources and services. Application of current coding, metadata, and style standards to create Web documents. Evaluation of Web site quality and usability, and assessment of resource discovery tools. Strategic planning and user needs analysis for information architecture. Content inventory, organization, and management in support of wayfinding and navigation. Design documents for prototyping large Web sites. Readings, essays, design projects, in-class presentations. Please note: This is a new course being offered beginning in the 2005-2006 academic year; it incorporates the content that was previously offered in LIS 520R (Information Services and the World Wide Web) and LIS 520X (Introduction to Information Architecture), and some of what was formerly in LIS 457 (Digital Publishing). Prerequisites: LIS 407 and 488