Chapter Resources > Career Pathways > Chapter 13 – Design-Related Pathways: Information Architecture

Thank you to Abby Covert for writing this section in the book and for providing the initial set of resources for this page. Check out Abby’s book How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody as well as her Abby the IA website for more information on becoming an information architect.

Recommended Books

Understanding Context: Environment, Language, and Information Architecture

Andrew Hinton

Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond

Louis Rosenfeld

How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody

Abby Covert

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Related Links and Articles

• What is Information Architecture? (2013 PDF) (Information Architecture Institute)A short introduction to helping people understand information and find what they need.
• Pain with No Name (by contributor Abby Covert, A List Apart)Abby Covert argues for clearer structure and language in digital experiences.
• Information architecture (Digital.gov)Guidance on organizing and labeling information so people can find and use it.
• The Sensemaker’s Guide to Auditing (Abby Covert)Abby Covert explains how auditing helps reveal the current state of complex information.

Supportive Professional Organizations

• Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
• User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA)

Compensation Data

• Glassdoor Salary Data (includes information architecture)
• User Experience Salaries & Calculator (2024) (MeasuringU, 2024 data). Open salary analysis and calculator; includes UXPA survey data.

Other job titles that may include information architecture work: user experience architect, experience architect, librarian, taxonomist and ontologist