Newish Wine in Newish Bottles

In the latest ASIST Bulletin (PDF) Andrew Dillon asks if, ‘research in information architecture is nothing more than old wine in new bottles.‘ Not unlike an < href="http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-01/dillon.html">older column in which he asked, ‘I need more convincing that any one person could be described accurately as an information architect.‘ In this new issue James Kalbach itemizes the ways IA work is different than traditional LIS work: digital media, project-based time spans, not in physical space, and distance from the user. He points out how IA and librarianship can benefit each other and calls for more connections between the communities.