If you had to create an introduction to IA in a booklet small enough fit in your wallet, what would you say? Maybe:

• user-centered, looks beyond the party purchasing the design to the end user
  • includes research and usability testing (which is not an attempt to trump these disciplines, just explaining IA to the completely unitiatiated)
  • complements Business Analysts & similar roles
  • emphasizes the user because no other roles do this; acts as user advocate
• how they interact with other roles
• uses interaction design heuristics (not just esthetic or other judgements only)
  • research done before reaching “comps”
  • complements Graphic Design
• Emerged and borrows from LIS, CS, UCD, HCI, etc.
• …and brings something new, such as navigation of large info environments
• In a world of commodities, great design offers a unique proposition
• Not just web, but (imho) across many digital disciplines
• A descriptioon of the activities and thumbnails of documentation
• Where to go for more info