document: Information architecture : looking ahead It may be a bit strange to consider where the field of information architecture -LRB- IA -RRB- is headed . After all , many would argue that it 's too new to be considered as a field at all , or that it is mislabeled , and by no means is there a widely accepted definition of what information architecture actually is . Practicing information architects probably number in the thousands , and this vibrant group is already building various forms of communal infrastructure , ranging from an IA journal and a self-organizing `` library '' of resources to a passel of local professional groups and degree-granting academic programs . So the profession has achieved a beachhead that will enable it to stabilize and perhaps even grow during these difficult times
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