document: Information architecture in JASIST : just where did we come from ? The emergence of Information Architecture within the information systems world has been simultaneously drawn out yet rapid . Those with an eye on history are quick to point to Wurman 's 1976 use of the term `` architecture of information , '' but it has only been in the last 2 years that IA has become the source of sufficient interest for people to label themselves professionally as Information Architects . The impetus for this recent emergence of IA can be traced to a historical summit , supported by ASIS&T in May 2000 at Boston . It was here that several hundred of us gathered to thrash out the questions of just what IA was and what this new field might become . At the time of the summit , invited to present a short talk on my return journey from the annual ACM SIGCHI conference , I entered the summit expecting little and convinced that IA was nothing new . I left 2 days later refreshed , not just by the enthusiasm of the attendees for this term but by IA 's potential to unify the disparate perspectives and orientations of professionals from a range of disciplines . It was at this summit that the idea for the special issue took root . I proposed the idea to Don Kraft , hoping he would find someone else to run with it . AS luck would have it , I ended up taking charge of it myself , with initial support from David Blair . From the suggestion to the finished product-has been the best part of 2 years , and in that time more than 50 volunteers reviewed over 20 submissions
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