Monti Lawrence — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:28:40 GMT

What a timely discussion! I am an Information Architect/Content Repository Librarian looking for a more accurate title for what I do and I believe Content Strategist just might be it. We are in a content management system, with a ton of enterprise and consumer technical documentation. I am tasked with organizing this information in the CMS, implementing metadata, and training writers and editors in the ways of structuring content for reuse. I’m a little uncomfortable with the IA title as I’m so closely tied to content (in addition to understanding the toolset and designing repository usage). I’m a little uncomfortable with Content Repository Librarian because, to me, it loses the technical dimensions of my job and I’m not sure librarian is really the role I fill. I’d love to see more on the role of the IA in this capacity as opposed to strictly Web-based.

Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Monti Lawrence