Publications and Speaking Engagements

The Information Architecture Gateway (IAG) founders and members of its sister organization, Learning Gateways, have published and presented Gateway research to conferences and working groups, such as World IA Day, IAC: the Information Architecture Conference and the Science Gateways Community Institute’s annual Gateways conference.

The following is a listing of papers, posters and presentations. Public materials are archived at the Open Science Foundation.

Recent Presentations

World IA Café: The Role of Information Architects

Date: June 15, 2023
Presented By: Shari Thurow
Event: World IA Cafe, World Information Architecture Association
Venue: Online
Sponsors: Rutgers MBS
URL: https://lu.ma/wiacafe001

UX-LX Workshop: Designing Effective Search Experiences

Date: May 24, 2023
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Event: UX Lisbon
Venue: FIL Meeting Center, Lisbon, Portugal
URL: https://www.ux-lx.com/speakers/noreen-whysel.html#workshop

Mapping the Edges of Our Discipline

Date: March 31, 2023
Presented By: Noreen Whysel
Event: IAC 2023: The Information Architecture Conference
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, New Orleans, LA, USA
URL: https://theiaconference.org

Papers

Thurow, S., N. Whysel & B. Corwin. (October 31, 2023). “Not an Afterthought: “. Gateways 2023. Science Gateways Community Institute. Poster Presentation. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Gesing, S., Brandt, S., Bradley, S., Potkewitz, M., Kee, K., Whysel, N., Perri, M., Cleveland, S., Rugg, A. and Smith, J. (July 18–22, 2021). “A Vision for Science Gateways: Bridging the Gap and Broadening the Outreach.” In Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC ’21). Conference paper. Association for Computing Machinery. Online. [full text preprint]

Corwin, Bev, Shari Thurow & Noreen Whysel. (April 20, 2021). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design [Conference presentation]. The Information Architecture Conference. Online. [program] [poster]

Thurow, S. N. Whysel & B. Corwin. (October 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design. Gateways 2020. Science Gateways Community Institute, Virtual Conference. [poster and supporting reference materials]

Thurow, S., & Whysel, N. (October 30, 2019). How to Create and Maintain an Effective Information Architecture and Navigation System for Science Gateway Websites. Gateways 2019. Science Gateways Community Institute.

Presentations

Thurow, S. & N. Whysel. (October 26, 2023). Virtual Tutorial – Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Pattern Libraries. Gateways 2023. Science Gateways Community Institute. Online.

Thurow, S. & N. Whysel. (October 27, 2023). Virtual Tutorial – Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Style Guides. Gateways 2023. Science Gateways Community Institute. Online.

Thurow, Shari. (June 15, 2023). World IA Café: The Role of Information Architects. Presentation. World Information Architecture Association. Online.

Thurow, Shari. Noreen Whysel & Bev Corwin. (October 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive DesignGateways 2020. Science Gateways Community Institute. Online.

Whysel, Noreen. (November 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive DesignCity Tech’s 18th Annual Poster Session. New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. Online. [gallery– slide 20]

Whysel, Noreen. (October 23, 2020). Information Architecture for Science GatewaysCity Tech Computational and Data Science Conference. Conference presentation. New York City College of Technology, City University of New York. Online. [youtube]

Thurow, Shari. Noreen Whysel & Bev Corwin. (October 19, 2020). Accessibility Compliance and Assessments for Gateway Websites in Life Sciences: Toward Inclusive Design. Poster presentation. SGCI Gateways 2020. Science Gateways Community Institute. Online.

Whysel, Noreen. (March 16, 2019). IA Gateway. Poster presentation. The Information Architecture Conference 2019, Orlando, FL, USA. [program]

Arango, Jorge., Jesse JamesGarrett, Stacy Surla & Noreen Whysel. (March 15, 2019). The IA Conference – Past, Present, and Future. Panel. The Information Architecture Conference, Orlando, FL, USA.

Whysel, Noreen. (March 1, 2017). Learning Gateway. Presentation. Meetup Mashup: Women in Open Source, Semiotics Web, Information Architecture, Microsoft, New York, NY.

Ulmer, John & Noreen Whysel. (December 1, 2016). Creating a Gateway for Collaborative LearningPresented at Meetup Mashup: OWASP Brooklyn, Semiotics Web, Information Architecture Meetups. Eligible, Brooklyn, NY.

Whysel, Noreen. (November 3, 2016). Mentoring for Science Gateways. Presentation. Gateways 2016. San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA.

Ulmer, John, Jenine Medina & Noreen Whysel. (November 2, 2016). Creating a Gateway for Collaborative Learning. Presentation. Gateways 2016. San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA.

Whysel, N. (October 27, 2015). IA Gateway. Presentation. Semiotics Web and Information Architecture Meetup Mashup, New York, NY.

Workshops

Whysel, Noreen. (May 24, 2023). Designing Effective Search Experiences. Conference workshop. UX-LX: UX Lisbon. Lisbon, Portugal.

Thurow, S. & Whysel, N. (April 20, 2021). Sense-Making, Search Systems & Site Optimization. Conference workshop. The Information Architecture Conference. Online.

Thurow, S., & Whysel, N. (October 30, 2019). How to Create and Maintain an Effective Information Architecture and Navigation System for Science Gateway WebsitesGateways 2019. Science Gateways Community Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.  [osf.io files]