IA is not another name for UX

User experience (UX) and Information Architecture (IA) are very different and have separate skill sets, processes and outputs.

I often talk to people who add IA on the their CV as if it’s some simple skill;

IA is actually more complex and difficult than UX

IA is also hundreds of years old as an activity while UX is less than twenty in it’s current form.

• Information architecture is involved in the classification and structure of information.
• User experience is involved in; defining who the audience is, what they can do, how they can do it and matching the aspiration of the content provider with the desires of the audience.

Related

• Information Architecture (IA)  the classification of information
• Information Architecture (IA)  the classification of information Part 2 – Educational publishing and courses examples

• Definition of User Experience
• User Experience as a process
• Getting UX done the engagement process
• Getting into User Experience Part 1
• Getting into User Experience Part 2