Resources

Diagramming tools

• Omnigraffle
• Axure

Books

• Communicating Design. By Dan Brown
• Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. By Steve Krug
• The Elements of User Experience. By Jesse James Garrett
• Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used. By Peter Block
• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. By Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld

Professional Development Organizations

• Los Angeles User Experience Meetup
• User Experience Professionals of Los Angeles (UXPA)

Free Cardsorting tool

• Optimal Sort

Mentoring

• IA Institute 

Events

• WIAD (World Information Architecture Day)
• IA Summit

Member Resources

• ASIST Digital Library
• ASIST Bulletin
• LACASIST