- Strategic planning
- Information architecture
- User needs assessment
- Web design
- Project management
- Internet & intranet site development
- Web application development
- Programming and database development
- Web 2.0 service planning
- Content development
- Multimedia, video & audio
- Research & environmental scans
- Search engine optimization & Internet marketing
- Taxonomies, controlled vocabularies
- Library & metadata services
- Human resources & procurement
- Policy & governance
- HTML conversion
- CLF 2.0 implementation
Open-source Digital Library Technology Evaluation and Planning
Project: XIST conducted an environmental scan of open-source digital library technologies, developed a high-level development schedule and made recommendations to migrate a legacy database to a web-based digital library platform.
Information Resources Management and Strategic Plan
Project: XIST worked in partnership with an Ottawa based content development and research company to deliver a strategic plan that outlined a realistic and viable multi-year strategic plan to manage information resources. The project included content analysis, business process analysis and user needs assessment.
Site Analysis and Information Architecuture Redesign
Project: For a federal organization, XIST completed a site review that included surveying users, reviewing departmental communications strategy, conducting stakeholder interviews, and analyzing site statistics. The outcome was the creation of a revised information architecture with content and services recommendations to reposition the site for emerging needs.
HTML Document Conversion
Project: XIST completed a large-scale conversion of bilingual scientific and computational data into the Government of Canada's Common Look and Feel (CLF 2.0) standard.
Information Management Priorities Assessment
Project: XIST recently conducted a broad analysis of information management processes and technologies for an international organization. The purpose of this study was (1) to identify and isolate areas of highest need, and (2) develop practical recommendations to improve these priorities. Research was gathered through analysis of existing processes, development of custom surveys, and facilitation of private interviews with staff in Canada, Africa and South America.
CLF 2.0 Conversion Services
Service Offering: XIST has extensive experience developing web sites and HTML coding pages for numerous Government of Canada departments and agencies.
Call us today or contact CLF2.0@xist.com for help to convert your site to CLF 2.0
Dspace Customization
Project: XIST configured the open source software, DSpace (http://dspace.org), for a university library that required an institutional digital repository.
This open source digital repository solution was customized for the libraries’ purposes, including developing a graphical user interface to reflect the look and feel of the library’s web site UI.
Web 2.0 Planning
Project: XIST analyzed Web 2.0 services, technologies and practices for a Government of Canada department and outlined new opportunities that would support its core business activities. Research included interview sessions with staff, review of industry literature, and use of Web 2.0 services related to social networking, media sharing, social tagging, peercasting, syndication, blogs, wikis, and content mash-ups.

