- 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
Human resources & procurement
XIST provides information management consultants to help organizations in a variety of circumstances. We can place qualified resources for short or long term requirements, on- or off-site. Our consultants are skilled IM/IT specialists, Librarians (reference, systems, cataloguers, media monitoring),
Library technicians,
Programmers,
Information architects,
Web developers,
Project managers,
Writers, web writers and editors,
Researchers, and
Graphic artists.
Onsite Strategic Planning and Web Management Consulting
Project: XIST placed a consultant onsite to provide full-time web planning, communications policy and web development services for a Government of Canada client. Under the direction of the client, the consultant developed policies for web based communications, developed a strategic plan for aligning the department web site with emerging communication priorities, and provided project management services to guide the development team through a transition period, until a new web master was hired full time on staff.
Onsite Library Services and Metadata Consulting
Project: XIST placed a consultant onsite to provide full-time library and controlled vocabulary development services for a Government of Canada client. Under the direction of the client, the consultant analyzed, modified and extended existing controlled vocabularies for use in an enterprise content management system and for integration with the departmental internet and intranet sites.
Onsite Database Development Consulting
Project: XIST placed a consultant onsite to provide full-time senior level database design, application development, programming and implementation for a Government of Canada. Under the direction of the client, the consultant provided expertise with a variety of enterprise level technologies including Oracle db and Evergreen open-source integrated library system. The consultant also helped to translate knowledge to the client and create application documentation.
