Contentworks Inc.
342 MacLaren Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 0M6
T 613 730-4059
F 613 234-7778
info@contentworks.ca		 Research Services Portfolio

Services
Research and Report Writing
Project
Architectural History Reports and Heritage Character Statements
Client
Parks Canada
Description
Contentworks provides Parks Canada with solid, reliable research support documents for the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office.

Services
Archival Research and Image Research
Project
Numbered Treaties Iconographic Research
Client
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Treaty Policy Branch
Description
Research to support the development of the Branch's publications, educational products and web sites related to the historic treaty-making process. The project covered the 11 numbered treaties dating from 1871 to 1921.

Services
Image Research and Intellectual Property Management
Project
Collections Canada 2000
Client
Canada Post Corporation
Description
This publication is Canada's best-selling book. As image manager for the published and alternative concept editions, we researched 100s of images, negotiated all copyright clearances and wrote captions.

Services
Concept Development and Instructional Design
Project
Educational Materials for Canadian Elementary Students
Client
Federal Government Department
Description
Contentworks completed a draft of this product for internal review. Our work included recommendations concerning content for each chapter and a teachers' guide, creative direction, and a consultation strategy. The next stages will include consultations with educators and content experts and the development of final versions of the Web site, book and teacher's guide.

Web Content Services Portfolio

Services
Project Management
Project
Web Development Project Management
Client
Federal Government Department
Description
Management of a project to reorganize and renew the department's Web presence. Contentworks is responsible for developing project plans, providing strategic advice, consulting with stakeholders, defining phasing and scope of the project, advising on Common Look and Feel Standards, and developing Web presence objectives.

Services
Web Presence Planning, Metadata Scheme Creation, Audience Profiling
Project
Communications Resource Centre
Client
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Description
Contentworks planned a highly interactive on-line resource centre now used by RCMP communicators to retrieve and post current documents, strategies, operating manuals and media documents. The product includes an on-line Image Bank of contemporary and historical images.

Services
Research and Writing
Project
Common Look and Feel Assessment Guide
Client
Treasury Board Secretariat
Description
Contentworks researched and wrote an online guide that federal departments can use to assess whether or not their Web sites comply with Common Look and Feel requirements.

Services
Web Site Evaluation
Project
Web Site Evaluation, Current Issues and Approaches
Client
Canadian Heritage, Corporate Review Branch
Description
Research and writing of a report which included a background study on web site evaluation, a literature review, interview summaries, recommendations and an evaluation framework.

Services
On-line Image Bank Development
Project
Communications Resource Centre, Image Bank Historic Photographs
Client
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Description
A content development project to research and provide historic images of the RCMP for their on-line Image Bank. The project included developing a selection criteria, establishing workflows, conducting archival research, selection and ordering of 110 print-quality reproductions, testing of administration site and metadata element set, and research and writing of an online guide to images sources related to RCMP.

Papers

Title
Virtual Integrity: Planning Historic Places on the Net
Author
Julie Harris
Date
Fall 2001
Summary
Article written for Canadian Heritage magazine.

Title
Common Look and Feel Assessment Guide
Author
Contentworks Inc. for Treasury Board Secretariat
Date
April 2001
Summary
Contentworks researched and wrote this on-line guide that federal department can use to assess whether or not their Web sites comply with CLF requirements.