Developer Assistant
Resume:
VIVIENNE HOUGHTON
*** *. ******* **. #*****.viviennehoughton.com
Glendale, Colorado 80246 www.linkedin.com/in/viviennehoughton
310-***-**** ********.********@*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Denver - Master s in Library & Information Science, 2012
University of California at Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts, East Asian Studies, Cum laude
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Fellow at Library Research Service, Colorado State Library
March 2012 to July 2012
Performed research and data analysis using a wide variety of sources including survey
results,
quarterly and annual reports, press releases, white papers, refereed journal articles,
videos and
social media
Used Excel and SPSS for data analysis and visualizing data
Created Fast Facts statistical reports for the Colorado State Library s Broadband
Technology
Opportunity Program (BTOP) Project
Developed workflow process for surveys including data entry, verification and records
storage
Graduate Researcher at Colorado Community College System
Summer 2011
Researched national and local best practices in the use of transformative educational
technologies in academic settings
Wrote Technology Brief: Transformative Educational Technologies in Community Colleges
for
2011 Colorado Community College Summit: Pathways to College & Beyond
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Volunteer with IT Department at Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado at DenverJuly 2012 to Present
Learning Drupal in order to assist web developer with library website
Using Adobe Illustrator to assist with banner images
Graduate Technology Assistant at University of Denver s Office of Teaching & LearningAugust 2011 to March 2012
Assisted with metadata, content strategy and workflow of video repository project
Provided Blackboard technology support to faculty
Used Joomla to manage web content on ctl.du.edu
Graduate Research Assistant at University of Denver s Marsico InstituteAugust 2010 to present
Use HTML to manage web content on EarlyChildhoodColorado.org
Use OmniUpdate to manage web content on du.edu/marsicoinstitute
Use Adobe Illustrator and Dreamweaver to update banners
Describe programming and information architecture issues to developer
Develop documentation and train administrative users on how to update websitE
VIVIENNE HOUGHTON
599 S. Fairfax St. #3Awww.viviennehoughton.com
Glendale, Colorado 80246 www.linkedin.com/in/viviennehoughton
310-***-**** ********.********@*****.***
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND WEBSITE EXPERIENCE
Assisting Senior Web Developer and Information Architect on proposal to re-design
www.earlychildhoodcolorado.org
Took graduate level Information Architecture course
Created website for heuristic evaluation of USGS Photographic Library Website
Created multiple websites and manage content for multiple websites: portfolio available
at
www.viviennehoughton.com/resume.html
Co-created a LibGuide adopted by DU Penrose Library on Academic Research: A Guide for
International StudentsCOMPUTER SKILLS
Website creation tools: Google Sites, weebly, iWeb, blogs
Web content management: Joomla, HTML, OmniUpdate, learning Drupal
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Adobe Connect and Blackboard Administration
INDEPENDENT STUDY
Engaged in research at LIS Departments at University College Dublin in Ireland and
University of
BorAs in Sweden, Winter Break 2011
Gained research skills on four different research projects
Taught single-session undergraduate English Language Seminar proofing essay submissions
for
international conference
AWA RDS
2012 Member, Beta Phi Mu
2012 Special Libraries Association Science-Technology Division s S. Kirk Cabeen Travel
Award
2012 Voted Savvy Techie by classmates
2011 American Society for Information Science & Technology s New Leaders Award
2011 George and Mamie Miller Scholarship Travel Funds
2010 - 2012 Early Childhood Librarianship Fellowship
PUBLICATION
Houghton, V. (2011, October). Brief: Transformative Educational Technology in Community
Colleges. Colorado Community College Summit: Pathways to College & Beyond, October
24-25, 2011.
VIVIENNE HOUGHTON
599 S. Fairfax St. #3Awww.viviennehoughton.com
Glendale, Colorado 80246 www.linkedin.com/in/viviennehoughton
310-***-**** ********.********@*****.***
POSTER & PRESENTATION
Poster: The Well-Architected Website: Applying Good Information Architecture (IA)
Design
Principles
Presentation: Building a Digital Collection: Questions to Ask Prior to Starting at
ASIS&T 2011
Annual Meeting, Digital Libraries Special Interest Group's Digital Liaisons: Student
Perspectives on Curating the Information Life Cycle
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
2011-2012, Vice Chair and co-developer of TechBytes Workshops on library and technology
tools, ASIS&T Student Chapter at University of Denver
2011-2012, ASIS&T New Leader
2011-2012, Member, ASIS&T International Relations Committee
2011-2012, Student Ambassador, MLIS Program, University of Denver
2011, Panelist, Students of Color Reception, University of Denver
2011, Volunteer, Information Architecture Summit
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
ALA American Library Association
ALSC Association for Library Service to Children
ASIS&T American Society for Information Science and Technology
CAL Colorado Association of Libraries
CCML Colorado Council of Medical Librarians
CLEL Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy
IAI Information Architecture Institute
MLA Medical Library Association
SLA Special Libraries Association
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