Vivienne Houghton

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Vivienne is a former business owner turned LIS Professional who loves Battlestar Galactica (she owns a Cylon action figure), Shotokan karate and traveling.

Her 2012 destinations for conferences and fun include Philadelphia (PLA), Anaheim (ALA), Chicago (SLA), Baltimore (ASIS&T), Los Angeles, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Japan.

Vivienne is an MLIS Candidate (June 2012) with an entrepreneurial spirit. She seeks to join a future-focused organization that values innovation, technology, having fun, play, curiosity, big ideas, risk, agility and continuous learning. Her interests include technology, information architecture, web content management, early literacy and research. She is planning to learn Drupal in Summer 2012.

Graduate student in Library & Information Science Program at University of Denver (DU)
Research Fellow with the Colorado State Library's Library Research Service

Honors & Awards

Early Childhood Librarianship Fellow
Beta Phi Mu, inducted 2012
SLA Science-Technology Division's 2012 S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award
Saavy Techie Award - DU MLIS Program
ASIS&T 2011-12 New Leaders Award
George and Mamie Miller Scholarship Travel Funds 2011

Technology

Vice Chair, DU ASIS&T Student Chapter
Co-developer and Chief Evangelist, TechBytes Workshops on library and technology tools
Poster: The Well-Architected Website: Applying Good IA Design Principles
Took Information Architecture (IA) course, created heuristic evaluation of USGS Photography Library website and attended IA Summit in Spring 2011
Wrote Tech Brief: Transformative Educational Technologies in Community Colleges for the Colorado Community College Summit: Pathways to College & Beyond

International

Did an Independent Studies project in Europe at the School of Information & Library Studies at University College Dublin in Ireland and the Swedish School of Library & Information Science at the University of Borås in Sweden -- see blog and photos

Managing the Future of Tech Skills in Academic Libraries
by: Vivienne Houghton

The Future of Technology Skills in Academic Libraries

Xtranormal video on how academic library management is increasingly requiring IT skills in librarians.
Created May 2012

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USGS Photography Library: A Heuristic Evaluation from Vivienne Houghton on Vimeo.

Heuristic Evaluation: USGS Photographic Library

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
This video evaluates the user interface design and usability of the USGS Photographic Library as part of a collaborative IA class project at the University of Denver.
Created June 2011

Graduate students: Vivienne Houghton and Angela Marie Waalkes

Instructor: Professor Alex Martinez, Senior Educational Web Developer at the University of Denver’s Center for Teaching and Learning

Client: Keith Van Cleave, Director of the USGS Library at the Denver Federal Center

ASIS&T DU Join Us from on Vimeo.

Seeking Students to Join ASIS&T DU

Love technology? Scared of technology? Either way, we're the right group for you! Join ASIS&T DU today and build your tech skill set!

Vivienne is 2011-2012 Vice Chair of the Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology at DU.

Created September 2011

EC Superheroes from Vivienne Houghton on Vimeo.

Promotional Video: EC Superheroes

EC Superheroes is a call-to-action to join the EC Superheroes -- an early childhood professional rescue team to help increase literacy rates and end the "cradle-to-prison" pipeline.

Young children are very motivated to learn. And they learn best when they're engaged and having FUN!

This video was a final project for an Early Language & Literacy Course at the University of Denver.
Created June 2011