Resume Vivienne Houghton

Personal Websites & Blogs

Vivienne Houghton
University of Denver Student Portfolio site

Content Manager for:

Early Childhood Colorado Information Clearinghouse
Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy

Web Portfolio

Children's Hospital Librarians
Data.gov: A Subject Guide
Digital Humanities: A Case Study and Subject Guide
Early Literacy Information on Colorado's Public Library Websites
Grand Casino Bakery
LA Floral Designs
Malara Gardens
Mile High Refugee Program
Opera Subject Guide
Read Aloud Denver
SPELL Project, Colorado State Library's SPELL Project
Taxonomies and Ontologies
Teaching Pre-Reading Skills to Children with Special Needs
USGS Photography Library: Information Architecture Project
Welcome, New Americans!

LibGuide: Academic Research: A Guide for International Students (LibGuide co-created with Dina Hornreich)

Awards

2012 Inducted into Beta Phi Mu, International Library and Information Studies Honor Society
2012 S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Award to attend 2012 SLA Conference, Special Libraries Association’s Science-Technology Division
2012 Savvy Techie Award, peer-nominated award, University of Denver MLIS Program
2011 New Leaders Award to attend ASIS&T Annual Meetings in
2011-2012, American Society for Information Science & Technology
2011 George and Mamie Miller Scholarship, travel funds to attend 2011 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, University of Denver Morgridge College of Education
2010-2012 Early Childhood Librarianship Fellowship, University of Denver MLIS Program

Presentations

Building a Digital Collection: Questions to Ask Prior to Starting
Slides and Paper
Presented at ASIS&T 2011 Annual Meeting as part of the Digital Libraries Special Interest Group's Digital Liaisons: Student Perspectives on Curating the Information Life Cycle
Poster: The Well-Architected Website: Applying Good IA Design Principles -- Presented at the University of Denver, MLIS Program, Spring 2012

Winning Essay

Flexible Futurists who Play in the Sandbox with Disruptive Technologies -- Received Science-Technology Division Travel Award, Special Libraries Association Conference, July 2012

Publications

Houghton, V. (Pending). Early Literacy Information on the Websites of Colorado’s Public Libraries. (Fast Facts Report #tbd). Denver, CO: Colorado State Library, Library Research Service.
Houghton, V., Hollier, J. & Hofschire, L. (2012). BTOP Workforce Efforts and Partnership. (Fast Facts Report #313). Denver, CO: Colorado State Library, Library Research Service.
Houghton, V. (2012). Participant Satisfaction with Computer Training Classes in Colorado's Public Computer Centers. (Fast Facts Report #312). Denver, CO: Colorado State Library, Library Research Service.
Houghton, V. & Burkholder, S. (2012). Colorado’s Public Computer Centers: Bridging the Great Digital Divide. (Fast Facts Report #311). Denver, CO: Colorado State Library, Library Research Service.
Houghton, V. (2012). Summary of “The Science of Beauty Care” in “2012 SLA Annual Conference Program Summaries,” Sci-Tech News: Vol. 66: Iss. 3, Article 4.
Houghton, V. (2012). Summary of “How and Why Things Fail” in “2012 SLA Annual Conference Program Summaries,” Sci-Tech News: Vol. 66: Iss. 3, Article 4.
Houghton, V. (2012). Summary of “Computer Science Roundtable” in “2012 SLA Annual Conference Program Summaries,” Sci-Tech News: Vol. 66: Iss. 3, Article 4.
Houghton, V. (2011, October). Brief: Transformative Educational Technologies in Community Colleges. Colorado Community College Summit: Pathways to College & Beyond, October 24-25, 2011.

Professional Activities

2012, Contributor, SLA Sci-Tech News
2012, Reviewer, Applications for ASIS&T New Leaders Award
2012, Reviewer, Proposals for posters and lightning talk presentations, ASIS&T SIG-Digital Libraries
2011-2012, Member, SLA Science-Technology Division
2011-2012, Member, ASIS&T International Relations Committee
2011-2012, Member, ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Digital Libraries
2011-2012, Vice Chair, ASIS&T Student Chapter at University of Denver
2011-2012, Student Ambassador, MLIS Program, University of Denver
2011, Panelist, Students of Color Reception, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver
2011, Volunteer, Information Architecture Summit

Memberships

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
CoALA Colorado Academic Library Assocation
IAI   Information Architecture Institute
MLA Medical Library Association
SLA  Special Libraries Association

Conferences to Attend

TBD

Conferences Attended

2010 May TEDxDU 2010 University of Denver, CO
2010 Oct Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, Fort Collins, CO
2010 Oct Colorado Association of Libraries, Loveland, CO
2010 Nov Early Childhood Progress & Possibilities, Aurora, CO
2011 Mar IA Summit - Information Architecture, Denver, CO
2011 April Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference, Denver, CO
2011 May TEDxDU 2011 University of Denver, CO
2011 June ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
2011 Oct ASIS&T Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
2011 Oct Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, Fort Collins, CO
2011 Oct Colorado Association of Libraries, Loveland, CO
2012 Feb Spotlight on Your Career: Capitalize on Change, Denver, CO
2012 Mar PLA Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2012 April Colleague Connection, University of Denver, CO
2012 May CoALA Summit, Regis University, Denver, CO
2012 June ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
2012 July SLA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2012 Oct ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
2012 Nov Semantic Web SEO for Digital Libraries Workshop, Digital Library Federation Forum, Denver, CO

ASIS&T Student Group at University of Denver

Vice Chair: 2011 - 2012
Co-developer and co-manager: TechBytes Workshops
Presenter: TechBytes on Creating and Using Groupsites, 2011
Established TechBytes collaboration with University of Hawai'i at Mānoa MLISc Program and the SLA-ASIST Student Chapter

Former Entrepreneur

Co-owned and operated Mango Bay Promotions consulting business for 10 years serving clients from Hawai'i to Florida
View client testimonials
Co-owned Mango Bay Hawaii vacation rentals
View guest testimonials

International Experience

Vivienne was in Europe in Winter Break 2011 visiting the School of Information & Library Studies at University College Dublin and the Swedish School of Library & Information Science at the University of Borås during Winter Break. Check out her blog and photos

Past Volunteer Work

JeffCo Head Start Library
TEDxDU May 2011
Information Architecture Summit 2011
Blood Drive Coordinator for DU's Morgridge College of Education's first blood drive in April 2011
Night Owls at the Fisher Early Learning Center
Audio recorder for the blind through the Audio Information Network of Colorado