Eliot Scott

2579 Carlton Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48108 ~ (503) 407-8338 ~ eliot_scott@yahoo.com

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Education

University of Texas at Austin, School of Information

Degree:

Master of Science in Information Science

Specialization:

Digital Libraries, Digital Archives

Accomplishments:

3.97 GPA
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Invite

Portland State University, Anthropology Department

Degree:

Master of Arts in Socio-Cultural Anthropology

Specialization:

Border & Migration Studies, Globalization Studies

Thesis:

Militarization and Functional Changes at the US-Mexican Border

Other Research Projects Conducted:

Alternatives to Biomedicine – The Responses of Chiropractic and Acupuncture to Biomedical Hegemony
An Initial Anthropological Assessment of the Implementation of Policy Changes at Delivered Dish Inc.

Accomplishments:

4.0 GPA
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Invite
Created Teaching & Lecture Materials
Materials for Physical Anthropology Lecture selected for honors

New York University, Gallatin Division/Tisch School of the Arts

Degree:

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television

Specialization:

Philosophy, Religion & Literature
Digital Video and Sound Editing

Accomplishments:

Storyboarding, Scriptwriting
Film & Video Production and Postproduction

Several Spanish Language Schools

Locations: Morelia & Oaxaca, Mexico; Quetzeltenango & Antigua, Guatemala

Employment History

Web Developer, Michigan University Library

Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2014 - Present

Duties:

Drupal Development
PHP Development

Web Developer, Brown University Library – TAPAS Project

Providence, Rhode Island, June 2012 - May 2014

Duties:

Drupal Development
RedHat Server Administration
MySQL database administration

Accomplishments:

Setup of RedHat Servers for development in Drupal and Islandora
Drupal development with Organic Groups, Views and Panels
Building custom modules for metadata extraction of TEI files and XSLT transformations

Drupal CMS Developer, University of Texas – Registrar's Office

Austin, Texas, September 2010 - May 2012

Duties:

Drupal Development
Catalog Content Analysis
Content Migration

Accomplishments:

Co-developed Drupal Content Management System for UT catalog production
Conducted analysis of UT Undergraduate Catalog for content consolidation
Migration of catalog content into custom Drupal CMS
Development of XML, XSLT migration path from Drupal to Adobe InDesign

Digital Archivist, Congregational Church of Austin

Austin, Texas, January 2011 - Present

Duties: Digitizing archival material dating from late 1800's and designing a digital archive

Digital Archaeology Teaching Assistant, University of Texas – School of Information

Austin, Texas, August 2011 - May 2012

Duties: Manage and maintain workstations for older electronic document retrieval

Maintained machines with multiple OS's - Mac, Windows, DOS and Unix machines
Teaching and assisting students with DSpace installations and operations

Processing Archivist, Briscoe Center For American History – University of Texas

Austin, TX, October 2011 - November 2011

Duties: Processing, Arranging, and creating Finding Aid and EAD for the J.J. "Jake" Pickle Papers

Reference Archivist, Smithsonian Institution – National Anthropological Archives

Washington, DC, June 2011 - July 2011

Duties: Assist Archive patrons with reference questions and work with Archivists Toolkit

Digital Video Librarian, University of Texas – School of Information

Austin, Texas, August 2010 - May 2011

Duties:

Selection and Cataloging of Videos for Digital Video Library
Creation of Tutorial Videos

Accomplishments:

Selected and cataloged over 50 videos in custom digital library (OVDLT)
Created tutorial videos for users of OVDLT

Multimedia Designer/Web Analyst, Lone Star College – Web Services

The Woodlands, Texas, April 2008 - July 2010

Duties:

Web & Media Design & Programming
Video Production & Post Production
Research & Analysis for Web Usability

Accomplishments:

Conducted Structured Interviews with Students, Faculty, Staff & Community Members
Analyzed over 300 interviews with keyword searches to prioritize web information
Designed and conducted computerized card sorts to create web architecture
Tested wireframe web architecture with students, faculty and staff in computer lab
Designed & constructed prototype web sites and tested sites on subjects in lab
HTML, CSS, PHP, JS and ASP coding for web site
Created and Administrated web templates and site structure in RedDot/OpenText CMS
Shot & Edited Promotional videos on Canon HDV camera and Final Cut Pro System

Socio-Cultural Anthropology Teaching Assistant, Portland State University

Portland, Oregon, September 2005 - June 2006

Duties:

Grading Papers & Tests
Developing Lectures & Course Materials

Accomplishments:

Graded 45+ 5 page essays for Social Theory Class
Graded 45+ essay midterms for Social Theory Class
Led Study and discussion groups for 40+ students in Social Theory
Graded 45+ 5 page essays for Anthropology of Folklore Class
Developed lecture materials for Anthropology of Folklore Class
Developed course materials for Asian American Anthropology Class

Desktop Publisher, Northwest Publishing

Portland, Oregon, April 2003 - November 2006

Duties:

Contracted Desktop Publisher & Photoshop/Illustrator Artist

Accomplishments:

Designing 1 and 4-color Restaurant Trivia Page Publication
Creating 50-100 advertisements per week
Pre-press preparation of files in Acrobat for print production

Webmaster, V*Star Inc./ 1KTV

Woodland Hills, California, November 1997 - June 2002

Duties:

Web & Animation Manager
Server, Database & Network Administrator

Accomplishments:

Created ASP program for daily updates of news
Made interactive games using 1ktv's Active X control, Javascript and ASP
Wrote first ActiveX graphics engine for 1ktv product in Visual Basic
Created Microsoft Agents with Agent Builder, 3D StudioMAX & Visual Basic
Designed software interfaces in Visual Basic, Director & Lingo
Built and maintained extensive internet sites with 1ktv & javascript

Art Director, Superpower

Los Angeles, California, March 1997 - November 1997

Duties:

Web & Graphic Design
Desktop Publishing
Catalogs, & Print Advertisements

Accomplishments:

Created extensive print, fax and online advertising library for salespeople
Designed & built company's first catalog

Video Editor, Dajen Productions

Santa Barbara, California, September 1996 - March 1997

Duties:

Video Editing
Video Effects
Media100 System Maintenance

Production Manager, Video Dimensions

New York, New York, June 1994 - June 1996

Duties:

Duplicating and Classifying Public Domain films from 16mm to VHS

Archivist, James Cummins Bookseller

New York, New York, September 1993 - December 1993

Duties:

Organization and Restoration of Fine and Rare Books

Computer and Technical Skills

Graphics & Desktop Publishing

2D Graphics - Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks - CS3-CS5

Desktop Publishing - QuarkXpress, InDesign, Acrobat

Website Design & Programming

Programming & Administration - HTML, XHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, SQL, PHP, Action Script, CSS, Drupal, EAD, MARC, MODS, DublinCore, D-Space, Fedora, Archon, Archivematica, Archivists Toolkit, RedDot/OpenText CMS, Estrada CMS, OpenText/Artesia DAM, Extensis DAM, Lingo, Visual Basic, Active X Controls, Dreamweaver, Flash, Front Page, Visual Interdev, BASH - sed, grep, perl

Design - Dreamweaver, Flash, Front Page, Visual Interdev

Multimedia & Animation

2D Animation & Multimedia - Flash, After Effects, Director, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, PowerPoint

3D Animation –3DStudioMAX, Electric Image, FormZ, Cinema 4D, Strata Studio Pro

Motion Capture Systems - Motion Analysis & Vicon Systems

Digital Video & Sound

Digital Editing - Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere, After Effects

Digital Sound Editing – Soundbooth, Pro Tools, Audition

Video Cameras & Sound Recording – DV & HDV Cameras, DAT Recorders, Betacam & BetaSP Cameras & Decks, 16mm & 8mm Film

Systems, Databases, Networking & Hardware

Operating Systems & Databases - Windows (7, Vista, XP, 2K Server & Pro, 98), Macintosh (OS7-9, OSX), Linux, SQL Server, MySQL, Access

Networks - Large Ethernet LAN, Win2K Server mixed (Mac/Win) network

Hardware - Custom Built PC's from components, SCSI & IDE RAID Installations on Mac & PC

Office Software

Software - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, WordPerfect, Filemaker, Front Page