Steven Shelton
Digital Development Librarian & Associate Professor
Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolSteven Shelton is a Digital Development Librarian and Associate Professor with over a decade of hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining public-facing web interfaces and library systems. He blends front- and back-end development, server administration, and UX research to deliver accessible, cross-browser solutions across open-source and proprietary platforms. At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga he led codebase migrations to GitHub, built reproducible Vagrant development environments, and saved thousands by moving ArchivesSpace hosting in-house. His background spans ILS, discovery interfaces, CMS migrations, and API-driven dynamic content from roles at multiple academic libraries. Trained in UX and MLIS, he pairs user-centered design with practical operational frameworks for regular UX testing and long-term maintainability. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions that prioritize accessibility, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English at Northeastern State UniversityProfessional Education, User Experience and Interaction Design, Professional Education, User Experience and Interaction Design at The Interaction Design FoundationMaster of Library & Information Science - MLIS, Library Information Science, Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS, Library Information Science at University of Oklahoma
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Github Skills (35)
gulp7
tandem7
azerothcore7
xslt6
script5
pattern5
archives5
drupal-theme5
javascript4
staging4
nodejs4
css4
ruby4
drupal4
pattern-lab4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
utclibrary/primo-explore-devenv
Sep 2020 - Feb 2024
A node.js , gulp based development enviornment for Primo's new UI customizations (css,images,html and javascript)
Contributions:6 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 5 months
gulpnode-jscssjavascriptgulp-js
stevendshelton/particle
Sep 2020 - Sep 2024
A starter kit for using the prototyping tool, Pattern Lab, in tandem with a Drupal theme. Utilizes Webpack for all asset management.
Contributions:243 pushes, 82 branches in 4 years
prototyping-tooltandemprototypingdrupalansible-collections
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