Scott Pitol, CA is the inaugural Digital Archivist for Naperville Heritage Society at Naper Settlement. He will be establishing a digitization lab and working with traditional and digital collections.  Previously, Scott was Solutions Architect/Subject Matter Expert at Iron Mountain Library and Archival Services, University Archivist and Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Chicago, and Corporate Archivists at The Pampered Chef.

Scott also developed the Archival Research Preparation Online (ARPO) Index, which measures the degree to which an archival website, including its collection management tool’s public face, provides elements that enable a researcher to fully prepare online for an on-site research visit.  This online Assessment Tool provides an interface for reviewing a website with the ARPO Index. Find the ARPO Index at arpoindex.org.