Scott Campbell has a B.A. and an M.L.S., both from Indiana University. Prior to joining the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, Campbell worked at Queens Borough Public Library from 1988 to 1994 as a reference librarian for the Social Science and Fine Arts departments of the library’s Central Division. He also served as an assistant branch manager and automation librarian. Hired by the University of Louisville in December 1994 as an automation librarian for the School of Law's library, Campbell has upgraded the library's computer lab and established a number of Internet web pages for the library and the Brandeis School of Law. He currently oversees the library's technical services.

Campbell served on the Brandeis Sesquicentennial Planning Committee and manages the library's collection of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis' papers. He has conducted presentations on the Brandeis papers for law students, faculty, alumni and guests that include Supreme Courts Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. Campbell also maintains the blog Brandeis and Harlan Watch.