Dolsy Smith
Software Developer Librarian at The George Washington University
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDolsy Smith is a software developer librarian with two decades in higher education libraries and nearly a decade building full-stack solutions in Python, Ruby, Go, SQL, and JavaScript. At George Washington University she leads development of open-source applications and cloud-based integrations—maintaining the institutional repository and improving Alma/Primo workflows through APIs, custom SQL, and UX customizations. She combines Agile project execution with strong cross-functional collaboration and vendor advocacy, translating technical requirements for stakeholders across the institution and consortia. A practiced instructor, Dolsy also teaches computational literacy and research methods, helping faculty, staff, and students apply code and data analysis to scholarly work. Notably, her background in creative writing and an MSI give her unusual strengths in clear technical communication and user-centered design.
9 years of coding experience
MSI, MSI at University of Michigan - School of InformationMaster of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Creative Writing at Washington University in St. LouisBachelor of Arts - BA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS, Bachelor of Arts - BA, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS at Oberlin College
Github Skills (62)
user-manager10
social-media10
gwt9
feed9
twitter-api-v29
dfinity9
react8
twitter-api8
twitter8
lxml7
user-interface7
documentation-generator7
docker-build6
pdf6
beautifulsoup6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
gwu-libraries/orcid-integration
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
ORCID middleware to enable our researchers to designate GW as a trusted partner
Contributions:1 review, 5 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 7 months
trustedpartnerresearchersorcidmiddleware
gwu-libraries/python-camp
May 2023 - Mar 2025
Repo for lessons, homework, and course dev materials
Contributions:5 PRs, 184 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 9 months
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