Dot Porter
SIMS Curator Of Digital Humanities
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDot Porter is a seasoned digital humanist and librarian with over two decades of experience translating medieval manuscripts into accessible digital collections and tools. As SIMS Curator of Digital Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, she leads interdisciplinary projects, trains scholars in IIIF and manuscript digitization, and co-directs VisColl for modeling codex construction. Her background includes leadership roles in digital library content, metadata strategy, and grant-driven program development at major institutions including Indiana University and the Royal Irish Academy. Combining an academic foundation in medieval studies and library science with hands-on technical practice, she bridges scholarly research, metadata design, and user-facing interface work. Notably, her career blends deep subject expertise in manuscript traditions with practical digitization workflows and public-facing outreach such as social media and project promotion.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
History of the Book, History of the Book at Rare Book SchoolMA, Medieval Studies, MA, Medieval Studies at Western Michigan UniversityBlacksburg High SchoolMSLS, Library Science, MSLS, Library Science at The University of North CarolinaBA, Medieval Studies and Music, BA, Medieval Studies and Music at St. Olaf College
Github Skills (18)
collation10
modeling10
visualization9
xslt7
sandbox7
xml6
keyword6
stylesheets6
testing6
navigator5
jupyter5
statement4
firefox-webextension3
userchromecss3
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
leoba/TEI-2-IIIF
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
leoba/mesa
Sep 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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