Gregory Wiedeman
University Archivist at University at Albany
City of Schenectady, New York, United States
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Top SchoolGregory Wiedeman is a university archivist with 11 years of experience preserving and making university records discoverable, blending traditional archival practice with software and metadata engineering. At University at Albany he manages complex paper and legacy digital collections, develops web applications and system integrations, and works with EAD, XML, XQuery, and Python to expose content at scale. His background in history and information studies informs rigorous descriptive standards while enabling practical solutions for web and web-archive access. Comfortable with large-scale metadata processing and preservation workflows, he also has hands-on experience in digitization, authority control design, and grant-funded archival projects. Colocated in Schenectady, NY, he pairs curator sensibility with developer tooling to turn archival chaos into usable, research-ready collections.
11 years of coding experience
MS, Information Studies, MS, Information Studies at University at AlbanyBachelor's degree, History, Bachelor's degree, History at Marist College
Github Skills (102)
mls10
solr10
jruby10
discovery10
xslt10
pdf10
archives10
javascript9
client-library9
ruby9
mhealth9
blacklight9
dkim8
api8
msg8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
UAlbanyArchives/bento-UAlbany
Sep 2018 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 59 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 7 months
UAlbanyArchives/grenander
Jul 2020 - Jan 2025
Header and footer menus for UAlbany rails apps
Contributions:1 PR, 99 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 6 months
ruby-on-railsuser-interfaceheaderreloadrails
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