Guinsly Mondesir
Virtual Reference Librarian at University of Toronto
Canada
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Top SchoolGuinsly Mondesir is an experienced information professional and virtual reference librarian with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience blending library services, web development, and eLearning systems. At the University of Toronto he manages the Ask a Librarian service end-to-end—hiring and training staff, overseeing operations, and serving as webmaster for the service dashboard—while partnering across consortia to ensure equitable staffing and strong user outcomes. His technical background includes web and application development roles and contributions to the popular Python Faker library, where he enhanced lorem provider functionality and improved documentation and tests. Trained with an MLIS and a foundation in archives and computing, he brings a user-centered approach to designing digital services and reporting systems that measurably improve access and satisfaction. Ambitious about the future, he aims to fund a university library building to leave a lasting community impact.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor ès Sciences, Archives/Computer, Bachelor ès Sciences, Archives/Computer at Université de MontréalBusiness Admistration, Business/Commerce, General, Business Admistration, Business/Commerce, General at Cégep à distanceMedical Device Reprocessing, Health/Health Care Administration/Management, Medical Device Reprocessing, Health/Health Care Administration/Management at CEGEP Saint-laurentMaster of Library & Information Studies - MLIS, Information Science/Studies, Master of Library & Information Studies - MLIS, Information Science/Studies at University of Ottawa
English, French, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
test-data10
faker10
python10
testing10
documentation9
csv9
synthetic-data8
datasets8
json6
pandas6
html6
php6
ruby6
django6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
joke2k/faker
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Faker is a Python package that generates fake data for you.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 6 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Guinsly primarily contributed to the documentation and implementation of the Faker library's lorem provider. They modified existing functions to accommodate custom word lists and refined the structure of the `text` function. Their contributions involved adding and modifying tests to ensure correct functionality of the implemented features. The user also improved the formatting of the project's README file.
pythontest-datatestingdummy-datadataset
guinslym/linode_ansible_quickstart_server
Nov 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:73 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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