Ian Chan
System Administrator
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolIan Chan is a seasoned system administrator and library technology leader with over 15 years managing and delivering web and knowledge-management projects across academic and nonprofit settings. He has led major implementations of Confluence, Jira, Alma, ArchivesSpace, Primo, and unified library systems while also building and optimizing Drupal, WordPress, and Omeka sites. Comfortable bridging technical and stakeholder needs, he runs cross-unit teams, coordinates with campus IT, and has acted as both hands-on developer (PHP, MySQL, jQuery, CSS) and project manager. His decade-plus tenure as Head of Library Technology at CSUSM included leading discovery services, link resolver management, and multiple large-scale implementations. Now based in Hong Kong, he applies that institutional-scale systems experience to broader organizational IT needs. A background in library science and a habit of turning complex workflows into user-focused web features makes him especially adept at practical, sustainable system integrations.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA History, BA History at Wheaton CollegeMLS Library and Information Science, MLS Library and Information Science at University of Pittsburgh
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
keyboard10
mouse10
viewer9
gulp9
redmine9
network9
synergy9
openseadragon8
authorizer8
pdf7
cas7
wordpress-plugin7
audio7
lightbox7
nodejs6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
csusm-library/alma-link-resolver-theme
Aug 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
csusm-library/alma-link-resolver-reporting-form
Apr 2015 - Oct 2021
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches, 1 comment in 6 years 7 months
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