Ian Chilvers
Systems Administrator
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Chilvers is a Systems Administrator with nine years' experience specialising in library systems for higher education, currently supporting core infrastructure at the University of Reading. He combines hands-on expertise in Library Management Systems, discovery platforms, identity and access management, and data cleaning with practical programming skills to bridge technical and user-facing library services. A UCL-trained librarian with a background in philosophy and psychology, he brings a research-oriented mindset to solving metadata and access problems at scale. Ian’s career spans frontline library roles at the Bodleian through to systems and liaison responsibilities, giving him a rare blend of operational, support and stakeholder-facing experience. He is quietly focused on making complex library workflows reliable and discoverable, often automating repetitive tasks to improve service efficiency.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA), Philosophy, Master of Arts (MA), Philosophy at University of ReadingBachelor of Science (BSc), Philosophy and Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Philosophy and Psychology at Oxford Brookes UniversityUniversity College London
Github Skills (4)
lists6
string-search6
boolean5
boolean-search1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
ichilvers/bulk_tools
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
A collection of bulk action tools for Talis Aspire Reading Lists
Contributions:11 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
reading-listslists
Talis-Aspire-Developer-Community/bulk_tools
May 2022 - Dec 2022
A collection of bulk action tools for Talis Aspire Reading Lists
Contributions:1 review, 16 commits, 6 PRs in 6 months
reading-listslists
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