Israel Cefrin
Library Information Technology Specialist Developer
Greater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolIsrael Cefrin is a Library Information Technology Specialist and developer with over two decades designing and building digital publishing products and nine years in academic library tech roles. He combines hands-on full-stack experience (PHP, HTML/CSS/JS, Bash, LAMP/Nginx) with a deep focus on usability and WCAG-based accessibility for scholarly publishing platforms like OJS and WordPress. At the Public Knowledge Project he led accessibility audits, remediation and inclusive design workflows and now supports research and teaching technology at the University of Waterloo. His background in communication and a master's in design—now advanced to PhD candidacy—gives him a rare blend of user-centered research, teaching, and engineering. He’s skilled at adapting legacy systems (including IsisScript and MARC tools) into modern, accessible interfaces and automating server workflows. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex accessibility standards into practical, scalable improvements for global publishing communities.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Design e Tecnologia, Master's degree, Design e Tecnologia at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (57)
academia10
web-application10
journal10
ojs10
security10
open-access10
accessibility9
hosts9
layout9
wai9
w3c9
styles8
citations8
csl7
pattern7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
israelcefrin/ojs
Apr 2018 - May 2024
Open Journal Systems
Contributions:24 pushes, 17 branches in 6 years 2 months
journal
israelcefrin/pkp-lib
Nov 2019 - Feb 2024
PKP Web Application Library
Contributions:9 PRs, 13 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 3 months
securityapplication-libraryweb-applicationpkp
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