James Griffin
Library Software Engineer at Princeton University
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Griffin is a Library Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building web applications and extending content management systems focused on information management and digital preservation. Based in New Jersey, he has driven digital infrastructure and research data initiatives at Princeton after shaping digital scholarship and repository architecture at Lafayette College. He combines systems analysis, repository design, and hands-on web development to make complex archival workflows reliable and accessible for academic and research communities. Trained in archival studies (MLIS) and with a BA from Stony Brook, he blends domain expertise with practical engineering to bridge librarianship and software development.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Archival Studies (MLIS), Archival Studies (MLIS) at Long Island UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Bachelor of Arts - BA at Stony Brook University
Github Skills (191)
linux-distribution10
mvc10
rails-engines10
user-roles10
ruby10
activerecord10
domain-model10
backend10
ruby-on-rails10
ansible-role10
solr10
mining10
rake-task10
html10
maps10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
pulibrary/oawaiver
Jul 2021 - Feb 2026
Waivers for the Princeton Open Access policy
Contributions:3 releases, 33 reviews, 119 PRs in 4 years 7 months
policyprincetonopen-access
LafayetteCollegeLibraries/ldr
Feb 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:152 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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