James Halliday
Programmer Analyst at Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Halliday is a programmer-analyst with over two decades of experience building and maintaining digital library, repository, and journal systems for Indiana University Libraries. Combining a formal background in music theory and piano performance with long-term technical stewardship, he brings a rare blend of humanities-informed perspective and pragmatic software practice to scholarly communication platforms. Based in Bloomington, Indiana, he focuses on file formats, digital preservation, and repository workflows that keep academic content discoverable and durable. Known for steady institutional contribution rather than flash, he excels at evolving legacy systems and integrating modern tooling to meet librarians’ needs. His career reflects deep domain expertise in library technology and a sustained commitment to serving research and education infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
Master's Degree, Music Theory, Master's Degree, Music Theory at Indiana University BloomingtonUniversity of Georgia
Github Skills (15)
hydra5
frontend4
discovery3
data-repository3
collections3
bioinformatics3
rails-engines3
ruby2
solr2
blacklight2
dspace2
rdf1
rails1
vagrant1
ruby-on-rails1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
IUBLibTech/cbrc
Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:12 PRs, 88 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
biologicalbioinformaticssufiacollections
IUBLibTech/imago
Oct 2016 - Apr 2019
The Imago Hydra repository for CBRC items.
Contributions:1 release, 92 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
hydra
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