Jason Casden
Head, Software Development Department, University Libraries at UNC School of Information and Library Science
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
👤
SeniorJason Casden is an engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and operating large-scale digital library systems, currently heading a 12-person software development department at UNC Chapel Hill Libraries. He oversees platforms managing over 2 million digital assets and combines hands-on technical stewardship with strategic program leadership. Jason teaches as an adjunct at UNC's School of Information and Library Science, bridging academic research and practical library technology. His career includes progressive digital initiatives leadership at NC State, reflecting deep domain expertise in scholarly workflows, preservation, and scalable content services. Known for turning complex archival requirements into reliable, user-centered systems, he brings a librarian’s attention to metadata and a developer’s focus on maintainable architecture.
15 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
5,648reputation
423kreached
58answers
10questions
facebook
top-5%
jquery
top-5%
jquery-selectors
top-5%
Github Skills (139)
unc10
markdown10
vagrant10
mkdocs10
php10
jquery9
linux9
wordpress9
emacs9
virtualization9
stream9
jquery-selectors9
epub9
python9
ruby9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
UNC-Libraries/jitterbug
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Database management application for the Southern Folklife Collection
Contributions:41 reviews, 29 commits, 49 PRs in 4 years 3 months
mhealthdatabasepostgresqlapplication-managementdatabase-management
NCSU-Libraries/lentil
Apr 2013 - Feb 2017
Contributions:14 releases, 331 commits, 1 PR in 3 years 10 months
rails-enginesharinginstagramrepositoriesharvesting
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.