Jason Ronallo
Head, Digital Library Initiatives
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJason Ronallo is a seasoned digital library leader and software practitioner with 18 years of experience building discovery systems, metadata-rich web interfaces, and maintainable library infrastructure. As Head of Digital Library Initiatives at NC State University Libraries, he blends hands-on Ruby on Rails and frontend work (jQuery, HTML5 microdata, Schema.org, CSS) with search expertise using Apache Solr to improve access to collections. He’s an active full-stack contributor to the prominent Blacklight project, shipping UI and pagination fixes that enhance Solr-based discovery experiences for libraries. Jason’s background spans technical librarianship, ILS automation (Koha), and electronic resources management, giving him a rare crosswalk between user-centered library practice and production engineering. He holds an MLS from Indiana University and brings a knack for turning archival complexity into search-friendly, standards-driven interfaces.
18 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MLS, Library Science, MLS, Library Science at Indiana University, School of Library and Information ScienceEnglish, English at New York UniversityBA, English, BA, English at University of Pittsburgh
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Github Skills (17)
css10
solr10
ruby10
blacklight10
pagination10
ruby-rails9
rails9
javascript8
html6
ruby-on-rails6
schema-org6
asp-net6
microdata6
beautifulsoup6
validation6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
projectblacklight/blacklight
May 2010 - Nov 2015
Blacklight provides a discovery interface for any Solr (http://lucene.apache.org/solr) index.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jason contributed to various aspects of the Blacklight project, including frontend and backend changes. They implemented CSS improvements for the user interface and added pagination functionality using CSS. They also modified the application controller to include the pagination CSS and updated specs. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug in facet pagination display and made updates related to the project's dependencies and build configuration.
solrrubydiscovery-interfacerails-engineblacklight
jronallo/video_sprites
Dec 2016 - Apr 2020
Creates thumbnail sprite images and a WebVTT metadata file from a video.
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 3 years 4 months
spritewebvtt
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