Jay Colbert
Special Projects Cataloger
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Colbert is an experienced library and information science professional with a decade of practice in metadata, discovery, and cataloging, currently serving as Special Projects Cataloger at the Boston Public Library. He holds an MSIS from the University of Illinois (4.0) and has led library operations as Library Director at the Longy School of Music while developing digital scholarship work grounded in systems theory and Zettelkasten methods. His research blends ethics of information organization, LGBT information needs, and practical concerns like copyright and privacy, informing metadata strategies that center access and equity. Jay’s background in original copy cataloging, LibGuides administration, and discovery strategy means he pairs rigorous technical standards (MARC, RDA, LCSH) with user-centered service design. Based in Boston, he brings both academic rigor and hands-on operational leadership to complex knowledge organization challenges.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General, 3.19, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Language and Literature, General, 3.19 at The College of William and MaryUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
German, French, Arabic
Github Skills (49)
spotify10
org-mode9
markdown9
emacs-lisp9
linux9
windows9
graph9
command-line9
emacs9
golang9
knowledge-graph9
vim9
command-line-tool9
macos8
cli8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jlcolbert/primo-explore-devenv-unh
Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 86 pushes in 4 months
jlcolbert/DRMA
Dec 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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