Jim Craner
Library Technologist & Technical Architect at The Galecia Group
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Craner is a community-focused library technologist and technical architect with over 14 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering open-source web and civic technology for public libraries, nonprofits, and municipal governments. He combines systems-level expertise (DevOps, telephony, cloud hosting) with application development in PHP, Python, JavaScript and modern AI tooling, and currently leads product and AI training initiatives at The Galecia Group. A former co-founder and managing partner of a progressive web development cooperative, Jim excels at translating community needs into sustainable tech services—examples include the LibraryCall Dial-A-Story telephony stack and the Bookpoints summer reading platform. He has a proven track record in open data, GIS, Drupal/CiviCRM integrations, and has published and spoken widely on civic tech, BC/DR, and AI. Colleagues value his blend of strategic planning, project leadership, and a preference for Free/Libre/Open Source Software that keeps civic systems accessible and auditable.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bradley University
Github Skills (28)
open-data6
drupal6
pantheon6
portal5
php5
datastore4
dkan4
ckan4
documentation4
vscode3
region3
searchable3
catalog2
sounds2
django2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
galecia/borders
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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