Jon Stroop
Deputy Dean Of Libraries at Princeton University
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolJon Stroop is a senior library administrator and strategic leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling library IT and digital services at Princeton University, where he currently serves as Deputy Dean of Libraries. He has overseen large, multidisciplinary teams and driven organizational change—helping double the size of Library IT and formalize processes that improved service delivery and cross-campus collaboration. A hands-on technologist by background, Jon has contributed to open-source projects like OpenSeadragon, adding IIIF support to enable high-quality zoomable image delivery from cultural heritage servers. He champions cohesive communication between IT and library communities, co-authored Princeton’s Mission and Vision statements, and sponsors multiple strategic objectives. Trained as a musician and later in library science and executive leadership, he blends creative problem-solving with operational rigor. Based in New Jersey, he is known for building diverse, respected teams that translate user needs into practical digital services.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Music, Percussion, Master of Music, Percussion at University of CincinnatiBachelor of Music, Percussion, Bachelor of Music, Percussion at University of HartfordExecutive Certificate, Management and Leadership, Executive Certificate, Management and Leadership at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Library and Information Science, Master of Science - MS, Library and Information Science at Pratt Institute
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Github Skills (7)
image-viewer10
javascript10
iiif10
viewer9
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
openseadragon/openseadragon
Aug 2013 - Feb 2015
An open-source, web-based viewer for zoomable images, implemented in pure JavaScript.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 13 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the implementation of the IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) image API support within the OpenSeadragon viewer. Their work included adding a new IIIF tile source, modifying the tile source to use pixel-based sizes, and updating the code to support the IIIF 1.1 syntax, enabling the viewer to display zoomable images from IIIF-compliant servers. Additionally, the user integrated changes to the build process, adding new files and tests for verifying the IIIF functionalities.
imageviewerimagezoomable-imagesopenseadragonimage-viewer
jpstroop/page_label_generator
Nov 2015 - Apr 2020
Study for generating page labels using es6 generators
Contributions:10 PRs, 20 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 5 months
es6javascriptgenerators
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