Josef Moravec
Vývojář Webových Aplikací at Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně
Choceň, Pardubice, Czechia
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Top SchoolJosef Moravec is a web applications developer with 13 years of experience building and maintaining PHP, Perl, JavaScript and MySQL-based systems for libraries and public institutions. Currently at Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně, he combines hands‑on development with library systems administration experience gained over a long tenure as IT administrator at Městská knihovna Ústí nad Orlicí. His open‑source contributions include back‑end work on the vufind library discovery project, where he improved OAI/DOAJ integrations and Koha ILS drivers to strengthen data sync and patron password workflows. Trained in Information Science at Masaryk University and rooted in Czechia, he brings pragmatic, data‑focused solutions to preserve and expose library collections online.
13 years of coding experience
Secondary, Architecture, Secondary, Architecture at SPS Stavebni Letohraduniversity, Information science, university, Information science at Masaryk University. Faculty of Arts.
English, Czech, Slovak, German
Github Skills (8)
xml10
databases10
relational-databases10
sql-database10
xslt10
database10
php9
mysql8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vufind-org/vufind
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
A library resource discovery portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:282 reviews, 207 commits, 178 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Josef primarily focused on maintaining and updating the OAI configuration for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) by modifying XSL files. They addressed compatibility issues and integrated an object cache within the Koha ILS-DI driver, focusing on database connectivity and data retrieval. Further commits included updates to enable patron password validation in the Koha ILS-DI driver and adding functionality to change passwords within the same driver.
portalresource-discoverydiscoveryresource-librarydiscovery-portal
moravianlibrary/Knihovny.cz
Jun 2019 - Feb 2023
Centrální portál knihoven / Central library portal
Contributions:53 releases, 1456 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 8 months
portal
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