Kim Shepherd
Senior Software Architect Developer at The Library Code GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolKim Shepherd is a Senior Software Architect and long‑standing open source committer who has spent 16+ years building and operating digital repositories, research management systems, and library infrastructure. Based in Berlin, they combine deep *nix and UNIX-era ops experience with modern web application development across Java, Python, JavaScript and more, and currently lead architecture work at The Library Code while consulting for research institutions. A regular DSpace contributor and mentor, Kim has driven both front-end Angular UI improvements and back-end XMLUI/OAI fixes that keep large institutional repositories reliable and configurable. Their background as an ISP systems administrator and university developer gives them a pragmatic, infrastructure-aware approach to repository design and deployability.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
CIS, Information Systems, CIS, Information Systems at Northtec
English
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Github Skills (20)
form-builder10
typescript10
git-repository10
user-interface10
package-repository10
java10
javas10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
angular10
ngrx9
rest-api9
apidoc8
api8
javascript8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
DSpace/DSpace
Jul 2009 - Nov 2022
(Official) The DSpace digital asset management system that powers your Institutional Repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 189 reviews, 370 commits in 13 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kim primarily contributed to the DSpace digital asset management system by addressing several issues related to the XMLUI interface. These changes involved fixing bugs, improving functionality, and ensuring the user interface operated correctly. The user also made improvements to file description management, configurable browse parameters and the JSPUI statistics views. Additionally the user worked on the OAI service for the repository, ensuring the system properly showed withdrawn items.
management-systemopen-accessdigital-assetdigital-asset-managementpowers
DSpace/dspace-angular
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
DSpace User Interface built on Angular.io
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:100 reviews, 37 commits, 37 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Kim's commits primarily focus on the development of the DSpace Angular user interface. They implemented and ported submission field type binding features, making the item type field configurable. The changes involve modifications to form builder services, parsers, and UI components to handle type-specific behaviors and configurations. Furthermore, the user worked on updating tests to reflect the changes in the row array model, enhancing the overall functionality and maintainability of the user interface.
user-interfaceangular-ioyarnangular-uingrx
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