Mat Jordan
Front-End Developer at Northwestern University
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMat Jordan is a front-end developer and designer with nine years of experience building open-source tools for digital humanities and academic libraries, currently designing interfaces and static-site tooling for Northwestern University Libraries. He created Clover IIIF, a UI library adopted by institutions including Princeton and Boston Public Library, and leads Canopy IIIF, a static site generator that streamlines IIIF-based digital scholarship projects. His background spans managing library digital infrastructure and leading front-end redesigns that improved engagement and accessibility at major universities. Based in Asheville, NC, Mat blends practical engineering with design sensibility and a scholar’s appreciation for context—he studied history and applies that perspective to make digital collections more discoverable and usable.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
History, History at North Carolina State University
Github Skills (106)
audio-player10
iiif10
api10
stitches10
site-generator10
cookbook10
foundation10
rails10
javscript10
tailwindcss10
video-player10
blacklight10
openseadragon10
viewer10
canvas10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mathewjordan/iiif
Sep 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:87 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 2 years 6 months
samvera-labs/bloom-iiif
Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
IIIF Presentation API Collection items React.js component that renders a horizontal slider.
Contributions:14 releases, 8 reviews, 230 commits in 10 months
iiif-presentationreactapipresentationiiif
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