Matt Huculak
Director, Kula Library Futures Academy at University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMatt Huculak is a library and digital scholarship leader with a decade of experience designing interdisciplinary research programs and digital infrastructures at the University of Victoria. As Director of Kula: Library Futures Academy and former Head of Advanced Research Services, he builds collaborative "collider" spaces that connect librarians, faculty, students, and community partners to experiment with publishing, preservation, and digital asset management. His work blends humanities scholarship (PhD in English) with practical technical stewardship—implementing systems like Samvera/Islandora, Omeka, and Spotlight to surface and sustain cultural collections. He has a track record of running award-winning digital publication platforms and shepherding multimodal scholarly projects from grant writing to public-facing exhibits. Known for curriculum and program design, he also champions public knowledge creation through activities like Wikipedia edit-a-thons and open-access publishing. Based in Victoria, BC, he combines academic rigor with hands-on project delivery and a taste for imaginative, impact-driven scholarship.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters, Master of Arts (M.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters at McGill UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), English Language and Literature/Letters, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), English Language and Literature/Letters at University of TulsaAssociate of Arts (A.A.), English Language and Literature, General, Associate of Arts (A.A.), English Language and Literature, General at Santa Rosa Junior CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature/Letters at University of California, Davis
French
Github Skills (10)
jekyll6
jekyll-theme6
stable5
shell5
bash4
statement4
python4
automation3
linux3
unix3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
projectEndings/projectendings.github.io
Dec 2018 - Jul 2020
:sparkles: Build a beautiful and simple website in literally minutes. Demo at http://deanattali.com/beautiful-jekyll
Contributions:216 commits, 194 pushes in 1 year 8 months
simple-websitebeautiful-jekylljekylljekyll-thememinutes
projectEndings/projectEndings.github.io
Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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