Michael Wynne
Digital Applications Librarian
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Wynne is a Digital Applications Librarian with 11 years of experience specializing in cultural heritage curation and community-centered digital workflows. Based at Washington State University, he leads support and development for Mukurtu CMS, runs community workshops, and shapes digitization and digital curation pipelines. His background combines MLIS training with a BSc in Linguistics, reflecting a strong mix of information science, metadata fluency, and attention to language and context. Michael’s work emphasizes culturally sensitive practices and practical tools that empower Indigenous and local communities to manage and share their own heritage. He brings a practitioner’s perspective from prior research and library roles at UBC and Xwi7xwa, where he contributed to projects like Indigitization and Sustaining Information Practices. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on technologist who pairs user-focused training with sustainable systems thinking.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Linguistics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Linguistics at University of VictoriaMaster of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Library and Information Science, Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Library and Information Science at The University of British Columbia
English, French
Github Skills (9)
discord-bot3
discord-js2
discord2
qmk-firmware2
firmware1
js1
qmk1
binaries1
chatbot1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mywynne/independent-pen-makers
Jul 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 50 pushes, 3 branches in 10 days
mywynne/unicode-language
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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