Nicholas Taylor
Deputy Group Leader For Technology Strategy And Services, Research Library
Albuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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SeniorNicholas Taylor is a seasoned library technology leader with over eighteen years of experience designing, operating, and stewarding digital library and web archiving services across major institutions including Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stanford, and the Library of Congress. He combines program and product strategy with hands-on applied information science—rechartering teams, removing operational barriers, and embedding Agile practices to accelerate digital preservation and scholarly communication initiatives. A recognized domain expert in web archiving (including serving as an expert witness on Wayback Machine evidence) and information policy, he bridges technical, legal, and institutional stakeholders to make digital collections reliable and defensible. Colleagues describe him as deliberate, meticulous, and collaborative, with a knack for turning complex requirements into practical, auditable systems—and an affinity for making lists and dry self-effacing humor. Based in the Albuquerque–Santa Fe area, he is passionate about securing the long-term accessibility of digital scholarship and pragmatic about aligning institutional IT and research goals.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (40)
wasapi10
data-transfer10
api9
statement7
clarity6
uswds6
robot5
git-repository5
accessibility5
machine-learning4
deep-learning3
application3
open-source3
java2
signed2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nullhandle/nullhandle.github.io
Sep 2016 - Feb 2025
Contributions:356 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 6 months
WASAPI-Community/data-transfer-apis
Apr 2016 - Nov 2018
WASAPI data transfer APIs
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 2 years 7 months
apiwasapidata-transfer
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