Independent client work

My software and consulting projects tend to support non-profits and open-source initiatives.

2026: At this time I am not taking on new work.

Line diagram of a book collection fanning out into zipped archives, metadata records, and OCRed text

Institutional Data Initiative · 2025

GRIN Transfer

An open source tool that lets partner libraries retrieve their scanned collections from Google Books, built for the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library and used to assemble the Institutional Books dataset.

A computer interface showing an old manuscript

University of Pennsylvania · 2018–2022

Manicule

An open source React webapp for exploring the physical structure of rare manuscripts. Developed under the direction of Whitney Trettien as part of Digital Book History.

Two paintings of a woman on a beach and a group of children

Creative Commons · 2017

CC Search

Prototype indexing over 10 million publicly licensed images from museums, libraries, and individuals. Coverage: Newsweek, TechCrunch.

Two orange vintage wine labels, words read Muscat and Apertivo

University of California, Davis · 2016

Label This!

Helped users explore and describe the library's remarkable collection of historic wine labels.