Devin Smith

Contact: devin.smith.work@gmail.com

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About Me

I'm 40 and a morning person. I'm a musician by trade, but took a left turn into the library field in my 30s. Somewhere in between, I did some freelance nonfiction writing, editing, and digital tool-making to fill various creative needs.

I currently work at the UC System's California Digital Library, writing applications and doing data analysis on the enormous research repository system; This work supports the UC's Open Access initiaves generally, and Lawrence Berkeley Lab's OSTI-related compliance in particular.

I credit the inimitable Prelinger Library with forming the basis of my academic interest in nonstandard library organizations and interfaces. I spent around seven years there as a volunteer, host, and most notably designer of their discovery service, the Stacks Explorer, the much-improved second version of which I completed in 2024.

I continue to make music in my off-time, though my release rate has slowed from it's frantic peak in my 20s, owing to juggling a bunch of different things.