Charles Horn
Metadata Wrangler
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Horn is a Metadata Wrangler with 14 years of technical experience, currently managing and curating digital collections at the Internet Archive from Wellington, New Zealand. His background spans embedded systems engineering and quality-focused roles—ranging from Software Developer in Test to Lead Test Consultant—bringing a rigorous, test-driven approach to metadata workflows. He pairs a B.Com in Information Systems with an uncommon B.A. Hons in Classics, which informs a meticulous, context-aware perspective on cataloguing and data provenance. Comfortable bridging engineering and humanities, he has also applied creative sound design in theatre, demonstrating an ability to translate technical skills into multidisciplinary projects. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions to complex data integrity and ingestion problems across large-scale archival systems.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Com (Information Systems and Technology) / B.A. Hons (Classics), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, B.Com (Information Systems and Technology) / B.A. Hons (Classics), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at University of Canterbury
Github Skills (125)
python10
command-line-interface10
rgb10
openlibrary10
rest10
rails-api10
open-source10
webapi10
syntax-highlighting10
react10
jenkins-api9
jenkins-cli9
google-books9
swagger9
oas9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
hornc/openlibrary-client
Apr 2017 - May 2026
Python Client Library for the Archive.org OpenLibrary API
Contributions:6 PRs, 114 pushes, 28 branches in 9 years 2 months
openlibrarypython
internetarchive/openlibrary-client
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
Python Client Library for the Archive.org OpenLibrary API
Contributions:10 reviews, 164 commits, 48 PRs in 5 years 10 months
openlibrarypython
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