Joshua Westgard

Joshua Westgard is an Affiliate Lecturer and Systems Librarian (Librarian III) at the University of Maryland Libraries, specializing in digital repository management and digital preservation systems. His roles include overseeing technical infrastructure within the Digital Programs and Initiatives department under the Digital Services and Technologies division. He holds research interests in medieval manuscript transmission, the history of libraries, and applying Python programming to library science challenges.

His research focuses on intersections between medieval studies and digital humanities, with projects involving open standards for digitized historical materials and library technology systems like Fedora and Hydra. Recent work emphasizes digital archiving and open data initiatives, such as the Digital Diamondback project documenting university history through digitized newspapers.

• Key technical contributions: Fedora Project collaboration, IIIF-based newspaper viewers, CSV metadata validation frameworks
• Medieval studies focus: Bede manuscripts, Carolingian-era textual dissemination, Eadmer's hagiographies

No formal awards or grants are listed in available materials. He actively engages in technical library systems development while maintaining scholarly engagement with medieval manuscript scholarship.