Jennie Fletcher
Lead Software Developer
Directorate: Digital Initiatives
Department: Development Team
Jennie is a Lead Software Developer at Cambridge University Library, working across a range of digital humanities research projects. She worked with the development team to design and implement the Cambridge Digital Library Platform (CDCP), making it available as open source, and collaborates with other institutions to further its development. Her work focuses on how innovative technologies can enhance the discovery and presentation of cultural heritage and library data.
Relevant links:
- Cambridge Digital Collections Platform: https://community.cdcp.info/
- Cambridge Collections: https://github.com/cambridge-collection/
Associated research projects
"Small performances": investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville (1707-75) through heritage science and practice-based research
An interdisciplinary project that will make a substantial contribution to the history of printing technology, whilst ensuring it is a living process that will continue into the future.
AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH)
By creating both a community of practice and a prototype workspace, ArCH will enable heritage practitioners and collections researchers to harness the power of AI to unlock cultural heritage collections.
The text in this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Photography:
Headline image © Alice the Camera / Cambridge University Library
ArCH image: Hanna Barakat & Cambridge Diversity Fund from Better Images of AI.
Baskerville punches in their original storage © Cambridge University Library