The Digital Initiatives Librarian is part of the Digital Library Services Group, which helps the libraries of the public university system of Florida create, manage and preserve digital information resources. I provide support for digital special collections, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), archival finding aids (EADs), and other born-digital and retrospectively digitized materials. I work with DigiTool, Archon, OAI data and service providers, and other commercial, open source, and locally-developed content management applications. I also provide expertise in describing digital resources (cataloging and metadata) to FCLA and library staff.

Develop and implement classification structure for website content.

Chief librarian of a small college library.  Duties include: develop and maintain the library as an information resource center, provide reference assistance for students and faculty (both one-on-one and in the classroom); coordinate the AA Library courses and instructors; manage the library collection (including maintenance and updating of the Integrated Library System (ILS)); serve as liason to external information centers and consortia; provide maintenance and technical troubleshooting for library lab computers; develop and maintain library website; supervise student staff.

Assistant to the Head Librarian.  Duties include: provide reference assistance for students and faculty (both one-on-one and in the classroom); provide maintenance and technical troubleshooting for library lab computers; develop and maintain library website; complete independent projects such as inventory database.

College Instructor.  Courses taught: Library and Information Literacy II (syllabus - PDF); Webpage Development (syllabus - PDF).

Head Assistant to the Committee on Accreditation (COA) Project Leader.  Duties include: coordinate planning for Accreditation process; gather evidential documentation for each Standard; coordinate writing and initial editing process; provide final editing and layout for Program Presentation; develop online document repository for internal and public COA documents.

Website Creator / Designer.  Duties include: assess and evaluate previous departmental website; research and test new Content Management Systems (CMS) including Drupal and Plone; develop and maintain new Plone-driven website, including complex management of content, permissions, and users.

Reference Assistant.  Duties include: answer questions from patrons; provide limited technical support for computers in the area; and work to improve library services by submitting a "great idea of the week" to my mentor, Susan Johnson. Past "great ideas" include: adding informational signs to the lobby area to alert patrons to the limitations / requirements of the public computers; adding help pages to the ref desk computer desktops for use by reference librarians; attaching USB extension cables to the computer to facilitate use of flash drives; and suggesting a "guest login" for visiting faculty and students to be able to use the currently "UH ID Only" computers.

Copy Editor (Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory. Nahl & Bilal, eds., 2007).  Duties include: edit electronic manuscript for citations / references; edit electronic manuscript for figure / tables; edit physical manuscript for layout errors.

My work with Electronic Resources Librarian Steph Nelson included the redesign of the KCC Library website, the management of KCC's electronic resources, configuring Open URL, working at the reference desk, and working with Intra-System Loan requests. For more detailed information on this, please see my KCC Internship page.

I worked with Japan Librarian Tokiko Bazzell during the span of one semester as the reference intern. During this time I wrote two informational webpages, created a display, and worked at the Asia Collection reference desk. For more detailed information, please see my Asia Collection Internship page.

I originally worked with Dr. Nahl on the research she had earlier developed involving the ACS (Affective, Cognitive, and Sensorimotor) taxonomy [citation]. I also created and continue to update her professional website (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl). In the fall of 2006 I worked with Dr. Nahl to edit her forthcoming book (due in 2007), and gained valuable experience with manuscript editing and compiling.

The LIS Web Team is a volunteer group of students who take responsibility for updating the LIS website (www.hawaii.edu/lis) as well as for providing instructional services to the LIS community. Their main responsibility each semester is to put on the HTML Workshops, a series of sessions designed to teach the basics of HTML programming and CSS styling. The target participants are students from the LIS Program, but starting in 2007 the Web Team extended their services to faculty and staff at the UH Libraries, as well as Honolulu community practitioners in order to help create oppportunities for professional development in the library community.

As Leader of the Web Team, I coordinated the efforts of the members of the Web Team; updated the LIS website; designed and taught instructional sessions; and helped to plan other individual projects. The main projects I accomplished were a revision and update of the HTML Workshop curriculum in 2007 and a move to include community practitioners in addition to students as our workshop attendees. I also spearheaded a successful redesign of the LIS website in 2007 as well.

When I joined the program in the spring of 2005 I noticed that despite the fact that the same textbooks were required for classes semester after semester, there was no mechanism for providing textbooks for students or for sharing books among students. I decided that I could start a program to meet this need, and invented the LIS Lending Library, stocked entirely with books donated from graduating LIS students. By August 2005 we had a total of 49 books covering 13 courses, and we continue to collect new textbooks every semester. In Fall 2006 the Lending Library was incorporated into Hui Dui, so that future students can continue to manage this free textbook-sharing program.

Hui Dui is the group which represents the student body of the LIS Program. Hui Dui members serve as a student voice in faculty meetings, as well as put on two crucial events: the New Student Orientation at the beginning of each semester, and the celebratory Graduate Dinner at the end. Hui Dui also works to provide a little bit of comfort to the LIS students in the form of snacks and printing services in the Bilger 319 classroom. We raise all of our money through fundraisers each semester.

As a member of Hui Dui, I was involved in creating and planning the Online Auction fundraiser - which successfully raised $750 (spring 06), $851 (fall 06), and $1127 (spring 07) while I was involved. I also worked to plan the two student events each semester: the New Student Orientation and the Graduation Dinner. As President, I worked to coordinate the efforts of this hard-working group to continue to provide excellent service to our fellow students.

I managed and updated the ALA-SC website content, troubleshot when necessary, and continued to keep the site current with new web technologies.

The Strategic Planning Committee conducts a yearly "retreat" in the spring to develop the Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Goals in a four-year plan for the LIS Program. I participated in this retreat, and subsequent follow-up meetings throughout the year, offering an opinion from a student's perspective, in addition to working as an assistant in typing and editing the document during real-time discussions and subsequent cleanup/editing.

The WebVoyage Committee meets bi-monthly to discuss issues with the UH System Endeavor Voyager ILS, including user-interface issues, librarian-interface issues, and technical issues.

The Web Advisory Group meets monthly to discuss issues related to the UH Manoa Hamilton Library website. New features are discussed and added, for example an RSS feed of news events and a listing of staff photos.

$15,000 stipend + tuition/fees at the school of my choice. This fellowship allowed me to go to Ritsumeikan University for the 2008-2009 school year to participate in their Study in Kyoto Program (SKP), as well as to pursue independent study in Library and Information Science topics.

Each semester since the spring of 2004 I have been fortunate to receive PAS tuition waiver funding from the various departments to which I belong(ed): Asian Studies, EALL, and LIS.

Awarded based on scholarship, character, and financial need.

Awarded based on prior academic performance and accomplishments.

"The Xi Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the international honor society in library and information science at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, has awarded Caitlin Nelson its first annual scholarship. Caitlin exemplifies the motto of Beta Phi Mu, 'Consumed in the service of others.' Currently, she is serving as the LIS web team leader, President of Hui Dui, and the ALA-SC webmaster, while maintaining a perfect GPA. This scholarship was made possible from the dues and gifts of members of Beta Phi Mu."

Awarded in recognition of professional service as an LIS student.

Awarded in recognition of professional service as an LIS student.

This $6000 grant enabled me to study in Yokohama, Japan over the summer at the renowned Inter University Center (IUC). There I was able to improve my Japanese speaking and reading abilities and had a great time with excellent professors and peers.

Several of these $2000 awards are granted annually to students who show "exemplary performance in the Asian Studies Program" and "promise in the field of Asian Studies". I used mine toward summer study in Japanese language.