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Curriculum Vitae +

What I've done.

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Publications and Resources

See the Resources page for direct access to many of my publications and course materials, as well as useful references and online tools.

Selected Projects

See the Projects page for descriptions of projects in selected subject areas (see below for activities by Country):

Information Design - Australia, USA
Interdisciplinary Research - Australia, New Zealand, selected Asia-Pacific developing countries
Knowledge Management - Iraq, Afghanistan, USA
Libraries & Universities - Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE, USA, Global Webinars
Socio-technical Data Analytics - USA

Teaching and Training

See the Teaching page for detailed list:

Countries & Activities

Where I've done it.

Afghanistan
Australia (+ Asia-Pacific)
Egypt
Iraq
Pakistan
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
United States of America

Afghanistan

US Department of State, Tetra Tech: Knowledge Management Transition & Sustainability Assessment - Assessment and recommendations for sustainably transitioning Justice Sector Support Program (nation-wide justice system database) from US government to Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ownership
US Department of State: Knowledge Management Coordinator - Consultation to NATO forces on knowledge management practices

Australia (+ Asia-Pacific)

Australian Centre for Excellence in Policing and Security (The Australian National University): Integration Research Manager - Translating research into policy and practice change for researchers in Asia-Pacific developing countries including Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Timor-Leste; analysis of Harvard Executive Sessions methodology and; serving as Harvard Executive Sessions process expert to Australasian Policing Forum (Australia & New Zealand).

Egypt

KnowledgeE: Course Leader; in consultation with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank, a project of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Interdisciplinary Research Excellence - (University faculty across Egypt, 13-weeks online)
Journal Quality & Global Impact - (Journal editors and managers across Egypt, online)
Improving Research Dissemination and Impact - (National Training Institute, British University of Egypt, Ain Shams University)
Essential Skills for Online Assessment - (University faculty across Egypt, online)
21st Century Academic Libraries - (American University in Cairo)

Iraq

Simmons University: Course Leader - Academic Library Capacity Building; Training and consultation with librarians of the University of Kerbala in Information Literacy, Library Automation, Electronic Resource Management, Institutional Repositories and Scientific Publishing

US Department of State, US Department of Defense:
- Information Resource Officer (DOS) - Strengthening library capacity and US partnerships with academic and public libraries throughout Iraq
- Knowledge Management Coordinator (DOS, DOD) - Ensuring that all the intelligence, relationships, capacity building, and reconstruction developed by the US Government (USG) in Iraq since 2003 could continue to be leveraged by the US Mission after the US military departure in 2011.

Pakistan

US Department of State, Lincoln Corners - Workshop: 21st Century Skills & Information Literacy (online participants from Pakistan & Nepal)
US Department of State: Information Resource Officer - Strengthening library capacity and US partnerships with academic and public libraries throughout Pakistan.

Qatar

KnowledgeE: Course Leader - Library Capacity Building, Qatar University Libaries

United Arab Emirates

KnowledgeE: Transitioning to Online Teaching in Higher Education

United States of America

Simmons University Graduate School of Library and Information Science: Adjunct Faculty (LIS488: Technology for Information Professionals, LIS500: Information Architecture), Doctoral Studies Programs Manager
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign iSchool: Doctoral student, Research Assistant, Socio-technical Data Analytics specialization
Community Supported Film: Operations and Communcations Manager, non-profit training local men and women in documentary filmmaking, mentoring them through production and public engagement to amplify local voices in public dialogue and policy
More, see CV+.

Skills & Sectors

What I know.

Activity Types

My skills and experience are leveraged most frequently in the following types of projects (see Projects and Teaching pages for detail):

Information design
Inter-agency, inter-sector, inter-disciplinary collaboration
Research (design, analysis, synthesis, writing, publishing)
Strategic planning and program evaluation
Training and teaching

Skill Areas

I'm most well known for my expertise in:

Data analytics – socio-technical factors, interoperability, integration
Information design – digital libraries, taxonomy/metadata management, information architecture, electronic resource management, records management, information literacy
Interdisciplinary research integration and implementation - environment, information, public health, security
Knowledge management – policies, systems, transitions
Libraries and archives – practice, education, and professional development
Monitoring and evaluation – organization, program, project
Nonprofit management - fundraising, evaluation
Research development – quality, supervision, publishing, promotion
Technology – database management, web development, ethics and impact

Sectors

I've worked primarily with:

Higher education - research development, library capacity, library and information science programs (as faculty and consultant),
Libraries - public, academic, special
Nonprofits/NGOs - education, public health, civic engagement, human rights, arts and culture
Government - education, foreign affairs, justice, defense, environment, health

Research

What I'm investigating.

Research Capacity in Developing Countries
How to improve research quality, reputation, and publication in developing countries

Public Policy related to Terrorism and Conflict Environments
Making research usable for crafting and implementing foreign policy

Paradigms in Library and Information Science Research
Historically evolving perspectives of information as documentation, resource, ecology, complex social problem

Open Learning
Free lectures, courses, and research in all discplines at universities around the world

Knowledge Evolution
How knowledge is developed, across disciplines and centuries

Caryn Anderson