Jonathan Cain

Jonathan Omowalé Cain is an award-winning librarian and library leader who believes that the libraries have a huge role to play in higher education and society. He is passionate about making libraries and information centers more collaborative, equitable and inclusive for learners and knowledge workers. Currently, Jonathan serves as the Interim Director of Digital Strategies and the Head, Data Services at the University of Oregon Libraries. He designs data and digital education programs, focusing on equitable access and social justice as essential components. His research centers on understanding and interrogating the inequity in data & technology cultures, as well as the role of libraries as organizations for the public good, privacy in education, and social justice and equity.

Education

MS Information and Library Science | Pratt Institute | 2010

MA Africana Studies| New York University | 2007

• Thesis: Transnational Identities: Black Voluntary Immigrants, African-Americans and the Conflict of Ethnic Blackness BS Anthropology | College of Charleston | 2004

• Minors: African Studies, Africana Studies

Additional Education

Université de Paris – Sorbonne | Paris, France (French Culture & History)

Speos – Paris | Paris, France (Film Photography)

Political Management | George Washington University (SIW) | Washington, DC

Presentation/ Speaking Experience:

• User Experience
• Strategic Assessment
• Digital Scholarship and Pedagogy
• Program Development

Specialties:

• Data Management
• Open Government
• Service Design
• Cultural Heritage Institutions and Nonprofits
• Curriculum Development