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Hi, my name is Nhan Cao.

Who Am I?

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Information Management (IM) and library science professional with a Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Resource Management) degree from Carleton University and a Library and Information Technician diploma from Algonquin College, specializing in information systems, metadata, digital resources, and emerging technologies.


Currently supporting K–12 Library Learning Commons (LLC) and information systems, managing physical and digital collections to support information access, metadata workflows, and educational technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Languages

  • English: Native or Bilingual Proficiency
  • French: Full Professional Proficiency (B2-C1 level; DELF B1 certified)
  • Vietnamese: Professional Working Proficiency (B1–B2 level)
  • Areas of Interest & Technical Focus:

    1. Information Systems & Metadata:

  • Metadata standards, linked data (BIBFRAME), Semantic Web
  • Information Retrieval (IR), Information Architecture (IA)
  • Taxonomies, folksonomies, controlled vocabularies, ontologies

  • 2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Science (DS):

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL):
  • Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLM), Natural Language Processing (NLP), recommender systems, and computational linguistics
  • Big data, data analytics, and data warehouses
  • Quantitative/statistical analysis and data visualization
  • Data privacy, cybersecurity, and cloud computing

  • 3.Digital Systems & Development:

  • Database design and web development
  • Programming fundamentals and computer networking
  • Digital Asset Management (DAM)
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Web accessibility and User Experience Design (UED)

  • 4. Library/Information Science & Research:

  • Information lifecycle, data and records management
  • Education, pedagogy, literacy development
  • Information governance, copyright, policy, and ethics
  • Integrated Library Systems (ILS), library management, and marketing
  • Decision support and data-driven problem-solving
  • Research methodology, Research Data Management (RDM), change, and Knowledge Management (KM)
  • Archives and museology, digitization, digital libraries, and digital preservation

  • 5. Organizational & Business Understanding:

  • Business fundamentals
  • Project management
  • Communication, workflow analysis, and organizational processes


  • Beyond information systems and technology, I enjoy reading books, listening to music, watching movies, exploring digital innovations, and staying current in AI, data science, STREAM, GLAM, and HEAL fields.

    Education

    Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)

    Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)