TDL Member Profile: Cameron Kainerstorfer
The January/February TDL Member Profile features Cameron Kainerstorfer, Digital Collections Manager/Digital Archivist, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center. Below is the full member profile with background information and a question and answer session with Cameron.
Background
Education
- MSIS: University of North Texas
- BA (Studio Option): California State University, East Bay
Professional Experience
- September 2013 – present: Digital Collections Manager/Digital Archivist, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center
- September 2010 – September 2013: Website Specialist, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center
- September 2006 – September 2010: Technical Support Specialist, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center
- December 2004 – August 2006: Library Information Specialist, UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center
Grants/Funding
- Program manager for Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) TexTreasures Award (FY2014): Texas Physicians, 1905-1966: Enriching the Biographical Database
- Technical lead for (FY2010) NNLM/SCR Historical Preservation and Digitization Award: Dallas Medical History, 1890-1975: A Digital Collection
Presentations and Posters
- Kainerstorfer, C. (2016). Making the case for Grand Rounds at UT Southwestern. Session presented at the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas. http://hdl.handle.net/2249.1/76283
- Kainerstorfer, C., & Scott, J. (2016). Acute hypersomality, Jekyll & Hyde, and Texas fire ants–Protocols as repurposed learning tools. Poster session presented at the meeting of the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas. https://conferences.tdl.org/tcdl/index.php/TCDL/TCDL2016/paper/view/984
- Kainerstorfer, C. (2015). Introducing the Institutional Repository. Session presented for the UT Southwestern Medical School’s Effective Teacher Series, Dallas, Texas. http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/1489
- Kainerstorfer, C., Perkins, H., & DeWeese, M. (2013). The Monther MeSH!–Taming Medical Subject Headings for an ETD Collection. Poster session presented at the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/67011
- Hammons, L., Larrison, S., & Kainerstorfer, C. (2012). Vireo workflow demonstrations. Workshop presented at the annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas.
- Maina, B., Zimmerman, M, & Kainerstorfer, C. (2011). Dallas Medical History, 1890-1975: A Digital Collection. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/1091
- Kainerstorfer, C. (2011). Utilizing Lightroom within the digitization workflow. Session presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern CONTENTdm Users Group, Houston, Texas. https://sites.google.com/site/swcdmug/2011/schedule
- Carpenter, S., Chapa, K., Harker, K., Kainerstorfer, C., Minzenmayer, T., Ramos, T., Thompson, L., Thompson, P., & Turner, A., (2008). Creating a centralized data repository. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Dallas, Texas. http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/1084
- Carpenter, S., Chapa, K., Harker, K, Kainerstorfer, C., Minzenmayer, T., Ramos, T., Thompson, L., Thompson, P., & Turner, A. (2008). Proving value and preserving staff sanity: A centralized data repository. Poster session presented at the annual Library Assessment Conference, Seattle, Washington. http://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/1085
- Poster, Der Wolkenmacher (children’s musical), Haslach, Austria, 2003.
Volunteer Work
- English Conversation Partner Program, Dallas, Texas
- Meet on a regular basis with postdoctoral researcher on campus
- Present periodic themes for conversational English practice
Involvement with TDL
- Texas Digital Library 4 Task Force, Summer 2014
- Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) Planning Committee, 2013-2014
Questions and Answer
1) Why did you choose to work in libraries?
It may simply be a matter of slow gravitational pull that led me to libraries. I love the combination of service to others, and the variety of content that I deal with on a daily basis. One patron may need help with 17th century books on ophthalmology, and the next may have questions about the permanence of QuickTime files. The lifecycle of content through the library is also quite compelling. Although many think of the library as a source to access books, we assist with content creation, access, archives, and more.
2) What projects or initiatives are you most excited about at your library?
The growth in student-oriented works in our institutional repository is exciting. We are in the process of depositing the annual Medical Student Research Forum posters, which down the road are sometimes cited when it is time for residency applications. At the same time, we have just digitized and added some unique student-created newsletters from the 1960s and 1970s.
3) What is your most memorable TDL experience?
Exchanging ideas and learning about new processes with librarians from Mexico at one of the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries. This also happened to be the same year that I volunteered with the conference committee, and it was gratifying to see that we had attendance from other countries.