Research Interests

• Digital reference services
• Online education
• Technology in education
• Social networking tools in education 

Select Publications

• White, Thelma, and Pauline Nicholas. (2015). “Institutions of Higher Education and the Multiplicities of Literacy:  Preparing the Young for the World of Work in the 21^st Century” Journal of Arts Science and Technology. 8:113-131. 

• Nicholas, Pauline et al. (2015). “Bringing the Library to You: The Halls of Residence Librarian Programme at the University of the West Indies, Mona Library.” New Library World. 116 (5/6):316-335. 

• Nicholas, Pauline, and Jerdaine Sterling. (2014). “Collaborative Virtual Reference Service: Should Jamaican Libraries be in a National Consortium?” LIAJA Bulletin 1:1-23 EBSCO. 

• Nicholas, Pauline, and Thelma White. (2012). “E- Learning, E-books and Virtual Reference Service: the Nexus between the Library and Education.” Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning. 6 (1):3-18. 

• Nicholas, Pauline. (2011). “Creating a Digital Reference Agenda for Academic Libraries in Jamaica:  An Exploratory Case Study.” LIBRI. 61: 258-280. 

• Nicholas, Pauline. (2010). “From Desk to Desktop: Digital Reference Service Leveraging Educational Assistance to the Distant Learner: Implications for Jamaica.” Journalof Library and Information Services in Distance Learning. 4 (1/2): 18-29. 

• Nicholas, Pauline. (2010). “Benchmarking an Essential for Special Libraries in the Caribbean:  The Jamaican Case.” Library Management 31 (3):186-197.  

• Nicholas, Pauline, and Thelma White. (2008). “Students Use and Perception of Electronic Books: The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus) Perspective.” Journal of Education and Development In the Caribbean. 53-69. 

• Nicholas, Pauline. (2008). “Community Telecentres, Satisfying the Information Needs of Citizens: An Evaluation of the Annotto Bay Multipurpose Community Telecentre.” LIAJA Bulletin. 

Awards

• EBSCO/ALA Midwinter Meeting Scholarships,2013
• America Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leader, 2011
• De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award, 2010
• Fulbright Visiting Researcher Scholar Fellowship,2009
• Winner of the IFLA Academic Research Libraries Section Essay
• Competition for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007

• IFLA/ OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship,2007
• LIAJA Beacon Award for Professional Development, 2005
• The Daphne Douglas Award for Excellence in School Librarianship, 2001
• The Stuart Clevens’ Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Library Skills, 1996

• The Lodge Mico Scholarship for Excellence, 1994