About

Melanie works with her colleagues within Columbia University Libraries to ensure the integration of digital metadata with local and national systems to enable information discovery. She provides guidance on best practices, and develops, documents, and maintains standards and procedures for metadata for digital content generated within the Libraries. Other responsibilities of her position include the cataloging of electronic resources and NACO/SACO work. Melanie is the chair of the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee, the liaison of the PCC Policy Committee (PoCo) to the Share-VDE Advisory Committee, and a member of the BIBFRAME Interoperability Group (BIG). Melanie has previously served as PoCo chair and is currently chair of the Interlingua Subgroup of BIG.