About the Authors
Harriet E. Wintermute is Chair of Acquisitions, Cataloging, Metadata, and E-Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Before her current role, Harriet led the Metadata Services department at Iowa State University. She has worked as cataloging and metadata librarian at UNL and Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. She has a BA in Computer Science from Wellesley College. Harriet obtained her MLIS and a graduate certificate in special collections at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she began her career in library metadata as a graduate student employee.
Heather M. Campbell is Head of Metadata Services at Iowa State University. Prior roles include Discovery and Metadata Librarian at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, Humanities and Instruction Librarian at Grinnell College, and Senior Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She received a BA in French from Drake University, an MA in French from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MLIS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She enjoys teaching Fundamentals of Metadata, an ALA Core continuing education course.
Christopher S. Dieckman is a Metadata and Cataloging Librarian at the Iowa State University Library. He previously worked for OCLC as a catalog specialist. He received a BA in music from Northern Illinois University and an MLIS from Kent State University, where he concentrated on metadata and cataloging. Areas of interest include subject cataloging, user discovery, rare materials, and the role of library metadata in the broader information landscape.
Nausicaa L. Rose is a Metadata Librarian at Iowa State University. She previously worked at Wartburg College as the Technical Services supervisor. She received a BA in English and History from Monmouth College. She received her MLIS from the University of Iowa.
Hema Thulsidhos is a Metadata Projects Librarian at Iowa State University. She earned her MLIS degree from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a BA in Corporate Secretaryship from MOP Vaishnav College for Women (India). Before joining Iowa State University, she served as a Volunteer Librarian at the Grand View Library and a Library Intern at Drake University. These roles helped her gain valuable experience in digitization, metadata creation, and cataloging.
