Autor/-in: Melody Karle

Melody Condron is a librarian and researcher of personal digital archiving and social media tools. She received a Master's degree in Library Science with a focus in Information Organization from the University of North Texas, and a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies from Penn State. With a passion for genealogy and archiving but a strong interest in data management and organization, Melody has written and taught classes to both librarians and the general public. She has presented in the areas of digital legacy management, personal photo digitization and organization, the lifecycle of data, and archiving your social media. Her book, Managing the Digital You: Where and How to Keep and Organize Your Digital Life was published in 2017 with Rowman and Littlefield. Her chapter "Archiving Social Media" appeared in the Complete Guide to Personal Digital Archiving, published in 2018 by the American Library Association.