Melissa Wertheimer joined the Library of Congress as a Music Reference Specialist in 2018. Her responsibilities include special collections librarianship, web archives curation, reference, outreach, instruction, and acquisitions. A flutist and new music specialist, Melissa strives to share primary sources with all music lovers and to highlight connections between musical sources, arts, and humanities. Melissa serves as 2021-2022 Chair of the Society of American Archivists Web Archiving Section, a mentor for new professionals in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, a member of the Music Library Association's Archives and Special Collections Committee, and 2017-2021 Archivist of the Music Library Association. Melissa holds a M.L.I.S. in Archives and Digital Curation from the University of Maryland, a M.M. in Piccolo from the Peabody Institute, and a B.M. in Flute from Ithaca College. Outside the Library, Melissa admires everything in Art Deco style.
Most Recent Posts
- Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 3 April 26th, 2022
- Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 2 March 17th, 2022
- Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 1 February 22nd, 2022
- Who Was Maia Bang Hohn? January 21st, 2022
- Two New Research Guides about Latin American Composers August 31st, 2021
- In Memoriam Louis Andriessen July 9th, 2021
- Commissioned Composers of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage May 14th, 2021
- Announcing the Professional Organizations for Performing Arts Web Archive May 3rd, 2021
- A Guided Dance Research Tour for National Dance Week April 20th, 2021
- Dance in Our Web Archives April 5th, 2021