Melanie Griffin received her MA in English and MLIS from the University of South Carolina, where she wrote a thesis on Australian immigration, domesticity, and the Victorian sensation novel. She received her BA in English and in Foreign Languages: Greek and Latin from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. As an Assistant Librarian in Special & Digital Collections, Melanie is responsible for facilitating online access to SDC's resources; she also serves as the library liaison to the English department. Before coming to USF in 2009, Melanie worked as an assistant cataloger at the University of South Carolina's South Caroliniana Library and was a 2008 Junior Fellow in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress. Melanie's research interests include the Victorian sensation novel, 19th century children's literature, and identifying ways to expand the use of digital resources in the humanities.
Articles
Transforming special collections through innovative uses for LibGuides (with Barbara Lewis), Collection Building (2011)
Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the utility of Springshare’s LibGuides platform for special...
Transforming Special Collections: A (Lib)Guide to Innovation. Peer-reviewed poster session presented at the American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference. (with Barbara Lewis), Special & Digital Collections (2010)
“Special Collections as Laboratories,” a recent posting on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s The Wired...