Darnelle Melvin

American information scientist and metadata librarian
Person human Q78251101
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Summary

Darnelle Melvin has worked as an information scientist[1], metadata librarian[2], author[3], academic librarian[4], and librarian[5]. He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Native language: English[8]
  • Ethnic group: Black people[9], African Americans[10]
  • Occupation: audio engineer[11], Wikidata editor[12]
  • Field of work: metadata[13], linked data[14], data integration[15], data cleansing[16], metadata management[17], sound engineering[18], Semantic Web[19], digital library[20], archival science[21], authority file[22]
  • Employer: University of Nevada, Las Vegas[23]
  • Notable work: Ethical Explorations Using Wikidata and Wikidata Tools to Expose Underrepresented Special Collection Materials[24], Wikiframe Visual Graph[25], Linked Data for the Perplexed Librarian[26]
  • Member of: American Library Association[27], Mountain West Digital Library[28], Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures[29]
  • Sex or gender: male[30]
  • Academic degree: Master of Library and Information Science[31], Bachelor of Arts[32]
  • Family name: Melvin[33]
  • Given name: Darnelle[34], Omar[35]
  • Work location: Paradise[36]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[37]
  • Affiliation: University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries[38], University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives[39], Cultural Media Archive[40]
  • Name in native language: Darnelle O. Melvin[41]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Nevada, Las Vegas[42]
  • Writing language: English[43]

FAQs

What did Darnelle Melvin do for work?

Darnelle Melvin worked as an information scientist[1], metadata librarian[2], author[3], academic librarian[4], and librarian[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . ORCID Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . alastore.ala.org. alastore.ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . unlv.edu. unlv.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [9] ↑ . twitter.com. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [10] ↑ . twitter.com. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . core.ala.org. core.ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . Library Philosophy and Practice. digitalcommons.unl.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [35] ↑ . Library Philosophy and Practice. digitalcommons.unl.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . library.unlv.edu. Retrieved . library.unlv.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . library.unlv.edu. Retrieved . library.unlv.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . culturalmediaarchive.org. Retrieved . culturalmediaarchive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987010350262605171
    X (twitter) username → metadataguy
    Github account → darnelleMelvin
    Gnd id → 1207547603
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