Michelle Urberg has a PhD in music history and Master’s Degree in Library Science. Before stepping out as a consultant in the scholarly communications industry--as an Affiliate Associate with Maverick Publishing Specialists--she was a metadata librarian, managing the cataloging metadata for the 360 Knowledge Base at ProQuest and ExLibris. She serves on the NISO Video and Audio Metadata Guidelines Working Group, is co-chair of the Researcher Communications Project with Metadata 2020, and is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Medieval Women’s Choir of Seattle. She is a current SSP Early Career Fellow.