Jeanne Kramer-Smyth is the author of Spellbound Blog. A student in the University of Maryland's iSchool Archives, Records and Information Management program, Jeanne comes to the field of Archival Science with over 18 years of experience designing relational databases, creating custom database software and participating in web based software development. She has brought her great interest in information visualization, structured data and helping individuals find what they are looking for to both her studies and her writing.

Jeanne currently holds a position as a Metadata Analyst within the Interactive Technology division of Discovery Corporation. Her less official title is 'Word Girl' and she spends a good portion of her time working on taxonomies and controlled vocabularies.

Outside of work and graduate school, she enjoys creative projects of all stripes, reading, games and spending time with friends and family.