Her research concerns the history of knowledge organization systems as they intersect with state and cultural discourses. Adler’s book, Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge (Fordham University Press, April 2017), is a study of the history of sexuality through the lens of Library of Congress classifications and categories. She has also published articles in Knowledge Organization, Library Quarterly, Information and Culture, and other journals. Interview with Melissa Adler