Special Librarian
From 1996-2007, Amanda served as a Humanities and Instructional Librarian at Lewis Clark State College, Washington State University, and West Chester University. More recently she was the Youth Services Librarian at Silverdale Public Library in Washington State. She has published in the areas of librarianship, reading, and ethics. Amanda holds a Masters in Librarian and Information Science from the University of Washington and a BA in English from the Evergreen State College.


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