Amanda E. Landis

Librarian
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Amanda E. Landis is the branch librarian for the John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology for Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, where she manages a large collection that documents the Smithsonian Institution’s role in the development of American anthropology. Amanda is the former co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee (SLA-DEAI) and currently serves as manager of the DEAI collection. During her time at Smithsonian Libraries, she has also composed a DEAI Glossary of Terms; founded the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Affinity Group; and created the BIPOC Fiction Book Club, which she hosts monthly. Prior to joining the Smithsonian as a library technician in 2018, she was an archives technician for the National Archives and Records Administration. Amanda earned her BA in Anthropology with a minor in Latin American and Iberian studies from the University of Hawai’i-Mānoa and her MSLIS with a concentration in archives management from Simmons College.

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Presentation(s):

• APALA President's Program: Change in and Barriers to Library Leadership for Asian and Pacific American Library Workers: A Panel Discussion

  Saturday, June 25, 2022
  10:00am – 11:00am