About

Amanda Bielskas is the Director of the Science, Engineering & Social Science Libraries at Columbia University and has been at Columbia since 2007 in various roles including overseeing many of the collections. She earned her M.L.S. at Long Island University, has a B.A. in Environmental Geology from SUNY Plattsburgh, and has a Masters degree in Anthropology from Hunter College. Her career path includes valuable experience at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY) and the American Museum of Natural History Libraries. When she has some spare time, Amanda pursues her creative passions through travel, birding, photography, and jewelry design. Amanda is a member of the following professional organizations: Geoscience Information Society; GeoScienceWorld Board of Directors; The Linnaean Society of New York.