Next up we have presenter, and Cyamus regional representative, Amanda Whitmire.

Amanda describes herself as an oceanographer by training and a librarian by chance. She is Head Librarian at the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University. She earned her BS degree in Aquatic Biology from the University of California Santa Barbara and a PhD in Oceanography from Oregon State University. Amanda loves the variety of the day-to-day duties of running a branch library, but most enjoys working with faculty and students, and curating both the historical and born-digital data collections of the marine station.

At #IAMSLIC2022 Amanda will be presenting on "Collection connections: a library vignette on democratization of aquatic science knowledge". She will be presenting in person.

Professionally, Amanda is interested in collections as data, open knowledge networks, and data curation. At home, Amanda is an avid gardener, crafter, carpenter, and keeper of chickens. So there is lots to chat with her about during the conference!