Amanda Kordeliski (SLIS '10) is seeking the office of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Presidency for 2025-26. Amanda serves as the director of libraries and instructional technology for Norman Public Schools and has remained an active member of the SLIS community since graduating in 2010. She resides on the SLIS School Library Advisory Board and was named the SLIS Outstanding Alumni in 2022. She worked and collaborated with Dr. Kyungwon Koh on Dr. Koh's 2014 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant "Information-Creating Behavior in Learning Labs and Makerspaces" and served on the SLIS Alumni Advisory Board from 2019-2022.
Amanda is involved in the Oklahoma Library Association and dedicates her time to the advocacy committee, serving as chair in 2021-2022. Within the American Library Association (ALA), Amanda serves on the American Association of School Librarians board as a director-at-large and works extensively with the Public Policy and Advocacy office as a member of the PolicyCorps advisory board. She is a member of cohort III within PolicyCorps and is part of the cadre for United Against Book Bans. During her leadership tenure within Oklahoma School Librarians (OKSL), the division successfully won the ABC-CLIO leadership development grant for a partnership program with Oklahoma Library and Information Studies Student Association (OLISSA) and SLIS to begin the OU SLIS Virtual Summer Institutes: Developing Responsive Library and Information Technology Leaders.
“I am incredibly honored to stand as a candidate for AASL President-Elect. I know this is a critical time for school librarians, and I believe my current work on the AASL board, ALA PolicyCorp, and Unite Against Book Bans has prepared me to help meet the unique challenges school librarians are facing. If elected, I will continue to fight for access to information and against censorship in our libraries while continuing to move school libraries forward and advance the work of our association. I recognize it is essential that every learner has a school librarian, and I will continue to advocate for qualified school librarians in every school. I am passionate about developing library leaders, and I want to create and encourage tools to empower school librarians to become leaders in their libraries, districts, and states across the country.” Voting
