Anne Hays grew up in Swarthmore, PA, and received her Bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 1999. She has since received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence, and a Master of Library Science degree from Queens College, CUNY. She has worked for Cooper Union, Teacher’s College of Columbia University, and Parsons School of Design. She is excited to join her fellow librarian colleagues at the CSI Library as Assistant Professor and Evening/Weekend Instruction Librarian. Her research interests focus on open access publishing and trends in digital media.