Tanya Thomas is an information seeker, manager, disseminator, and literacy teacher who approaches research as purposeful poking and prying. Most recently, she was the Research and Instructional Technology Librarian for the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, where she championed the use of educational technology; taught classes on technology in the practice of law and legal research; provided research and reference assistance; and managed the School's learning management system. Her career also includes librarian roles in court, law firm, and academic libraries and teaching roles (legal research and  information literacy courses) as an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland Global Campus and Kaplan University.  Tanya holds a MLS from the University of Maryland and a JD from Howard University School of Law. She is a member of the Hawaii Library Association (HLA), the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (WestPac), and the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).