Katie Prentice, MSIS, AHIP is Executive Director at the Texas Medical Center Library (TMC Library) in Houston, Texas. She manages library services and information resources for approximately 50,000 life science students studying at Texas Medical Center institutions, more than 5,000 researchers and around 17,000 faculty. Prior to her current position, Katie served as Associate Director of the Schusterman Library, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. Her research interests include space use/usability and library assessment. Katie chose a career in library and information science after serving as a volunteer English language teacher with the US Peace Corps.