Kimberly Michelle Gay is the Head of Reference and Information Services, Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II at the John B. Coleman Library of Prairie View A&M University- a Texas A&M University System and she has more than 20-years of Academic Librarianship experience. At PVAMU, she is the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II. Gay is an active member for both the Texas Library Association and the American Library Association. Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas is where she received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Mass Communication double minor: Fashion Merchandising and Sociology graduating Magna Cum Laude, 3.89 GPA. She received a Master's of Science Degree in Library Science and Information Studies, Suma Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA from TWU as well. She is a Lifetime inductee in the Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. She has certifications: 

o Certified Elsevier Scopus Database Training Certification for the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. April 2020 

o Certified Duke and Emory Universities’’ Copyright Certification for Educators and Librarians Program. August 2018

o PVAMU Center for Instructional Innovation and Technology Services – Canvas Online Instructor Certification Training (Quality Matters and Introduction to Teaching Online) . June 2020

o Certification Readiness Initiative Service Engagement (R.I.S.E.)– 2020 Human Resource Supervisory Cohort Intermediate Level – Hiring for Success. September 2019- Present 

o Certification Institutional Review Board (IRB). Certified Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) TAMU-PVAMU member ID 4588190

o Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society. June 2017. Certified Organization Advisor. LEAD- Leadership excellence and Advisor Development Program. 

o ORCID: Open Researcher and Contributor ID- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5831-7540