Anne N. Barker is a Senior Information Specialist in the Legal Department at Genentech, a biotechnology company in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she specializes in patent, litigation, and pharmaceutical pipeline research and analysis. Anne completed her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2005 and received her B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University as a double major in English and Theatre Arts.
A member of SLA since 2001, Anne held a variety of leadership roles, including as a Director on the SLA Board from 2022-2024. She was elected President-Elect of SLA for 2026 to assist in shepherding the association through the dissolution process and was appointed to serve as one of two non-voting representatives on the ASIS&T Board during the initial transition.
She is looking forward to continuing to engage with her new professional home in ASIS&T and endeavors to bring the rest of her SLA network along for the ride.
