Ann Curry, BA & BLS (Alberta), MLS (BC), PhD (Sheffield), is an Associate Professor in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia where she teaches in the areas of intellectual freedom, research methods, collection management, and library architecture and planning. Her research focuses on access to information issues, particularly as they relate to censorship challenges, collection management, library history, equity for special groups, the internet, and library architecture.

Prior to joining the UBC faculty in 1990, she had careers in Canada, Malaysia, and Australia as a high-school teacher, oil company librarian, general reference librarian, business librarian, children's puppeteer, chair of a library technician program, and as a public library manager. Ann has received the UBC Killam Award for teaching excellence, the Association for Library and Information Science Education Award for teaching excellence, and the BC Library Association President's Award for her service to the Association regarding an intellectual freedom-related libel suit against the Association.