Everly, Robin
Librarian, Natural Physical and Science Libraries, Smithsonian Libraries
Everly, Robin
Librarian, Natural Physical and Science Libraries, Smithsonian Libraries
Robin manages the Botany and Horticulture Library by building a premier botanical and horticultural collection and providing in-depth reference services with over 21 years of subject expertise in horticulture and botanical taxonomy. Within the Smithsonian, she works primarily with the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Gardens staff. She enjoys writing and has published book reviews, wrote short articles for the newsletters, The Plant Press and Council on Botanical and Horticulture Libraries (CBHL), and blog posts for Smithsonian Libraries' Unbound and the Biodiversity Heritage Library blogs.
Robin is a proud member of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL), http://www.cbhl.net/ and the Botanical Society of Washington, http://www.botsoc.org/.
Positions
- Librarian, Botany and Horticulture Library, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives 2008 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S. in Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park
- M.L.S. in Library Science, University of Maryland, College Park , College of Library and Information Studies
Professional Biography
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Robin has worked in a variety of positions that have had to do with providing and organizing scientific information. Included in this mix, was working as an information specialist at the National Cancer Institute's Protocol and Information which helped coordinate cancer drug development, as a database indexer for the AGRICOLA database at the National Agricultural Library (NAL). While working at NAL, she also earned an Masters in Library Science. For six years, she worked as a horticultural librarian for the U.S. National Arboretum, part of the Agricultural Research Service, in Washington D.C.
Public Biography
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Robin Everly is a Branch Librarian within Smithsonian Libraries. She manages the Botany and Horticulture Library and has subject expertise in both botany (primarily taxonomic and botanical nomenclature) and horticulture (primarily American gardening and plants grown in the mid-Atlantic United States).
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Everly, Robin. 2022. "Helen Fowler Library Tour." CBHL Newsletter, Sep 1, 2022, (166), 12–13. Pennsylvania. 2022
- Everly, Robin. 2022. "Women support staff of the US National Herbarium 2022 [Robin Everly's profile]." The Plant Press, Apr 1, 2022, 25, (2), 10. Washington, DC. 2022
- Everly, Robin, Doubt, Jennifer, and Ley, Linda. 2021. "Robert Ireland (1932-2020)." The Plant Press, Jan 1, 2021, 24, (1), 8. Washington, DC. 2021
- Everly, Robin. 2020. "CBHL 52nd annual meeting preview: What Next's the 21st century botanical and horticultural library." CBHL Newsletter, Mar 1, 2020, (156), 1–3. 2020
- Everly, Robin. 2020. "The new normal: our animal companions." CBHL newsletter, Sep 1, 2020, (158), 7–12. 2020
- Everly, Robin. 2020. "What was next for the CBHL annual meeting? A virtual meeting." CBHL newsletter, Sep 1, 2020, (158), 15–16. 2020
- Everly, Robin A. 2017. "New Welcome Sign provides fresh look to fourth floor Herbarium entrance." The Plant Press, 20, (4) 8. 2017
- Tangerini, Alice, Everly, Robin, and Cardello, Sara. 2016. "Botanical illustrator, Alice Tangerini, featured at Smithsonian Libraries event." The Plant Press, (4) 7. 2016
- Everly, Robin and Marroquin, Adriana. 2015. "It's not Just Books: Artwork in the Botany-Horticulture Library." The Plant Press, 18, (2) 7–8. 2015
- Everly, Robin. 2014. "The Biodiversity Heritage Library: It's more than Legacy Literature." The Plant Press, 17, (4) 10–11. 2014
- Everly, Robin. 2013. "The Botany-Horticulture Library Transformed." The Plant Press, 16, (2) 4. 2013
- Everly, Robin. 2011. "East Coast Earthquake affects Botany-Horticulture Library." The Plant Press, 14, (4) 8. 2011
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Blog Posting
- Everly, Robin. 2015. "Shaping Early American Gardening: Bernard M'Mahon." BHL...Notes & News from the BHL staff Washington, DC: Biodiversity Heritage Library. March 17. http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2015/03/shaping-early-american-gardening.html. 2015
- Marroquin, Adriana and Everly, Robin. 2014. "More than just a legacy: Let's look at the post-1922 literature in BHL." BHL...Notes & News from the BHL Staff BHL Biodiversity Heritage Library. Jan 1, 2014. http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2014/01/more-than-just-legacy-lets-look-at-post.html. 2014
- Marroquin, Adriana and Everly, Robin. 2013. "Wait, is that the original?" BHL...Notes & News from the BHL Staff BHL Biodiversity Heritage Library. Jun 11, 2013. http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2013/06/wait-is-that-original.html. 2013
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Chapter
- Juneau, Ann and Everly, Robin. 2014. "Braced for Disaster: But the Botany–Horticulture Library Shelves Weren't." In Unexpected-Earthquake 2011: Lessons to Be Learned. Charola, A. Elena, Wegener, Corine, and Koestler, Robert J., editors. 49–54. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation; No. 4. 2014
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Review
- Everly, Robin A. 2018. [Book review] "Tropical Plant Collections: Legacies from the Past? Essential Tools for the Future?" Taxon, 67, (1), 232. https://doi.org/10.12705/671.36. 2018
- Everly, Robin. 2015. [Book review] "Flora Illustrata: Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden, ed. by Susan M. Fraser and Vanessa Bezemer Sellers." Information & Culture: A Journal of History, 2015
- Everly, Robin. 2013. [Book review] "Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895 -1935." CBHL Newsletter, (128), 7–8. 2013
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Department
