Marie Robinson Bromeliad Collection
Marie Robinson was a member of staff of the Barr Smith Library for 38 years until her death in September 1998. Born in Belfast in 1935, Marie was Irish until the end, and her volubility was matched only by her energy in her work and her many enthusiasms.
Marie Robinson graduated with a BSc with Honours in Mathematics (1956) Queens University (Belfast). Appointed as a Barr Smith Library Assistant (1960) she built a successful career, despite the need to resign each time she had children as was the order of the day. Gaining library qualifications (ALAA) (1966) she was promoted to Senior Library Assistant (female).
Appointed Resource Librarian (1977) and Collection Development and Research Librarian (1984 – 1998), she was an expert and invaluable adviser on the Library’s collections, collaborating with academics to build on the Library’s impressive teaching and research collections and contributing significantly to the development of new collections. She was keenly interested in the physical conservation of valuable library materials.