Merrily E. Taylor

Merrily E. Taylor serves as Professor and University Librarian at Washington & Lee University, with prior academic appointments at Brown University, Columbia University, and Yale University. Her career spans decades in academic librarianship administration across elite institutions.

Her expertise centers on Special Collections Administration, evidenced by her long-standing instruction of the Advanced Seminar in Special Collections Administration (L-50) from 1986 to 2007. Research interests include preservation methodologies for rare materials, archival system design, and library leadership within higher education contexts, contributing significantly to Archival Science and institutional Library Management frameworks.