Fraser, Susan M

LC control no.	no2014167024
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Fraser, Susan M. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Located	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Libraries Botanical libraries
Affiliation	New York Botanical Garden Biodiversity Heritage Library Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (U.S.) Torrey Botanical Society
Profession or occupation	Librarians Library directors
Found in	Flora illustrata, 2014: title page (Susan M. Fraser) pages 289-290 (Susan M. Fraser is Director of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden, where she oversees an outstanding collection of print and non-print resources. She plays a pivotal role in the Garden's digitization program, as well as the exhibition program in the William D. Rondina and Giovanni Foroni LoFaro Gallery. She received her MLS from Columbia University. She is an active member of the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL), is on the Executive Committee of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), and also serves on the Council of the Torrey Botanical Society as the Society's Historian. Her publications include "Henry Hurd Rusby: The Father of Economic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden," in Brittonia 44,3 (1992); "Botanical Information: Resource and User Needs," in Science and Technology Libraries 21,3-4 (2003); "A Treasury of Botanical Knowledge: The LuEsther T. Mertz Library," in The New York Botanical Garden, edited by Gregory Long and Anne Skillion (Abrams, 2006); and "The Genius of Georg Ehret: His Art and Influence," in The Botanical Artist (2009).) LuEsther T. Mertz Library, internal copy of Susan Fraser's resume (2018), viewed June 23, 2023 (Director, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden, 2004-present; The New York Botanical Garden since 1984) email from Susan Fraser to New York Botanical Garden staff, August 14, 2020 (I will retire this week after 36 years at the Garden.)