Dr. Sharon Taylor is the Donald G. Miller Librarian* and director of the Barbour Library. Before coming to the Seminary in 2007, she served for 17 years as the director of the Franklin Trask Library, Andover Newton Theological School. A native Virginian, she received her B.A. and M.L.S. from Florida State University, the M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, the Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and her Ph.D. from Boston College.  

Taylor has served as president and member of the Board of Directors of the American Theological Library Association. Her other professional activities include American Academy of Religion, American Society of Church History, and serving on accreditation teams with the Association for Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, among numerous others. Taylor has given a number of presentations, faculty lectures, and workshops and has written articles and book reviews for a variety of publications. Her article recently appeared in A Broadening Conversation: Classic Readings in Theological Librarianship, a collection of works written for the ATLA Publications Series. Her recent faculty responsibilities at Andover Newton took her to China in 2001 and 2004.  

She is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and has served on a number of church committees. 

* The Donald G. Miller Librarian Chair is named in honor of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary President and New Testament scholar Donald G. Miller. He served at the Seminary from 1962-1970.