During her 36-year career with the Denver Public Library system, she worked in several branches and served as Coordinator of Children Services for 15 years.

In 1996 the Denver Public Library named a newly built branch in Northeast Park Hill in her honor.

[1] Living with her aunts, she studied at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School and worked as a domestic to cover her expenses.

[2] As it could not afford to acquire books on African-American heritage and history, Short launched a fund-raiser in which she sold 150 home-baked pies and raised $40 to purchase new volumes.

[1][3] She also solicited funds from local businesses to help the library purchase subscriptions to African-American newspapers and periodicals.

[5] Upon her return to Denver, Robinson discovered that the Community Vocational Center Library was in dire shape.

[7] Robinson was present at the 1996 dedication of a newly built branch of the Denver Public Library which was named in her honor.