Director of Library Services Appointment Announced News RSS Feed

July 13, 2010

Andrew Urbanek has been appointed Director of Library Services at Herkimer County Community College, effective August 9, 2010. Urbanek will manage all library functions and activities.

Urbanek comes to HCCC from SUNY Canton where he served as a Circulation Librarian and Library Chair. He was also an adjunct instructor at SUNY Potsdam.

“An experienced and forward-thinking librarian, Andrew will provide the vision and leadership necessary to support our information resource needs and lead our library into the future,” said President Ann Marie Murray.

Urbanek holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, Master of Arts in English and Master of Library Science from the University at Albany.

HCCC’s Ronald F. Williams Library provides full-service information resources to on-campus and online students. The library has more than 60,000 print books and 18,000 electronic books, which can be accessed through an online catalog, and approximately 200 print periodical subscriptions. A variety of online reference databases providing access to thousands of magazines, journals and reference works are also available. An online interlibrary loan system and reciprocal agreements allow the HCCC Library to borrow needed materials from other libraries for patrons.

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