CHUCK MCMORRAN BECOMES NEW CITY LIBRARY DIRECTOR

NEW CITY, NY, August 14, 2008. Charles (Chuck) McMorran has become director of the New City Library, announced Robert Martin, president of the library’s board of trustees. McMorran was the unanimous first choice of the search committee, which was comprised of members of the board and library staff. The board of trustees unanimously ratified the search committee’s recommendation. The previous director retired in February.


McMorran has had a long and prestigious career in library service, said Mr. Martin. He comes to New City from the Jacksonville, Florida Public Library System, where he supervised the building of six new branch libraries and the remodeling of twelve existing branches, played a key role in the initial selection of materials for the collections at the new branches and instituted important technological innovations. Before he was recruited to Jacksonville, McMorran spent 12 years with the Queens Borough Public Library System, one of the largest and most progressive library organizations in the country. He moved from managing automated systems to directing technical services to directing the Queens Borough Central Library. Earlier positions were in West Virginia and Illinois.


McMorran said that he is “…proud of enabling the Jacksonville library to be recognized as a technology leader in the state, and especially proud of introducing work-flow changes that brought materials into the hands of customers in record time.” He looks forward to working with the New City Library staff, board and community starting on August 18.