Sherrie Bergman, director of Bowdoin College’s Hawthor ne- Longfellow Library for the past 20 years, will retire on June 30.

Bergman arrived at the Brunswick campus in 1992, after stints in libraries at the New School for Social Research in New York, Roger Williams College and Wheaton College.

“It has been a privilege to steward Bowdoin’s distinguished library during the dawn of the Information Age,” Bergman said in a college release announcing her retirement. “Over the years, I’ve been grateful for our talented library staff who have transformed collections, services and facilities to make both digital and print information resources accessible to enrich the academic program. It has been a thrilling opportunity.”

“At Bowdoin, Bergman has guided administrators, faculty, staff and students through the library’s transition from book repository to gatewayto information in a broad array of media and formats,” the release states.

“That the transition appeared relatively seamless to the campus community is a testament to Sherrie and the staff she assembled, mentored and developed into one of extraordinary ability and professionalism,” Bowdoin College Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Randy Shaw said in the release.

The Bowdoin College Alumni Council awarded Bergman the 2012 Alumni Service Award for Faculty and Staff at Bowdoin’s Reunion Convocation on June 2.

Bergman earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Brooklyn College and a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University.

Under her direction, the college’s archives and special collections merged into the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, and the Bowdoin Digital Commons was created.

Under Bergman’s leadership, the college’s collections grew to more than 1 million volumes, and the scope the college’s offerings expanded through shared library catalogues with Colby and Bates colleges, and the Maine InfoNet and NExpress consortiums.

The library was the first department on campus with a website and an electronic classroom, according to the release.

Bergman also helped oversee Hawthorne-Longfellow’s $6.4 million renovation, a twophase project completed in 2005.

Bergman also has been a co-adviser to the Jewish campus organization Hillel since 2000 and chairwoman of the Spindel Memorial Lectureship Committee.