Patricia Polansky has been the Russian Bibliographer at UH Hamilton Library since 1970.

She is the author of Russkaia pechat’ v Aziatsko-tikhookeanskom regione = Russian publications in the Asia-Pacific region (Moskva: Pashkov dom, 2015-2016. 4 pts). She is a member of the editorial board of the journal Sibirica: the journal of Siberian studies.