[Clclist] About Jan Gluz

[Dutcher, Henry]

I am so sad.  What a wonderful person.  

Henry



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[mailto:clclist-bounces at ctlibrarians.org] On Behalf Of Christine Bradley
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:05 AM
To: CLClist
Subject: [Clclist] About Jan Gluz

This past weekend we lost one of the good ones. Jan Gluz wasn't a
librarian, and some of you may not have known her, but, for over twenty
five years, Jan was someone on whom so many of us in Connecticut's
libraryland knew we could always depend.

Jan started at the old film co-op in Seymour. (Yes, there was a time
before Blu Ray and Hi Def. Before even VHS, there were 16mm films in big
cans and libraries shared them.) Then there came (and went!) the CLSUs,
and Jan went to Hamden for two decades with SCLC, which is where I
suspect she developed her signature phrase, "I'll give it a shot!" When
CLC appeared from the merger of the CLSUs, Jan gave the job of office
manager/bookkeeper a really good shot. 

In Jan's office at CLC in Middletown sits a Mac, a PC, and a typewriter,
and Jan used them all. (Although she never refused to give any new
technology a shot, Jan knew enough not to go unarmed into the night!)
She did betray her conservative Midwestern roots by voting Democratic,
but Jan was always an old-school money manager, keeping the books and
the money safe from the big-spenders like yours truly. People who did
business with SCLC and CLC during the Jan years always got paid on time,
could always count on their paperwork being correct, and had their
inquiries answered not only competently and completely, but
friendly-like. 

Jan had edited SCLC's newsletter for years, and so quality control for
CONNtext also fell to her. Giving it a shot wasn't just about
technology.
The office iPod? She listened to all of it--Wilco, Citizen Cope, The
Killers. (Although sometimes when it was just Jan and I in the office,
we'd let that showtune playlist rip!) And our CLC Stairway to Heaven?
Even this past year when climbing it was so difficult for her, Jan just
hauled herself up and never once asked me what I was thinking when I
acquired a second floor office without an elevator. Just about the only
thing that Jan didn't give a shot (or rather a second shot) were the
phonies. She could spot 'em, and she couldn't abide 'em. 

You know how times like these bring out the death platitudes in us
all-the stuff about living each day to its fullest, and promising to
smell the roses? I think when someone you love dies, you don't learn how
to live better. You just miss them. 

For so many of you who will also miss Jan, there will be a memorial
service this Saturday. Information is available at:
http://www.bcbailey.com/sitemaker/sites/bcbail0/obit.cgi?user=janet-gluz
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Jan is survived, not only by all of us at CLC, but by her son David Gluz
of
44 Osborn Road, Apt. E3 in Naugatuck 06770.


Christine Bradley, Executive Director
Connecticut Library Consortium
234 Court Street
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Phone: 860-344-8777 ext. 103
Fax: 860-344-9199
cbradley at ctlibrarians.org
www.ctlibrarians.org

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