[Clclist] About Jan Gluz

[Weinshel, Carol S.]

I, too, am saddened by the death of Jan Gluz.  In thinking about a
situation just like this, I would like to recommend that we talk about a
vehicle for contributions when sadness strikes.  Maybe we could begin an
award to be given at our Annual Meeting???  We do encompass librarians
from across the state so it is a huge number.  Just food for thought.

Carol

Carol Weinshel
Director, Learning Resources and Technology
Helen Keller Middle School
360 Sport Hill Road
Easton, CT 06612
203-268-8651 Ext. 419
203-268-6105 (Fax)
cweinshel at eastonps.org



-----Original Message-----
From: clclist-bounces at ctlibrarians.org
[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
#

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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