[Clclist] About Jan Gluz

[ACLB]

Chris:

Should such a 'vehicle for contributions' get on the road, I'm sure ACLB 
would like to participate in the recognition effort.

Regards -- Stan

Stanley M. Siegel, President
Association of Connecticut Library Boards
PO Box 203 / Rowayton, CT 06853 / 203-853-0085
info at aclb.org / www.aclb.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Weinshel, Carol S." <CWeinshel at eastonps.org>
To: <cbradley at ctlibrarians.org>; "CLClist" <clclist at ctlibrarians.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Clclist] About Jan Gluz


> 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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