Drobnicki, John

Phone: 718-262-2025
Office Location: AC-3G02A
jdrobnicki@york.cuny.edu
http://www.york.cuny.edu/~drobnick/

Education:

Degree	Institution	Field	Dates
MLS	Queens College/CUNY	Library Science	1993
MA	St. John's University	History	1989
BA	St. John's University	History	1987
AA	St. John's University	Liberal Arts	1984

Areas of Expertise:

Holocaust-denial literature
Controversial materials in libraries
Electronic resources in libraries

Articles in Field Of Expertise:

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Sixth Bibliography." Journal of Hate Studies. 8 (2010): 103-129.

Drobnicki, John A. "Review of EUROPARL: The European Parliament On-Line website." College & Research Libraries News. 64 (Sept. 2003): 552-553.

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Fifth Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 59 (Sept. 2002): 93-110.

Drobnicki, John A. "Review of the Armenian National Institute website." College & Research Libraries News. 63 (Apr. 2002): 297-298.

Drobnicki, John A., and Richard Asaro. "Historical Fabrications on the Internet: Recognition, Evaluation, and Use in Bibliographic Instruction." Reference Librarian. 35 (2001): 121-164.

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Fourth Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 57 (Dec. 2000): 257-286.

Drobnicki, John A. "Dealing With Internet Hate." Martyrdom and Resistance. 27 (Sept.-Oct. 2000): 3, 6.

Drobnicki, John A. "Review of the International Institute of Social History website." College & Research Libraries News. 61 (Sept. 2000): 714.

Drobnicki, John A. "The War of Griffin’s Pig: A Bibliography of the Anglo-American Northwest Boundary Dispute." Bulletin of Bibliography. 56 (June 1999): 65-68.

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust Denial and Libraries: Should Libraries Acquire Revisionist Materials?." College & Research Libraries News. 60 (June 1999): 463-464.

Drobnicki, John A. "A Bibliography of the Published Writings of Eugene Kusielewicz." Polish American Studies. 56 (Spring 1999): 99-110.

Drobnicki, John A. "Review of the Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism [Internet site]." College and Research Libraries News. 59 (Dec. 1998): 891.

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Third Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 55 (Sept. 1998): 157-168.

Drobnicki, John A. "Eugene Kusielewicz, 1930-1996." Polish American Studies. 54 (Autumn 1997): inside front cover.

Drobnicki, John A. "Librarians Seek Answers For Literature of Denial." Martyrdom and Resistance. 23 (May-June 1997): 12, 15.

Drobnicki, John A. "A Response to Mark Weber." Public & Access Services Quarterly. 2 (1997): 49-58.

Drobnicki, John A. "The Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920: A Bibliography of Materials in English." Polish Review. 42 (1997): 95-104.

Drobnicki, John A. "Eugene Kusielewicz: Scholar and Teacher." Polish-American Journal. (Feb. 1997): 1, 8.

Drobnicki, John A. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: An Additional Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 53 (1996): 359-368.

Drobnicki, John A. "Bliss: The Man and the Classification." ERIC. (1996): ED396758.

Drobnicki, John A. "The Nizkor Project and the Fight Against Holocaust-Denial." The ‘Net Homesteader. 1 (Oct./Nov. 1996): [online journal].

Drobnicki, John A., Carol R. Goldman, Trina R. Knight, and Johanna V. Thomas. "Holocaust-Denial Literature in Public Libraries: An Investigation of Public Librarians’ Attitudes Regarding Acquisition and Access." Public & Access Services Quarterly. 1 (1995): 5-40.

Drobnicki, John A. "Nazism on the Internet." Polish-American Journal. (Jan. 1995): 2.

Drobnicki, John A., Carol R. Goldman, Trina R. Knight, and Johanna V. Thomas. "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Bibliography." Bulletin of Bibliography. 51 (1994): 17-24.

Drobnicki, John A. "Untruth in the Classroom." OAH Magazine of History. 8 (Winter 1994): 57, 64.

Drobnicki, John A. "The Auschwitz Convent Controversy [review article]." PAHA Newsletter. 49 (Jan. 1993): 2.

Drobnicki, John A. "The Confidentiality of Library Users’ Records." ERIC. (1992): ED358846.

Drobnicki, John A. "A Touch of Controversy [review article]." Polish-American Journal. (Feb. 1991): 13.

Chapters in Field Of Expertise:

Drobnicki, John A. "Archacki, Henryk." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 16-17.

Drobnicki, John A. "Horszowski, Mieczysław." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 177-178.

Drobnicki, John A. "Janis, Byron." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 201-202.

Drobnicki, John A. "Lerski, Jerzy Jan 'George'." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 269-270.

Drobnicki, John A. "Mocha, Frank." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 306.

Drobnicki, John A. "Peckwas, Edward Alan." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 356.

Drobnicki, John A. "Pipes, Richard Edgar." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 362.

Drobnicki, John A. "Polish Anti-Defamation Committee." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 385.

Drobnicki, John A. "Prosky, Robert." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 430.

Drobnicki, John A. "Renkiewicz, Frank Anthony." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 447.

Drobnicki, John A. "Skrowaczewski, Stanisław." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 486-487.

Drobnicki, John A. "Stram, Hank." The Polish American Encyclopedia.. Ed. James S. Pula (McFarland, 2011): 506.

Drobnicki, John A. "Hunt, Lamar." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2010): Vol. 8, 228-230.

Drobnicki, John A. "Kroc, Joan Beverly." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2007): Vol. 7, 316-318.

Drobnicki, John A. "Hibbler, Albert George (‘Al’)." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004): Vol. 6, 230-232.

Drobnicki, John A. "Meader, (Abbott) Vaughn." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s.. Ed. William L. O’Neill (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003): Vol. 2, 68-69.

Drobnicki, John A. "Sawchuk, Terrance Gordon (‘Terry’)." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures.. Ed. Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002): Vol. 2, 335-337.

Drobnicki, John A. "Ewbank, Wilbur Charles (‘Weeb’)." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002): Vol. 5, 181-183.

Drobnicki, John A. "Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith)." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001): Vol. 4, 581-583.

Drobnicki, John A. "Ruffin, Davis Eli (‘David’)." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001): Vol. 3, 461-462.

Drobnicki, John A. "Williams, William B." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999): Vol. 2, 904-906.

Drobnicki, John A. "Allen, George Herbert." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999): Vol. 2, 14-16.

Drobnicki, John A. "Hanson, Howard Harold." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.. Ed. Kenneth T. Jackson, Karen Markoe, and Arnold Markoe (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998): Vol. 1, 363-364.

Drobnicki, John A. "Bowers, Edward Augustus." Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.. Ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Greenwood Press, 1997): 95-96.

Drobnicki, John A. "Brewer, Thomas Mayo." Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.. Ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Greenwood Press, 1997): 107-108.

Drobnicki, John A. "Callison, Charles Hugh." Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.. Ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Greenwood Press, 1997): 134-135.

Drobnicki, John A. "Fernald, Merritt Lyndon." Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.. Ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Greenwood Press, 1997): 265-266.

Drobnicki, John A. "Schmidt, Karl Patterson." Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists.. Ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Greenwood Press, 1997): 706-707.

Drobnicki, John A., Marc Fleisher, and Julian Hendy. "The Soap Allegations." Deceit & Misrepresentation: The Techniques of Holocaust Denial.. Ed. Kenneth McVay (The Nizkor Project, 1996): [online book].

Reviews in Field Of Expertise:

"Choice" 1994-Present: .

"Journal of Library and Information Science" (Oct. 2000): 76-77.

"Library and Information Science Annual" (1999): 161-162.

"EMIE Bulletin" (Winter 1998): 16-17.

"Library Journal" 1996-2000: .

"Public Libraries" (July/Aug. 1996): 255.

"Public Libraries" (Jan./Feb. 1996): 78.

"Bulletin of the Polish Genealogical Society of America" (Spring 1995): 14.

"American Reference Books Annual" 1995-2008: .

"Polish Review" (Dec. 1994): 470-471.

"Rodziny" (Nov. 1994): 32.

"Public Libraries" (July/Aug. 1994): 229.

"Polish Review" (June 1992): 240-241.

 

Presented Papers, Lectures, and Exhibitions and Performances:

" New Books by Robert Parmet and Scott Sheidlower, " Dec. 13, 2011: Faculty Publications reception, York College/CUNY, Jamaica, NY.

" Academic Librarianship in the United States, " Nov. 23, 2011: Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages Library, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

" Focus Group of GSLIS Internship Supervisors who met with external reviewers representing the ALA Committee on Accreditation, as part of the QC GSLIS re-accreditation process, " Oct. 16, 2011: Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, Flushing, NY.

" Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion, and Portfolio Processes, " Apr. 30, 2010: Faculty Development workshop, York College/CUNY, Jamaica, NY.

" Careers in Academic Libraries, " Mar. 22, 2010: GSLIS 795 class, Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, Flushing, NY.

" Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion, " May 9, 2008: Faculty Development workshop, York College/CUNY, Jamaica, NY.

" Financial Support for CUNY, " Dec. 11, 2007: Testifimony before the New York State Commission on Higher Education, New York, NY.

" How to Become a Successful Faculty Member at York College, " Feb. 23, 2007: Faculty Development workshop, York College/CUNY, Jamaica, NY.

" Panel Discussion on Library Faculty Contractual Demands, " Nov. 1, 2006: CUNY-wide Meeting of Library Faculty, Hunter College School of Social Work, New York, NY.

" PSC-CUNY Grants for Library Faculty, " Sept. 16, 2005: LACUNY Professional Development Committee Workshop, New York, NY.

" Introduction to Publishing in the Academy: Using the Internet for Scholarly Research, " Jan. 24, 2002: Faculty Development workshop, York College/CUNY, Jamaica, NY.

" Moderator, The Joys and Sorrows of Being an Assistant Branch Library Manager, " Nov. 15, 1994: Workshop for new librarians, Queens Borough Public Library Central Library, Jamaica, NY..

" Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery, Commack, Long Island, " Oct. 8-9, 1993: Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Polish National Catholic Church Commission on History and Archives, Scranton, PA.

" Careers and Librarianship, " June 27, 1993: Reception for hourly-rate staff, Queens Borough Public Library Central Library, Jamaica, NY.

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships:

David Cohen Multicultural Award, Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies: June 3, 1993.

Grants-In-Aid:

PSC-CUNY Research Award, "The Denial of the Armenian Genocide: A Bibliography". 2005: $2,090.00.

Offices Held In Professional Societies:

LACUNY Nominations Committee: 2/07 - 3/07.

York College Delegate, LACUNY Executive Council: 9/97 - 6/98; 2/07 - 6/07.

ACRL/NY Symposium Planning Committee: 3/97 - 12/98.

Alternate York College Delegate, LACUNY Executive Council: 9/96 - 6/97; 9/06 - 12/06.

Other Professional Activities and Public Service:

Officer-at-Large, Executive Council, York PSC Chapter: 5/02 - 6/05.

Library Faculty Committee of the PSC Delegate Assembly: 12/01 - 6/07.