John A. Drobnicki, M.A., M.L.S.

Professor of Library Services / Acting Chief Librarian
Journey to the West
"...one of the world's foremost experts on the literature of Holocaust denial."
- John C. Zimmerman, Holocaust Denial: Demographics, Testimonies and Ideologies (p. vii).

Department: Library
Office Room : 3G04
Office Tel : 718-262-2025
Office Fax : 718-262-2997

Email : drobnicki@york.cuny.edu
Alternate address for this page: http://www.drobnicki.com/
Other Home Page : http://www.nizkor.org/contributors/drobnicki-john.html

Click here for the outline of my 2002 York College Professional Development Day presentation, "Using the Internet for Scholarly Research."

Background
Education
Organizations
Publications
Online Articles
Links to Friends
BACKGROUND: Prior to coming to York College of The City University of New York, I was a librarian with the Queens Borough Public Library, where I worked in the Social Sciences Division, the History, Travel & Biography Division (which is now part of Social Sciences), and the Fine Arts & Recreation Division of the Central Library. In the branches, I worked in Queens Village, Flushing, Jackson Heights, and Vleigh (since renamed Kew Gardens Hills). I was also the Assistant Manager of the Ridgewood and Howard Beach branches.
EDUCATION: I received my M.L.S. from the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College. My other Master's degree is in History from St. John's University, where I also taught History as an adjunct instructor. 
ORGANIZATIONS: I am a member of the Polish American Historical Association, the Polish Genealogical Society of America, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, the Library Association of the City University of New York, the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Phi Alpha Theta, and Beta Phi Mu.  In the past, I contributed research to both the Nizkor Project and The Holocaust History Project.
PUBLICATIONS: I have contributed articles to Public & Access Services Quarterly (since renamed Public Services Quarterly); the Bulletin of Bibliography; the Polish Review; the Polish-American Journal; College & Research Libraries News; the Bulletin of the Polish Genealogical Society; PNCC Studies; The 'Net Homesteader; ERIC; Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists; The Infography; Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet; The Reference Librarian; the Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives (SEAL); the SEAL thematic series, which contains volumes on Sports Figures and The 1960s; Deceit and Misrepresentation: The Techniques of Holocaust Denial; Polish Genealogical Society Newsletter; St. John's Today; Mills Ancestry; Martyrdom and Resistance; Polish American Studies; News from CUNY Libraries; ACRL/NY Metro News; and the OAH Magazine of History.
I have published over one-hundred thirty book reviews, in: Choice; American Reference Books Annual; Library Journal; the Polish Review; the Journal of Library and Information Science; Public Libraries; Rodziny; PAHA Newsletter; the Polish-American Journal; Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-sized Libraries and Media Centers; ARBA Guide to Subject Encyclopedias and Dictionaries; ARBA Guide to Biographical Resources, 1986-1997; the Library and Information Science Annual; and the Bulletin of the Polish Genealogical Society of America, as well as Internet reviews in College & Research Libraries News, and educational video reviews in the EMIE Bulletin.
Click here for a complete list of my reviews.
ONLINE ARTICLES:
  • "A Touch of Controversy," from the Polish-American Journal, Feb. 1991.
  • "Names From Gravestones at Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Cemetery, Commack, New York," from the Polish Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 1992).
  • "The Auschwitz Convent Controversy," from the PAHA Newsletter, XLIX, no. 1 (Jan. 1993).
  • "The Holocaust Did Happen," from the Polish-American Journal, June 1993.
  • "Untruth in the Classroom," from the OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 8, no. 2 (Winter 1994).  Also available here.
  • Abstract of "The Confidentiality of Library Users' Records," ERIC Document ED358846.
  • "The Difference Between Holocaust and Genocide," from the Polish-American Journal, Jan. 1994.
  • "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Bibliography," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Mar. 1994): 17-24.
  • "Richard Mills of Stratford, Connecticut; or is it New Haven, Long Island, or Westchester?" from Mills Ancestry, no. 34 (10 July 1994).
  • "Nazism on the Internet," from the Polish-American Journal, Jan. 1995.
  • Abstract of "Holocaust-Denial Literature in Public Libraries: An Investigation of Public Librarians' Attitudes Regarding Acquisition and Access," from Public & Access Services Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1995): 5-40.
  • "The Soap Allegations," from Deceit and Misrepresentation: The Techniques of Holocaust Denial. This article is also available from JSOURCE, has been translated into Spanish (with the title "Discusiones sobre el Jabón Humano"), and inspired an abridged French version (with the title "Le savon humain: rumeur, réalité et histoire").
  • "Some Genealogical Sources on the Internet," from the Polish-American Journal, June 1996.
  • "The Nizkor Project and the Fight Against Holocaust Denial," from The 'Net Homesteader, Vol. 1, No. 4, (Oct./Nov. 1996).
  • Abstract of "Bliss: The Man and the Classification," ERIC document ED396758.
  • "Holocaust-Denial Literature: An Additional Bibliography," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Dec. 1996): 359-368.
  • "Eugene Kusielewicz: Scholar and Teacher," from the the Polish-American Journal, Feb. 1997.
  • "The Russo-Polish War, 1919-1920: A Bibliography of Materials in English," from the Polish Review, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar. 1997): 95-104.
  • Letter from Holocaust revisionist Mark Weber to the Editor of Public & Access Services Quarterly, criticizing my article in Vol. 1, No. 1 (1995).
  • "A Response to Mark Weber," from Public & Access Services Quarterly , Vol. 2, No. 3 (1997): 49-58.
  • "Librarians Seek Answers For Literature of Denial," from Martyrdom and Resistance, Vol. 23, No. 4 (May-June 1997).
  • Contributor to Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists, ed. Keir B. Sterling et al. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997): Edward Augustus Bowers, Thomas Mayo Brewer, Charles Hugh Callison, Merritt Lyndon Fernald, and Karl Patterson Schmidt.
  • "Eugene Kusielewicz, 1930-1996," from Polish-American Studies, Vol. 54, no. 2 (Autumn 1997), inside front cover.
  • Internet Newsgroups, York College Library Internet Users' Guide, 1998.
  • "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Third Bibliography," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Sept. 1998): 157-168.
  • Review of The Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism, from College & Research Libraries News, Vol. 59, No. 11 (Dec. 1998): 891.
  • "Holocaust Denial and Libraries: Should Libraries Acquire Revisionist Materials?" from College & Research Libraries News, Vol. 60 (June 1999): 463-464.
  • "A Bibliography of the Published Writings of Eugene Kusielewicz, 1956-1996," from Polish American Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Spring 1999): 99-110.
  • "The War of Griffin's Pig: A Bibliography of the Anglo-American Northwest Boundary Dispute," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 56, No. 2 (June 1999): 65-68.
  • "Truth in Labeling," a letter to the editor from The New Republic, Vol. 220, No. 24 (14 June 1999): 53.
  • "Holocaust Denial," from The Infography.
  • Review of The International Institute of Social History website, from College & Research Libraries News, Vol. 61, No. 8 (Sept. 2000): 714.
  • "Dealing With Internet Hate," from Martyrdom and Resistance, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Sept.-Oct. 2000): 3, 6.
  • "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Fourth Bibliography," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Dec. 2000): 257-286.
  • Letter to the Editor regarding library fax policies, from the Journal of Religious & Theological Information, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2001): 3.
  • Abstract of "Historical Fabrications on the Internet: Recognition, Evaluation, and Use in Bibliographic Instruction," by John A. Drobnicki and Richard Asaro, from Evolution in Reference and Information Services: The Impact of the Internet, ed. Di Su (Haworth Press, 2001), 121-164. (Simultaneously published as Vol. 35, No. 74 of The Reference Librarian.)
  • Review of the Armenian National Institute website, from College & Research Libraries News, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Apr. 2002): 297-298.
  • "Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Fifth Bibliography," from the Bulletin of Bibliography, Vol. 59 (Sept. 2002): 93-110.
  • Review of EUROPARL: The European Parliament On-Line website, from College & Research Libraries News, Vol. 64, No. 8 (Sept. 2003): 552-553.
  • "Making Believe," a letter to the editor from the Daily News, 21 Mar. 2004.
  • "Wall Issue Complex," a letter to the editor from Episcopal Life, Dec. 2004.
  • Letter to NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, 17 Sept. 2005.
  • "A Brief History of the York College Library," an ongoing project celebrating the 40th anniversary of the College and our Library.
  • "What's New in Your Library," Academic Affairs Update, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 2008): 12.
  • "The Library's Bassin Collection," by Scott Sheidlower and John Drobnicki, Academic Affairs Update Vol. 2, No. 2 (Mar. 2008): 5.
  • Contributor to The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, ed. Kenneth T. Jackson et al. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998- ):
    - Vol. I: 1981-1985: Howard Harold Hanson
    - Vol. II: 1986-1990: George Herbert Allen, William B. Williams
    - Vol. III: 1991-1993: Davis Eli ("David") Ruffin
    - Vol. IV: 1994-1996: Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith)
    - Vol. V: 1997-1999: Wilbur Charles ("Weeb") Ewbank
    - Thematic Series, Vol. I: Sports Figures: Terrance Gordon ("Terry") Sawchuk
    - Thematic Series, Vol. II: The 1960s: (Abbott) Vaughn Meader
    - Vol. VI: 2000-2002: Albert George ("Al") Hibbler
    - Vol. VII: 2003-2005: Joan B. Kroc
    - Vol. VIII: 2006-2008: Lamar Hunt [forthcoming]
  • Contributor to Encyclopedia of Polish American History and Culture, ed. James S. Pula (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2009, forthcoming): Henry Archacki, Mieczysław Horszowski, Jerzy Jan Lerski, Frank Mocha, Edward A. Peckwas, Richard Pipes, Robert Prosky, Frank Renkiewicz, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Hank Stram.
    Links to Home Pages of Some Friends and Colleagues:
    Di Su
    Ken McVay
    Rich Green
    Jamie McCarthy
    Harry Mazal
    shieldEpiscopal Church, USA


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