I'd like to thank the numerous students, faculty, and staff whom I served throughout my career as a science/engineering librarian. I would also like to thank Selenay Aytac of LIU Post, Vitaut Kipel and the late Moritia-Leah Frederick of the New York Public Library, and the late Anne Buck of NJIT for motivating me.
Announcement from Marquis Who's Who
Bruce Slutsky Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis
Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who
Mr. Slutsky has been endorsed by Marquis
Who 's Who as a leader in the field of library science
FLUSHING, NY, September 10, 2019 — Marquis Who's Who,
the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present
Bruce Slutsky with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An
accomplished listee, Mr. Slutsky celebrates many years' experience in his
professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership
qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in
all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected
on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy
accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into
account during the selection process.
Mr. Slutsky is a
retired science and engineering librarian whose career at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark spanned 25 successful years. During
his years at the institute, he was responsible for providing reference service
to students of the technical disciplines offered by NJIT. He also instructed students
how to effectively use printed and electronic resources to support research and
course work. He officially retired in
2017.
Accumulating four decades of experience in library
science in all, Mr. Slutsky came from St. John's University in Jamaica, New
York, where he served as head science librarian. He also held appointments in
the New York Public Library's science and technology division in New York City and
Schering-Plough Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and was a chemist for three
years, working for Rhodia, UOP Fragrances, and Pfizer. For one semester he was Adjunct Professor at
the Palmer School of Library & Information Science teaching a class in
Science and Technology Reference.
Further, Mr. Slutsky was active in the American
Chemical Society (ACS), the world’s largest scientific community, in the Career
Consultants Program and its Division of Chemical Information. Over the years he organized several Careers
in Chemical Information workshops to advise chemists of the various career options
outside of the laboratory. He also
served as chair of the Division’s Publication Committee and edited its
newsletter.
Through the Metropolitan New York Library Council
(METRO) Mr. Slutsky organized and sustained a Special Interest Group of
Science, Technology and Medical Librarians.
Through meetings and other events, members work to identify and develop
effective strategies to promote the interests of professionals working in this
area and their library organizations
Mr. Slutsky has contributed numerous articles to
various professional journals in his area of expertise. He recently published
"Nobel, Priestley, and Perkin Medal Winners in Chemistry: Their Publication
Productivity for the Years 1992-2016" with co-author Selenay Aytac of LIU
Post, which has since been released in 2017 in Science and Technology
libraries.
Since he has retired, Mr. Slutsky has been active in
the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He wrote a few articles for the Society’s
Games Project and serves as the coordinator of fact-checking for that endeavor. He applies his library skills to the
society’s Baseball Index, an ongoing project of the Society to catalog the entirety
of baseball literature, from the earliest references to the present day.
An alumnus of the City
College of New York, Mr. Slutsky received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry in
1972. He soon after attended the University of Rhode Island, where he earned a
Master of Science in chemistry in 1974. Following these accomplishments, he
concluded his studies with a Master of Science in library sciences from Pratt
Institute in 1982. In an effort to remain up to date with developments in his
field, Mr. Slutsky maintains professional affiliation with the American
Chemical Society. A celebrated Marquis listee, he has been included in the 27th
edition of Who's Who in the East and the 54th edition of Who's Who in America
