Background
Penchansky, Mimi Black was born on October 17, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Isidor and Lillian (Schwartz) Black.
Penchansky, Mimi Black was born on October 17, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Isidor and Lillian (Schwartz) Black.
Bachelor in English Literature, Queens College/CUNY, 1962. Master of Science in Library. Service, Columbia University, 1964.
Master of Arts in Media Ecology, New York University, 1975.
English teacher Joseph Pulitzer Junior High School, Jackson Heights, New York, 1962. From head interlibrary loan department to head general reference department Queens College Library., Flushing, 1964-1988. Head online search service Queens College Library.
City University of New York, since 1977. Reviewer grant proposals National Endowment of the Humanities Public Library. Program, 1979; reviewer grant proposals, library review panel City University of New York Research Foundation.
Professional staff congress, 1982, 85.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Library. Association (coordinator alternatives in print task force 1980, 91, chair reference and adult services division, machine-assisted reference service committee on non-bibliographic databases and data files, 1982-1983), International Society for General Semantics, Professional Staff Congress, Library. Association City University of New York, Association College and Research Libraries, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Charles Penchansky, February 27, 1949. 1 child, David.