Manny Sanudo Oral History

Collection

Identifier: QMP-0026

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manny Sanudo's career as a librarian spans more than forty-five years. In this interview he reflects on the various roles he has played at Queens College's Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, including a two-year stint as Acting Chief Librarian. He also discusses changes to the library profession brought about by technology; his earlier job as a conductor for the MTA; his interest in Revolutionary and Civil War history; and his work as a certified New York City bike tour guide.

Dates

2019-05-15

Creator

Sanudo, Manny (Interviewee, Person)

Access

This oral history is open for research. Media files and transcript can be viewed and/or requested through the Queens Memory Project on Aviary: https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/r/ht2g737p0b. For help using the site, contact QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu.

Conditions Governing Use

Interview shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Users are free to share or adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as they meet the terms of the license. See license details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Manuel Sanudo was born in the borough of Manhattan and raised in Queens. His education at the various levels was a mosaic of New York City: grammar school in Queens (St. Kevin's); high school in Manhattan (Xavier H.S.); Bachelor's degree in the Bronx (New York University -- The Heights); and a Master's degree in Library science in Brooklyn (Pratt Institute). He also spent two years in Spain, (as Manny remarked, "close enough to Staten Island!") working on a Master's degree in Spanish literature.

After ten years in the field of academic librarianship, he began his career at Queens College in 1985 as a reference librarian working closely with the Accounting, Economics, Spanish and Education departments. During his tenure at the College he was the coordinator of Reference Services for twelve years and Acting Chief Librarian for two. In addition, he served on the Academic Senate for many years and was its chair for four years. He also served on the University Faculty Senate. He retired from the Library as full-timer in 2020, but continues working as a part-timer in the area of bibliographic instruction.

Extent

1 Digital Files

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to Queens College and Queens Public Library by Manny Sanudo and Regina Carra in May, 2019.

Processing Information

Oral history conducted as part of the Queens Memory Project (http://queensmemory.org), a collaborative program of the Queens Public Library and Queens College to collect stories, images, and other evidence of life in the borough of Queens. This interview was specifically conducted as part of the Queens College Faculty and Staff Oral History Project.