My last Tuesday as a CHILI intern

When I walked into the Medical Library today, I went to the Historical Medical Library to meet Melissa Grafe, the Historical Medical Librarian.

While I was there, Melissa was getting ready for an exhibition, which was on digitization. There were all these great artifacts such as this huge 1,500 page medical book that professors of the 1500's would teach with. Professors would stand up in front of class and lecture from them. Most importantly, they were written in ancient Latin or other languages. The book I was looking at had beautiful engravings and lining. It was amazing how old the book was and how good of a condition it was in.

Ms. Susan Gibbons

After about thirty minutes, Mr. Greenberg and I walked over to the main Sterling Memorial Library where I met with Ms.Susan Gibbons.   Ms.Gibbons and I talked about her responsibilities as a University Librarian. I asked her "Was there anyone who inspired you to take a job here at a Library?" She responded "My mother was a librarian. when we couldn't afford camp, my time was spent at a library. Its in my blood; Almost like it was meant to be". Ms. Gibbons has been working at the Yale Library for a year and a half. They will be doing very expensive renovating to the main Library building.

My last Monday at the Medical Library

Today when I arrived at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library, Mr. Greenberg and I went to the Yale Office of New Haven and State Affairs (ONHSA). While I was there, I met with Ms. Maria Parente. She works in the ONHSA Building on Temple Street. While I was talking to her, I learned that she is associated with several of the programs that I am affiliated with such as the S.C.H.O.L.A.R program, and other high school programs I was not aware of. I asked her "What is the most important part of you job in your opinion? She answered "Helping not only high school students put middle school students get into the programs they need as well as want to get into. I make sure all information is received and delivered to the right person."

Maria Parente at the Yale Science Fair

 After I left ONHSA building, I came back here to the Harvey Cushing Medical Library and continued working on my Health Flick and my Blog. I was able to find a tune to use in my Health Flick that is behind my voice to give it a steady and smooth feeling.

My second Wednesday at the Medical Library

Today when I arrived at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library, I spent most of the day recording my Health Flick. I decided on what kind of Health Flick I wanted to do, then, I practiced what I was going to say. I located pictures for my flick as well. I learned how to detach audio, cut sections of the video that I didn't want or messed up on, and replace video with still images.

I finished part of my Health Flick. I was able to put the pictures with the right audio as well as create smooth translations. I also figured out how to include the Health Flick theme song. overall, I worked on my health flick during my time at the library.   This is the Health Flick done by Cynthia on concussions:

My second Tuesday at the Medical Library

When I arrived at the Library today, I met with four people; Kelly Perry, Regina Marone, Lynn Sette, and Mark Gentry. Kelly Perry gave me a presentation on how the library scans books that are read on the computer. A machine with two cameras at the top take a picture of each page of the book, and that picture gets downloaded automatically to the computer. The machine has an attachment place where you can put an automatic arm that turns the page when needed. Even though it is a robotic book scanner, it needs someone there to make sure all of the functions are working properly. All of the settings for the machine are computer controlled. You can change how fast it takes pictures and how fast the shutter is. Kelly normally has the settings on 2400 pages per hour, however while I tried to use the machine, we slowed it down to 12000 pages per hour so I could get used to the software and how it works. After the pictures were taken, Ms. Perry showed me how to crop the picture to only show the one page of the book. Then she showed me what the finished product would look like on the internet archive.


Then I met with Lynn Sette. Lynn Sette is the Reference Librarian here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. She is the library liaison to the Pediatrics and Dermatology departments. This means she helps them find information they need when they are doing research and even school projects. When I asked Lynn "What is a satisfying day at work?", She responded "When I get the information that people need to them. Information is what this library is based on, its what people mainly need and what circulates around this library."

Lynn Sette

  

After I met with Ms. Lynn, I met with Ms. Regina Marone. Ms. Marone is the director of the Medical Library. She has overall responsibility for services, programs etc that are going on in the library. She makes sure people can get there job done and tries to make it easy for people to be successful. She also works with faculty and raises money for the library. A question I asked Ms. Marone was "Have you had any other interns here other than high school students and college students?" She replied " We have had people from China, India , Uganda, and many other places. They all have the same problem ... Network connections. Everybody has to build capacity, which means giving people an opportunity for leadership. Everything here is very diverse". 

Regina Marone

  

Lastly, I met with Mr. Mark Gentry. Mr. Gentry is the Clinical Support Librarian and Coordinator, Library Technology Services and Support librarian. His job is to be involved with working on information that people need and getting it to them as soon as possible. He also Advises and consults people on using clinical resources and finding clinical information. For Mr. Gentry, a successful day at work is when he has helped someone with their work. He says"You want to accomplish something. If you don't accomplish something, whether small or big, then that is not a satisfying day at work." Mr. Gentry is with three other organizations outside of work. He is with the Connecticut Association Of Health Science Libraries, North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, and The Medical Library Association.

Mark Gentry

Day 4 of My Internship

Today was my fourth day here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. Today, I got to meet with Lei Wang, the Instructional Design Librarian. Today, Mr. Wang showed me how I will be editing my Health Flick. To do so, I will be using a software called iMovie, which is a movie editing program that is available on Macintosh computers. In order to edit a movie on the software, you first have to upload the footage you want to edit to the program. After that, you create a new project. Once you have done that, you are able to add a title page, cut off segments of the footage you don't want or messed up on etc. Also in the program, when you are saving it, you can save it to be compatible to whatever device you want people to be able to view it on whether it is a iPod, iPhone, iPad, computer etc.

After practicing editing my video, I had the chance to sit down with Mr. Wang and get his insights on working here in the library. After being asked "Do you think you gain a better understanding of yourself from your career?" He replied "Yes, you never know what you are capable of doing until you give it a try. You are unaware of your full potential until you take the step to find out whether the task at hand is accomplish-able."

Mr. Lei Wang

After I met with Mr. Wang, I met with Mr. John Gallagher. He is the associate director here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. While I was there, Mr. Gallagher and I talked about his position here at the library. I asked him "How did you succeed in obtaining your career?" He responded "The opportunity unfolded its self. I opened that door and everything just fell into place. I was originally working for UPS, however I was looking to change jobs, a friend of mine told me to apply for a job here and here I am 13 years later" As the associate director, Mr. Gallagher is entitled to help you search for any information in the Medical Library's databases, instruct group sessions, and send you the medical library news each month, highlighting new resources and information about the library's programs to keep you up-to-date.

Mr. John Gallagher

Day 3 of my Internship

Today was the 3rd day of my internship at Yale Medical Library. During my time there today, I had a chance to learn how to use the video equipment that I will be using for my Health Flick.

I learned how to set up the tripod, the microphone, the receiver and I also learned about different ways I will be able to do my health flick. I will be able to cut  and edit different parts of my flick, as well as control angle. I will get editing instruction on Monday.

After Mr. Greenberg practices setting up the equipment. I was able to work on gathering information for my script. He also taught me ways to find pictures that are legally shared to use to use instead of just searching and using pictures with a copyright use restriction.  The shared images use something called Creative Commons to give sharing permission.

Day 2 of My Internship

Today was the second day of my internship at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library. Today, I was at the circulation desk learning about how to check in and check out books, which is done with a fascinating new system called Voyager. I also met Ms. Melonie Norton. She is the manager of  Access and delivery Services (circulation desk). After learning about what resources t hey provide for not only students here at Yale, but to the community, Finally, I got the chance to sit down and interview with Mr.Iljea Lee; the evening and weekend supervisor.

When asked " What would you recommend that students do on this internship and why?", he replied "Students who participate in this internship should do research, as well as get to know what resources would be available to them if they are looking to go into the medical field because it would be constructive. They should also do hands on activities so they can get the actual feel of what it is like doing these activities".

 I also got the chance to see new and exciting parts of the Medical Library that no public library has, such as volumes of journals and thesis books that are available to the public, as well as historic items that are on display for everyone to see.