Hill Regional Career High School interns explore health information careers such as medical librarianship at the Yale Medical Library with the help of Mr. Charles Greenberg and other staff members. The interns are given the opportunity to see how library staff access, manage, and apply medical research and interact with those on the Yale Medical Campus who work hands on with research.
YALE MEDICAL LIBRARY
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The first thing I did today was meet with Kenny Marone. We talked about college and she told me about her job, Then I met with Lei. We discussed learning styles and the Library Tutorial 101. He asked me a lot of questions about what would make the web pages for the Library Tutorial easier for people to understand. For example, if a person was not familiar with the Medical Library or a particular program on the Medical Library website, would they know where to go to find help. He also asked me if the layout of the website would make a difference to help users search for information. After this I met with Bob, He is in charge of paying bills and cashing checks that come to the Library. Relatives of Harvey Cushing came to visit the Library, so I was not able to met with the Historical Library Staff. However, Toby did give a me a small tour of the Historical Library. She showed me a few of Harvey Cushing's books and personal items. She also showed me a few of the rare books from he 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. They were absolutely beautiful; the color in the books were amazingly preserved. Around 3:00 pm mary, Melissa and I took a suttle to the Sterling Library from the Ice Cream social. It was really fun and the ice was good. However, the weather was too hot for me,
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