On March 28, my third day as a CHILI intern, I shadowed Sarah Burge who works in preservation. My experience was great and I learned a great deal about old books and works of art. I also learned interesting facts about the preservation of books. While shadowing Sarah, I learned about her life long passion for art and book preservation which led her to her dream job at the Yale Medical School Library.

It was also amazing to see the transformations of medical theories and information over long periods of time. The recordings of medical breakthroughs and old hygenic posters were very interesting and I was also able to see the impact of the Industrial revolution of the United States on the medical books. The older books in the library were carefully and intricately made, while the books produced during industrialization were flimsy and were produced quickly in large quantities. As a result, the older books are able to withstand the conditions of the library much better than the more modern books. Sarah's job is very demanding considering that she not only controls the environment of the books, but she also checks the condition of the thousands of books in the library. Although her job is demanding she finds it extremely rewarding to see the conditions of the books improve as a result of her work.

My first week as a CHILI intern was great and I look forward to the next two weeks.

This week was my first week as a CHILI intern. I began my internship on Monday, March 24 and my first day was great and informative. I began my day with a thorough tour of the library and with introductions to a few library staff members. After my tour I worked on a list of interview questions which I would later use during interviews. Then, I sat in on a class of Mr. Greenberg's and I learned a great deal about using blogs and also about an interesting program called PubMed. I was also introduced to a website by the name of voicethread, which I hope to use for a project in the future.

My second day as an intern was a great deal of fun because I had the opportunity to interview Mark Gentry of Clinical Support and Robin Feather stone of Administration. I learned about their current jobs, their plans for the future, and I was shown projects in which they are currently engaged. Robin Featherstone showed me several exciting projects on which she is currently working, such as licensing and preservation. Mark Gentry gave me an in depth description of his job in Clinical Support. He also told me about his work related trip to Uganda on which he embarked yesterday. I am having a great first week and I will write soon with details of my days as a CHILI intern.