Meeting with Liaison Librarians (Continue from July 7, 2009)

After the tour I met with Holly and Denise. They both are Liaison Librarians, which means that they both work together with other people like physicians, staff, administrators, and patients promoting and marketing the use of resources from the library. Holly also supports OBGYN while Denise supports Psychology, but they both help each one by getting resources for them. What I found interesting was that both of them majored in different studies before getting their degree as Medical Librarians. Holly had majored in English while Denise had majored and got a PHD for American History. Both of them wanted to become teachers, but after getting an opportunity to work at a library, both felt that being a medical librarian was a better option. Through out their years of working in the library, Holly for 8 years and Denise for 4 years, they both have been enjoying and love their occupation, mostly because of its flexibility, because they both have children, and the opportunity that is allowed for trying new things. They both also work as Personal librarians for medical students from Yale, in which they help find resources that they might need. Lastly they both help motivate others to become medical librarians like them.