My Fifth Day (July 15, 2009)

This morning I got a chance to get a tour of the OR and Anesthesiology units by Denise. She showed me the places to where she meets with Surgeons, Physicians, Medical Residents, etc. to help them use resources, get resources, and learn and use different softwares or technology to get important information. After the tour, I met with Toby, who is the head of the medical historical department and has been working at the library for 15 years. She does exhibits,(mainly in the rotunda), manages the collections, buys major rare books, and organizes manuscripts. She's helped staff and students find historical information. Recently she's done an exhibit on Darwin where any one can find out more about by visiting this website http://elibrary.med.yale.edu/blog/?p=703 .Toby also works in the Liaison program for the history of medicine and humanity in medicine. She feels that this collection makes the library unique because people benefit from the exhibits, tours, by learning about historical information that has impacted the future of medicine. An aspect that she hopes for the future is to have a finding aids database for medicine on the Yale website, so that people can have better access to historical information. While meeting with Toby, I met Flo, who works with the Digital library. She puts historical images online and makes sure that they're easy to access and look descent. You can these images at http://www.med.yale.edu/library/subjects/digital.html .