Last day with Sarah

Today is my last day of internship, in past days I have really enjoyed meeting new people and getting to know about their back grounds and their professions. All the medical library staff was friendly. I saw some historical books and Persian manuscripts. But today when I met with Sarah , she showed me some really amazing things. I saw books that were written in 1400's, and I was thinking that book is written before Columbus discovered America. Sarah who is preservation librarian take care of over 30,000 books. That means she have huge responsibility. She also take cares of Cushing Center's environment. she also organize tours. The most interesting thing that she likes about her job is that she is doing most different thing in the library and creating a difference.

Mark Gentry

On Thursday, the first person I met was mark. He is a clinical support librarian. A few things about him, he graduated in Anthropology and went to China to teach English. Then he got interested in other profession, after a lot of research he came across the Librarianship. It was interesting for him because he always wanted interaction with people and students, basically his work involves to teach students, helping them to use the resources available for them. His favorite thing about his job is that he can help people and can make a difference. He even went to Uganda to teach librarians there to make them aware of the resources that were available for them. I really enjoyed my time with him.

Janene Batten

I met Janene today, who is the Reference Librarian for the Yale school of nursing. She spends time at both the school and the medical library. she had a undergraduate degree in education. She worked in school library as well. She's worked in the medical library for 7 years as a Nursing School librarian and her main charge there is to help nurses, faculty, clinicians, with any information needs. She works with about 300 students and 600 faculty members. There isn't any typical workday for her. everyday she do new things which she really likes. According to her, a good thing about working in the library is that there are lot of opportunities for you. Her memorable experience is when she got an staff award at graduation ceremony.

Diane Turner

My favorite thing of the day was the meeting with Diane. She is the head of human resources for the Yale library. She majored in history and specialized in counseling. She have done many jobs but her jobs mostly involved working with students in college. Basically her work involves to hiring people and counseling library staff if they are laid off. I asked her what she most like about her job, and she said the smile she get to see after she offers someone a job is very rewarding for her. The interesting thing about her is that she been to many international countries, including South Africa, Seira Leone and Uganda. She has a really interesting personality. I really enjoyed my time with her.

Lynn Sette

On Wednesday, I met Lynn, who is a Reference librarian. Lynn got her masters in library science in 1985. As a reference librarian, Lynn teaches classes and provides consultations. Lynn also chairs a Marketing & Promotion committee to ensure that faculty, staff and students of the Medical Center are aware of the resources and services offered by the Library. In her work day, she attends meetings , setup classes for residents, answer questions. She have also worked on project for school nurses. Her goal was to provide resources for theirs research. What she likes most about her job is that she gets to try new things, and she can do things the way that she want to.

Webmaster Hongbin

The last person I met on Tuesday was Hongbin. I was very excited to meet him, because the title "Webmaster" fascinates me. I learned a little bit about him, for example, he was a journalist in Beijing. He actually majored in journalism. Then he studied information science and worked in New Orleans. But after Hurricane Katrina , he came here. Basically, his job is to create websites and maintain them. He also has to track statistics of websites, how many people view the links. He also substitute popular links for less use links on certain pages. He also runs focus group studies to ask students and faculty about their likes and dislikes on the library websites. It was a very interesting meeting with Hongbin. The most adventure of this meeting was that I got to know more about China. I am really interested to visit China.

Meeting with Liaison Librarian

I met with Denise who is Liaison to the anesthesiology and cancer center. She connects with the faculty, promotes and markets the use of resources and new resources. She makes people know what tools they have to use, and by creating an online site she lets people use easier ways to locate the resources. The most challenging thing about her job is finding new ways to help other Liaisons within limited time. She also works with Holly who is a Liaison to the OBGYN department. They both work to find new resources for their departments. She downloads resources, searches through data like tools to store resources, and visit operating rooms to speak with surgeons. Her memorable experiences include having worked with surgeons in the ER, attending a anesthesiologist meeting, and telecommuting. Recently she has been to Japan, where she continued to communicate through Skype. Well its really amazing to know how technology have progressed.

A interesting meeting with Regina Marone

On Tuesday, the first person I met was Regina, who is the Medical Library director and deals with Library public relations. It was a really interesting meeting. First she started off with asking about me and my aims. Then she told me a little about her background. She was a history major, and she like to read about American Civil War. In school, her favorite subject was history. She graduated from high school and went to work with a phone company. She got her masters from Southern Connecticut State University. Important things about her in her job is being a good listener and recognizing people. She likes to see her staff happy and feel a satisfaction in what they do. Kenny mentioned to me that liking to work with people, listening to others, being a team player, having good communication skills including having good technical skills are important traits that one needs in her job. At one point she said to me she likes to take chances in trying new things because it might be helpful to others, and if it don't work out well it doesn't matter because it is not like opening people's brain. First I thought it was funny, but it did made sense, and I also think its not bad to try new things and keeping your options open. I had a memorable meeting with Regina Marone.

Jane and Judy

On Monday I met Jan and Judy. Jan received her masters in library sciences from Rhode Island University, and has been in the career for 35 years.
Jan has been a librarian for 22 years. She also had work in hospital library for 11 years. Basically her work involve to make sure classes are organized and provide instructor. she also organize classes for PA and medical students.
I also met with Judy who is a Curriculum Support Librarian in the medical library. She is Liaison to the Basic Science Department of the school of medicine. Sometimes she works at the information desk. Also she attends meetings, respond to technical problems, and is working on organizing orientations and schedule for the new medical students. She has been here for 17 years. Before she worked in architect office. Her favorite part of the job is that she get to help people.

Kelly And the Scanner

Kelly was the second person after Toby that I met, and it was really interesting meeting. First she told me about herself, that she did liberal studies but later she realized that was not for her. Then she introduced me to the book scanner. To be honest that was the first time I saw that machine, and i was really surprised by how it works. Kelly showed me how she scan books. I must appreciate how hard her tasks are and how much energy she puts in. Sometimes she has to stand on the top pf the book scan machine and turn pages and look for any mistakes that a machine might cause. Well, according to her, a machine is just a machine, and it can create a error. After book scanning her work involves revising and editing to clear any mistakes and make it ready to be publish online. Recently she is doing a project which is to gather books that were published before 1923, and her time limit is 18 months. Well I wish her best of luck for her project.

Toby Appel

The first person I was to meet today was Toby Appel. She is head of the historical library and she has a PHD in history of science and a history of medical library degree. She also has a masters of library science which enables her to work as a library. Toby worked for a scientific society with her first degree and then she found out that she was much more interested in library science. She have also done a major exhibit on Darwin. She have published her journal on alternative medical group which she was working for almost ten years. Basically She purchases new and rare books. She teaches classes, offers reference services, and does exhibits for the Library. I had a great time with her.

Lei Wang

I met Lei on my second day, and it was a interesting conversation. A little about him: He has been working here for 5 years and he is an instructural design librarian. For his undergrad he went to college in China and majored in English. He also worked as a instructor in university. Then he became interested in library for primary reasons. He say that was fascinating for him that he could help people that he really wanted to. He also is a personal librarian for students. what he most like about his job is that he get to try new things, and can pick his own project. Basically he makes online E-tutorial lessons for students and staff, and he have received Service Quality Improvement Award.

Mary Angelotti

After interviewing John, I met with Mary.She is the manager of document delivery services. She is very funny. Her department deals with getting books for the Yale Medical Library and medical students. She has been working in Yale for 33 years. Mary wanted to be a Teacher first and she got her bachelor in education. She also did master in health science but after her education, she got married and became a house wife. After a while she got to know about library science. Her work day may involve helping others, giving assistance where needed in her department. and scanning things. She don't get enough time for herself because the time pressure of specific tasks of her. After having conversation, she showed me the scanner in the basement where they scan books and she showed me the process of sending books to patrons. That was really interesting.

John Gallagher

On second day, the second person I interviewed was John. He is a Director of Public Services for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. For John it is his second career. Before he was a supervisor for UPS. Then he became evening supervisor for the library. Then he joined circulation department. He is a personal librarian for 10 students. Basically in his typical day, he deals with students and staff issues and read emails and requests. After I interviewed him, he toured me to Cushing Center, which I think was really scary, but I really enjoyed having conversation with him about Harvey Cushing.

Joanna Price

On my second on of internship, I met Joanna Price who is the Coordinator of Community Progress in Science New Haven & State Affair. A little info about her background, she majored in biology and received her PhD and was trained as a scientist. She did stem cell research. But mostly she wanted to work with students so she got interested in this job. She have also taught scholar biology. Her work mostly involve to set up academic programs for high school students. She sets people with other people based on their interest of research. She finds it fascinating that how school system is reforming and and providing students with more opportunity.

Mr.Greenberg

I interviewed Mr. Greenberg and learned a lot about what he does daily. For instance, he is a supervisor and meets at least once a month with every staff member. He also programs staff at the information desk and if there is a problem he is the one to solve it or fills in for someone who is not in. He also teaches students, which is one of his favorite parts of his job, and is a personal librarian to many students. He is a part of ASK LIVE which is a real time reference where he can answer questions that people may have. I learned that he earned a leadership fellowship and has traveled to many countries, to mention a few, Scotland, Australia and Germany. In his typical day, he spend more the 2/3 of his day on computer reading emails and requests and sending the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date. someday he would like to be a Medical Library Director, awaiting for the right opportunity.

First day as a Chili intern

Today was my first day as an intern at The Cushing/Whitney Library. I was so nervous and also very anxious to see what awaited me in the building. first i met with Mr.Greenberg who is the coordinator of curriculum and research support. He introduced me to all of his staff and told me about their specific tasks. then he gave me the tour of medical library, in which i got to see a lot of fascinating things. i got to see alot of books which were more then 100 years old. and i was very surprised that they were still in good condition in the care of the library staff. then we went to Cushing center and at first i wasn't expecting to see what i saw. basically Cushing center was full of Human brains preserved in jars. and it was kind of scary to me. because i never got to see these kind of things before. and the thing which really overwhelmed me was the pictures of random people who were suffering from such traumas and the thought that their brains was in jars lined up on scale was really scaring. my first day at medical library was really good.

Today was my last day. I interviewed Kenny who is basically a cheif problem solver in the library. She makes sure the librarians have the resources needed to do their job. She also helps create a stable environment for the librarians in which they can be focused on their patrons. Kenny believes that the most benificial aspects of her job are her excellent co workers, the divirsity of the job, and the many interesting things you get to do. Kenny loves the university environment and loves the fact that she knows her job is making a difference in the lives of others. Over the length of her career Kenny has learned that one needs to stay calm and keep their cool so the problem can be solved.


After meeting with Kenny, Sarah gave me a tour and showed me some of the oldest books in the library. It was amazing to see how these books were kept in better condition than some of the newer books. The books dated to as far back as the 15th century. They were different sizes and made up of different materials. Some of the older ones were even hand written.

Kelly and the book scanner

After meeting with Joanna Price and Diane Turner I met Kelly and got a demonstration of the books scanner. Click this link to see what the book scanner is and how it operates: http://www.screencast.com/t/MmRiMmJhZD. The Yale medical library is working on a project with different librarys in which books are scanned to be put online. The final purpose of this project is to have an online library. Yale is in charge of getting Anisthetic pediatric vaccination books scanned and simulated as books online. Some examples of books that are already online and simulated can be seen if you click on the following link: http://cushing.med.yale.edu/cushingbooks.html.

The last person i met today was Hongbin. He his the webmaster of the medical library. He maintains the website and gets to use his creativity to implement his ideas. He came to this library after moving here because of the incident at New Orleans. Hongbin must find different ways of how the users would like the website and how it can become more and more user friendly. To see the library's website that Hongbin is charge of click the following link: http://www.med.yale.edu/library/. The work that he does affects people by allowing them to use the library online and by having information available at all times. Over the length of his career Hongbin has learned that patients in the key to sucess and that one must not always take matters too seriously.

you can find Lei's tutorials by subscribing to an RSS feed

Today i was to meet with Daniel Dollar and the rest of the CDM department. They basically order books, organize and pay for catalogs, and they work with the invoicing payments. They are also part of an E response team which helps patrons who need assistance through an online system. Daniel updates and renews books and articles online. He works with the collection development committee to make decisions on what to purchase and what not to purchase. Daniel is also part of a program called HINARI which helps poor countries with health information and sales. he will be going to South America to work and train people with the program for a whole week. Over the length of his career Daniel has learned that one must think before they act and that will lead to the right decisions.



Next I met Lei Wang. He is an instructional design librarian. He is is one of the few people in the country who works this job! Lei helps bring user education online. He works with curriculum research support to bring certain topics online such as anything that the library teaches. He believes that you can know everything but it doesnt mean that you can teach it. Lei creates tutorials that help doctotrs for example on certain things they may need to learn. You can find Lei's tutorials by subscribing to an RSS feed. Lei's degrees in media production and educational production help him with the tutorials he creates. His previous undergrad. major cultivates a sensitivity to language and to understand it. Throught the years he has worked in the library, Lei has learned what are the best ways to find information and he has formed habits in information seeking behavior. As a librarain he also help people to obtain these skills. Over the length of his career Lei has learned that one must take things slowly and that they must think before they act.



The last person i met today was Jan. She is works with the educational services and she makes sure information is affective and efficient. Jan had a love for libraries ever since she was young. She always knew that she wanted to be a library. The only unexpected thing is that she did not know she would be working in a medical library with a degree in library science. She helps with teaching, support researching for systematic reviews. Over the length of her career Jan has come to a conclusion that working with a team makes the result much more brilliant

The first person i was to meet today was Toby Appel. She is head of the historical library and she has a PHD in history of science and a history of medical library degree. She also has a masters of library science which enables her to work as a library. Toby worked for a scientific society with her first degree and then she found out that she was much more interested in library science. She ended up going to library school and became certified to work here. Over the length of her career Toby Appel has learned important lessons such as to do your best to get along with others so that work can be accomplished.



I next met with Lynn Sette who works in the reference department. She is a circulation and research supporter for education and information. Lynn answeres questions, teaches classes, and works with 10 different Yale students every year. She became introduced to the field when she checked out books part time. Lynn when to school and worked part time so she can get her degree in library science. This was a difficult challenge for er because you could not take courses online like you can now. Over the length of her career Lynn Sette has learned that one must learn how to find different information.



Holly and Denise are in charge of the Liaison program. Liaison means relationships and what they do through this program is help each department with different researches . They also help these departments keep up with necessary skills that they need. They both believe that the environment they work in gives them many benefits. Some of these benefits include working together, respect to one another, no competitiveness over the work, variety of different work, and the appreciation gained from the work they do.


The last person that i met today was Janene Batten. She helps nursing students and faculty nurses at the hospital. She also works in historical library projects and helps develop the website. She is originally from Australia and her major there was biology and earth science. When she came to America she obtained her masters in library science and was certified to work at the library. She believes that her previous degree helps her a lot with the work she does now because of the science aspect of it. Over the length of her career Janene has learned that one needs to be flexible and to be able to change with the times.

The Amazing Life of Harvey Cushing

Harvey Cushing's Biography

http://cushing.med.yale.edu/cushing/

July 2nd

Today I worked on the health flicks videos for most of the day. I learned to edit videos and control the different audio and visuals pertaining to it. The topic we just completed was a video about stress. I used to work with Sarah but she is no longer in the program so I now work with Jackie. She is a very nice person to work with and she was able to teach me a lot about photo video editing. After I was done I took pictures all around the library especially the Cushing Center.

July 1st

Today I met with John Crallagher who is the deputy director of public services. He is responsible for strategically planning and maintaining everyone on the same page so they can reach a certain goal as a library. He also provides customer service and tries his best to show his patrons how valuable the library is. Business management was Mr. John's was his college major and it helps him a lot in what he is doing today. He came to the Cushing library as a temporary employee but with hard work and determination he worked his way up into the job he is working now. Mr. Crallagher enjoys the many different aspects of his job and loves the fact that he get to meet new people and associate with others every day. He believes that his co workers play a major role in why he loves his job so much. Another reason he likes his job is because it enables him to be a generalist. This means he gets to learn about a lot of different stuff rather than specializing in one thing. Over the length of his career Mr. Crallagher has learned that you should never be afraid to ask for help.

After interviewing John Crallagher I was able to go downstairs with him and see how his co workers and him selves prepared very old journals to be sent to storage in a different Yale facility. Some of these book were dated as far back as the 1800s. Mr. Crallagher told be that the library had much older books which extremely fascinated me. It was amazing how many different languages these books were written in and how carefully they had to be tempered with because they were so old and fragile.

Next I met Judy Spak who is in charge of the curriculum support of the medical school. She also assists tenders in presenting course management systems, technical support, and research for Liaison which presents the library to many different departments. She was an English major which helped her a lot in her grammar and writing skills in the job she is pursuing now. Before working here she was an office manager then she went back to school to get her degree in library sciences which enabled her to work at the Cushing library. She is successful in her job because she enjoys interaction with people and is very friendly. Judy chose to work this job because she enjoys puzzle solving and discovering new exciting things that are happening in the library. Over the length of her career Judy Spak has learned to work with others , collaborate, and listen or how to behave to get something accomplished.

After meeting with Judy I met Matt Wilcox. He is the librarian for the school of public health. He works with students to provide them with information. He is also the director of academic technology. He was an English major which helps him with grammar and reading situations in the job he is working now. He came to the Cushing library after previously working at an agriculture and science library. Matt enjoys working with people and college students. He always makes sure that students are receiving the right information and that they have the right information available. He chose this job because it stood out as an interesting challenge. Over the length of his career Matt Wilcox has learned that you will never end up where you think you're going to; so keep your options open.

Next I met Mark who is the clinical support coordinator for technology. He helps with research and making resources available. His favorite subject when attending school was history and hiss college degree helped him become a librarian because it taught him to be a generalist. Mark is a very experienced librarian who knows a lot about the field he works in. he worked as a library assistant in 1985 then did his independent study and worked in Hartford. After that he ended coming to the Yale Cushing library and he has been working there ever since. Mark believes that some of the important benefits of his job are the ability to get to know different personalities and getting to work with intelligent compassionate people. He enjoys working with different people, challenges, and problem solving. The most important aspect of his job is to help busy practioners use information quickly and efficiently. He believe this makes a difference by helping out doctors and health providers learn more which will eventually lead to better treatment of patients. Over the length of his career Mark has learned to prepare for the unexpected, think things through, and to try new things.

June 29th

Today was my first day at my CHILI internship. I was very excited to start and not as nervous as I thought I would be. I guess it was because I was familiar with Mr. Greenberg and because I had already worked with him on health flicks. I was given a tour of the Cushing/ Whitiney Medical Library which was extremely fascinating. What caught my attention the most was the Cushing Center. I found it spectacular how a single man contributed so much to science. I learned how all the brains lined up in the shelves belonged to previous patients that had been operated on by Harvey Cushing . Mr. Cushing the founder of this library treated his patients like actual human beings unlike most people. Most of his patients had disabilities and were considered to be "circus freaks". Harvey Cushing did not believe so and told his patients that they were an important contribution to health sciences.



After having the tour of the library I interviewed Mr. Charlie Greenberg. He manages human support of the medical library. He was an English major in college and believes that it helped him a lot with the job he is pursuing now. He enjoys the fact that he is helping others by teaching them important knowledge pertaining to their field. He teaches doctors and nurses different kinds of information which could lead to saving a patient's life. Mr. Greenberg enjoys the work environment because of his excellent co workers and the well rounded university he works in. He is very patient with his patrons and embraces the idea of global citizenship. This means he gets along and is open to the culture and believe of anyone from a different foreign country. Over the length of his career Mr. Greenberg has learned that people who make wrong choices are effected by them later on in life.

Meeting with Diane Turner ( My Last day)

Today I met with Diane Turner. Diane is the Head of Human Resources. She is over promotions, salary, policy, and procedures. Diane has a Bachelors and Masters degree. Diane always knew that she wanted to work with people and that she wanted to work in an university. Her favorite thing about her job is that no one day is the same and that she is always meeting new great people. Some of the skills that you need succeed in this chosen career are personal skills, ability to communicate, ability to solve problems, literal skills, and a good attitude. The most challenging about Diane's job is conflict and the easiest thing about her job is showing people that she cares. Diane has been at Yale for 32 years and she plans on remaining there. Today is my last day. I had a great time and I got to meet a lot of nice people. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.

Meeting with Kenny, Janene, and Kelly

Today I met with Kenny Marone. Kenny is the Director of the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Kenny works with a lot of diversity. She makes sure that the staff has the research and education they need to represent the Library correctly. Kenny attended Albertus Magnus for college. She has a Bachelors Degree in History and a Masters Degree in Library Science. Kenny mentor was Bella Berson because she was the first director who made an attempt to guide her. She learned grace,manners,and how to be a leader from her. Kenny's favorite thing about her job is working with the people. Some of the skills that someone would need if they wanted to succeed in this career is good work ethic, organization, computer skills, and the ability to listen to people. The most difficult thing about Kenny's job is the budget because is has been decreasing because of the economy. The thing that keeps Kenny motivated to come to work everyday is that there always something new. Kenny has been at Yale for 30 years and she plans on remaining at Yale.

After I met with Kenny, I met with Janene. Janene is a Liaison the Nursing Department. She is originally from Australia, where she attended Australia Strut College of Advanced Education. She received her Masters Degree in Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University. Janene helps nurses at the hospital and in the medical school. Her favorite thing about her job is that no day is the same. Some of the skills that someone would need to succeed in this chosen career is a good attitude, flexibility, people person, and a helping spirit. The most challenging thing about Janene's job is that it changes so quickly and the easiest thing about her job is coming to work. In five years Janene see her career doing more outreach to people because everything is so electronic. Janene has been at Yale for five years.

After I met with Janene, I met with Kelly. Kelly digitizes books using a machine called KIRTAS. The machine has two heads , two cameras, and three computers. The machine has a fluffer that helps to prevent the pages from getting stuck together and not getting scanned. Kelly has to adjust the vacuum that way it does not rip the pages. Some books can not be digitized because of the age. Kelly is very friendly. I had a wonderful today and I got to meet so many interesting people.

The History of Health Sciences Lecture

Yesterday, I went to the 62nd annual History of Health Sciences Lecture. It was very interesting. The lecture was about the emancipation stories of slaves. These stories were telling how they got free in the midst of the civil war. John Washington was one of the slaves who wrote a narrative. His narrative was written around 1873. None of the narratives have been edited or touched because they are priceless. The lecture was about 2 hours long. After the lecture I went upstairs with Mr. Greenberg to the reception. The reception was very nice and the people were very friendly. I had a great time. My favorite part of the lecture is when the professor talked about how John Washington fell in love with a girl named Annie and how they have the love letters that he wrote her. This was just a great day in general.

Meeting with Matt Wilcox

Today I met with Matt Wilcox. Matt is a Public Health Librarian and the Director of Academic Technology at Public Health. He has an Masters and Bachelors degree in English, and he has a Masters degree in Library Science. His job consists of working with student computers, lab computers, and class computers. Matt's favorite thing about his job is working with interesting people. The most challenging thing about his job is the slowness of change. Matt enjoys his job, but if he had the chance to change is career he would either be a English Professor or he would have a job that involves boats. Matt has been a Librarian at Yale for a little over twelve years. I enjoyed my interview with Mat because he was so funny. He kept me interested and always had questions for me to answer. Today was an overall good day.

Refworks Training Session

Today I went to a Refworks training session at the Cushing/ Whitiney Medical Library. The class was taught by Mr. Charles Greenberg. Mr. Greenberg is the Coordinator of Curriculum And Research Support at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. He is Liaison to the Department of Surgery, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Human Investigation Committee, Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, the Deans and Administration. Refworks is a citation management program. This program makes formatting citations easy. This program also helps people share references and articles. There are four types of ways to get references on Refworks. The four ways are : direct export, import, search directly from Refworks, and creating your own reference. I learned how to use this program and I learned how to properly cite references for different formats.

Meeting With Mark Gentry and Hongbin Liu

Today I met with Hongbin Liu. Hongbin is a Web Services Librarian at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library . His job is basically is to maintain the Library web site. He is originally from China and he attended school there. Hongbin went to the Unversity of Iowa where he received his MLS. Hongbin chose this career because he likes computers and he likes having interacting with people. His favorite part of his job is creating new things. Some of the skills that someone needs to succed in this career are computer skills and flexibility. The most challenging thing about Hongbin's job is that you have to constantly learn new things. Hongbin uses a software called Dreamweaver Macromedia 8 to update the website. Hongbin has been at Yale for five years and he plans on remaining at Yale for a very long time. I enjoyed this interview very much because I got to learn so many new things about computers.

After meeting with Hongbin Liu I met with Mark Gentry. Mark is a Clinical Support Librarian the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. Mark is a Liaison to Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, Graduate/ Postgraduate Medical Education, Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Mark has a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and a MLS degree. His favorite thing about his job is working with people and he likes the variety. Some skills that someone would need to succeed in this career is Flexibility, computer skills, and a good attitude. The most challenging thing about Mark's job is that you have to always try to keep up with the change. The things that motivate mark to come to work everyday are the students and their gratitude. On Saturday Mark will be going to Uganda in Africa. He is going there to help build the knowledge of Students, Teachers, Doctors, and Librarians. Mark has been working at Yale for ten years and he enjoys every part of his job. I enjoyed my interview with Mark because he was so friendly and he had a great personality.

Health Flicks

Today I met with Sarah Siegel to work on script writing for Health Flicks. Health Flicks is a group of Hill Regional Career High School Students that discuss dealing with everyday teenage issues. Mr. Charles Greenberg who is the Coordinator of Curriculum and Research Support at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library is the Coordinator for Health Flicks. The students that participate in Health Flicks will produce short films that tell teenagers how to deal with there issues in a healthy way. The main focus of the Health Flicks group right now is Stress. Stress is something that all teenagers feel when they are in High School. The four ideas that the Health Flicks group have came up with regarding the series of short stress films are classroom testing, SAT's, being late, and procrastinating. In Health Flicks you can script write, film, act, or edit.

It is so much fin because you have a chance to do all of these things through out the experience. I think that Health Flicks is something that all teenagers at Career High School should get involved in because it is so informative. Some of the websites that Health Flicks told me about that tells how to manage stress properly is kidshealth. org and medlineplus.org. In Health Flicks I also learned how to make my own beats and songs. Sarah and Mr.Greenberg have taught me so much about Health since being in this program. I had great day with Sarah!

Meeting with Sarah Burge and Toby Appel

Yesterday I met with Sarah Burge. Sarah is a Preservation Librarian. She takes care of the rare books and photos. Sarah started her job five years ago, and she was the first Preservation Librarian here at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Sarah has a very important job because only the librarians on the historical staff can handle the rare books and photos. The collection has over 100,000 rare books, manuscripts, journals and prints. To preserve the books Sarah controls the humidity and the light surrounding them. Sarah has an undergraduate degree in art and history. She also has a Masters degree in Library Science. Sarah's favorite thing about her job is working with the staff and the collection. Some of the skills someone would need to succeed in this career are attention to detail, flexibility, and problem solving skills. I learned so much from Sarah yesterday. I learned that Harvey Cushing was one of the first Neurosurgeons to successfully perform a surgery. I also learned that the first printed medical book was published in 1491. I had a wonderful time with Sarah.

After meeting with Sarah, I met with Toby Appel. Toby has an PhD in the History of Science, a Masters Degree in Library Science, and a Undergraduate Degree in Math. Toby is the head of the Historical Library. Toby has a very complex job. She purchases new and rare books. She teaches classes, offers reference services, and does exhibits for the Library. Toby's favorite part of her job is that it has so much diversity, and she never gets board. Some of the skills someone would need to succeed in this career are knowledge in the history of medicine, attention to detail, flexibility, organization and a great attitude about team work. The most challenging thing about Toby's job is that you constantly have to learn new things. Toby has been working at Yale for 16 years, and she enjoys what she does. I had a great time with Toby.

Meeting with Judy Spak and John Gallagher

Today I met with Judy Spak. Judy is a Curriculum Support Librarian at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Judy helps faculty use technology when teaching, and she is the Blackboard System Administrator. Judy is a liaison for the basic sciences departments. Judy went to college for a total of seven years, and she enjoyed it because she loves to learn new things.She attended Hofstra University in New York for her Bachelors degree and Southern Connecticut State University for her MLS. Judy's favorite thing about her job is working with the faculty and students because she is a real people person. A skill that someone would need to succeed in this career is the love of computers, because this type of work is electronically based. The most challenging thing about this job is trying to get everything done on the to do list, but the easiest thing is working with people. Judy has been at Yale for 15 years, and she plans on being at Yale in the future.

After meeting with Judy, I met with John Gallagher. John is the Deputy Director of Public Services at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. John is a Liaison to the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. He is responsible for the physical library and he oversees construction projects in the library. John is a Personal Librarian to forty students. John's favorite thing about his job is working with the staff and students. He enjoys helping others and making sure that everyone that visits the library enjoys their time here. The most challenging thing about his job us that there is always so much to do, but never enough time. What keeps John motivated to come to work everyday is the people here at the library. John loves what he does and he would not change his job if he had the chance to. Today was a very interesting because I had the opportunity to interview two intelligent and friendly . I had a great day!

Meeting Daniel Dollar and Lei Wang

Today I met with Daniel Dollar; he is the Head of Collection Development and Management for the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Daniel has helped develop the rich collection of electronic and print resources that the library offer by selecting items for purchase. Daniel has a degree in political science, and he went to college for a total of eight years. Mr. Dollar's mentor was Kim Parker, because she taught him how to do his job properly. Daniel loves his job because he likes to help people and he loves to learn about new things in the process of helping someone else. The skills that someone would need to succeed in this career is to be humble, a helping spirit, and the love of electronics. The most challenging thing about Daniel's job is managing people because you have to try to always be respectful and make sure that everyone needs are met to the best of your ability. In five years Daniel sees his career becoming completely electronic because things right now are being mostly bought online and not in print. Daniel Dollar has been in this profession for 12 years. While meeting with Daniel I had the pleasure to meet Melissa Vantine and Mary Hughes. Both of these ladies gave me a lot of information. Mary told me about the HINARI program that is for undeveloped countries, to help them access journals at reduced price or get them for free. Melissa showed me how she organizes information about the books they order or already have. I enjoyed my time with Daniel, Melissa, and Mary !

After meeting with Daniel I met with Lei Wang . Lei is the Instructional Design Librarian for the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Lei helps create web-based online objects, allows students to have access to education, teaches PowerPoint classes, and does the online reference services. Lei's favorite thing about his type of work is learning and playing with new technologies. Some of the skills that someone would need to succeed in his career is media production skills, web programming, web skills, instruction skills, and be a good teacher. The most challenging things about Lei's work are online learning projects, managing time, quality of projects, and the constant change in technology. Lei has been in this type of work for five years. Today was a great day because I learned so much from Daniel, Melissa, Mary, and Lei. I am so grateful that i had the opportunity to sit down and interview them because it was so interesting.

Meeting with Lynn Sette

Today I met with Lynn Sette. Lynn is a Reference Librarian at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Lynn has medical students that see her as their personal librarian. Ms. Sette also works as a library liaison, a task that matches the staff with a department, like the pediatrics department. For the Library Lynn does marketing and publicly of new resource events. The most challenging thing about her job is that technology updates constantly. Lynn likes her job because she loves to help people. Lynn has been in this job for thirty years. I enjoyed My interview with Lynn because she was so friendly and kind.

After interviewing Lynn I sat in on a meeting with Lynn and Sarah Burge. The meeting was about picking pictures from the 1600s and making a card set out of them for the Library. I learned from Sarah that in the 1600s people would copy down from one book because all books were handwritten. I learned that most Library's of that time had about four books which was considered a lot because they were handwritten. I saw beautiful Arabic pictures of animals, trees, and plants. This collection is for the Ameel Project. There are two sections already and their names are: Oasis Of the Middle East and Iraq Recollection Project. They will add the Ameel NEH Project which is these groups of pictures. I enjoyed this very much because I love art and history. So having them combined together made this experience even better.

My first day as a Chili Intern

Hi, my name is Shelby Brewer and I am the new Yale Chili Intern. Today I met with Mr.Greenberg and he gave me a tour of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. I have to say that it was very interesting. We visited the Reference and the Historical part of the Library. The Historical Library was my favorite part because it was so relaxing and cozy. I enjoyed looking at the old books and the paintings of John Fulton and Arnold Klebs. Mr.Greenberg introduced me to several staff members while on our tour. Those staff members were : Daniel Dollar, Jan Glover, Judy Spak, and Janen Batten.

While on my tour with Mr.Greenberg I learned a lot about the history of the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. I learned that Dr. Harvey Cushing was the founder of the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library and that he donated the first books to the library. Dr. Cushing also convinced his friends Dr. John Fulton and Dr. Arnold Klebs to donate their medical books to the library. These three men called themselves the "Trinitarians". John Hay Whitney's spouse, the daughter of Harvey Cushing, donated money to help extend the library. He was Dr. Cushing's son-in-law. This library has so much to offer. It has an adopt a book program, personal librarians , and historical book collections. My first day as a Chili Intern was great !

Meeting with Matt/Judy/Diane (my last day)

Today I met Matt Wilcox. Matt is originally from San Diego, California and attended Asbury College in Kentucky for undergrad and the University of Illinois for his MLS. He is the Public Health Librarian and the Director of Academic Technology. He has had his current job for ten years. Other than being a librarian Matt would have possibly like to have been an English professor. His job consists of working with computer labs, students computer, and class computers. This department is the focal point for public health information. Projects that Wilcox is working on are digital library projects and the school of public health electronic thesis. A typical day for Matt is helping students find information for papers and research, meetings, and computer related things depending on the time of the year. Matt's goal is to finish up the closing of the public health library. The most challenging aspect of Matt's job is budget issues, while the easiest is simply getting paid. Matt would like for his job to be on a cruise ship, as well.

After meeting Matt Wilcox, I met Judy Spak. Judy is the Curriculum Support Librarian, and has been so for fourteen years. She attended Hofstra University in New York for her bachelors and Southern Connecticut State University for her MLS. Judy's job includes working with faculty to use technology in teaching and finding materials that are web based. Also, Judy is the Blackboard system Administrator. With Jan, Judy coordinates the Personal Librarian program. Judy is also the liaison to: cell biology, genetics, immunobiology, laboratory medicine, microbial pathogenesis, pathology, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, physician associate program, surgery-anatomy, therapeutic radiology, and cellular and molecular physiology.

Judy had several memorable professional experiences. One experience was when students brought her chocolate chip cookies. Another was being mentioned by name in the second year program. Also, receiving a special award with Jan at the Physician Associates graduation. Receiving the Jack Cole Award and being recognized by people she has helped are other memorable professional experiences, as well.

The most challenging part of Judy's job is getting through her to do list, while the easiest part is working with very nice people. In the future, Judy plans to still be at Yale.

My day ended with meeting Diane Turner at the Sterling Memorial Library. Diane Turner is originally from Slydell, Louisiana. She attended Grambling State University for undergrad, and then Albany SUNY for her Masters in history and counseling. Diane Turner has been the Associate University Librarian for Human Resources, Organizational Development and Community Relations for eight years. The human resources aspect of the library brought her to Sterling. Diane's office is responsible for hiring, training, recruiting, and the wellness of the library. Her office also works with the school system. A day for Diane may include meetings, negotiating agreements, solving problems, developing and interpreting policies, hiring people, resolving grievances, setting salaries, and university and library committees.

Diane wants to remain active in the community. She is currently trying to raise 5.2 million dollars for the community. Also she wants to stay successful in her profession and family life. In the future Diane would like to travel abroad.

Today was my last day and it truly has been fun. I learned so much while interning and met some great and really nice people. I will forever remember each day that I spent at the Cushing library. For instance, the day that the KIRTAS machine was demonstrated to me, or attending a presentation on books dating back to the 13th century by Sarah. I will be back for the opening of Harvey Cushing's brain collection and will always be thankful for the great opportunity I was given.

Meeting with Liu Hongbin/ Mark Gentry

Today I met with Liu Hongbin. Liu is originally from China, and attended school there as well. He then went to the University of Iowa and received his MLS while there. Hongbin is the Web Services Librarian and has been so for four years. Liu does web design and managing and computing. He created the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library website and maintains it. Last year the website received more than eight million hits. Currently, Hongbin has to move web content information into the content management page and redesign the historical medical library website page, which has been the same for ten years. The most challenging thing about Liu's job is having so many things to learn, while the easiest is knowing how to do his job and talking to helpful people from different departments. One of the most memorable professional experiences Hongbin has had is the August launch of the new website, which received a message from a professor at the law school library complimenting and congratulating him on the work he had done.


After meeting with Liu Hongbin, I met with Mark Gentry. Mark is the Clinical Support Librarian and the Coordinator of Library Technology Services & Support. Mark attended Trent University for his bachelors, then UCONN for his masters in Anthropology, and finally Southern Connecticut State University for his MLS. Mark is also the internal medicine liaison. A project that Mark is currently working on is a collaboration between Yale University and the Makerere University in Uganda. He makes CDs for people going to Uganda, which contain information on several diseases, program documents, how to get access to the internet and library, and maps. In Uganda, Mark helped with technical things and did classes with librarians, as well.

Mark has made web pages for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. One of the web pages is PDA/Mobile Devices Resources and Information. He supports mobile devices through classes and training on them. Mark helps patrons, does trainings, troubleshoots, and tries to get systems to work. Many of Mark's most memorable professional experiences include helping someone find what they are looking for.

Meeting with Jan/Janene

Today I met with Jan. Jan in high school wanted to be a librarian and went to schools that had librarian schools. So, she received her MLS from the University of Rhode Island. Jan is now the Education Services Librarian. She organizes classes. There are three kinds of classes. One is the drop in type, which is free of charge and is scheduled monthly. Another type of class is a requested class, which is when faculty or maybe a residency program decides residents need to be taught a specific thing. The third is integrated into the curriculum. Jan teaches a lot and schedules education classes for people. She has had her current position since 1988. Jan also works with teams that are doing systematic reviews. Systematic reviews are basically a study of studies. Jan helps the team find every study that exists on a topic, which could take ten to twelve hours; its a long process. The team is trying to answer a question by looking at the literature systematically. It tends to be better to pool information and study it. There was a case where a study was done over and over again, when really if the studies had been pooled the answer would have been found after the first four studies. Since the information was not pooled and studied, a lot of unnecessary money was spent doing the experiment over and over again.

A typical day for Jan includes troubleshooting, answering emails, meetings, teaching/preparing for classes, and working on projects. One of the most challenging parts of her job is the constant change in technology. Another would be the constant need to learn new things. The easiest aspect of her job is knowing her environment and the people around her. Jan's memorable professional experiences include a conference in Beijing and another conference in Australia. Jan reviewed with me the Basic Steps for an Information Quest and How to Search, as well. I realized that I tend to skip steps when searching for information.


After I met with Jan, I met with Janene. Janene is originally from Australia. She attended the Australia Sturt College of Advanced Education. Also, Janene received her MLS from Southern Connecticut State University. Janene is the liaison to the nurses. She teaches nurses, helps students with research, questions, and reference. Janene has had her position for five years now. A typical day is usually busy for Janene. She has to respond to emails, work on projects, prepare for classes, go to meetings, and look at her calendar. The most challenging thing about Janene's job is doing everything effectively. The easiest aspect of her job is receiving questions from students that she previously answered and questions with quick answers. In the future Janene will most likely be in the same profession, except she wants to be so good at her job that when people think nursing librarian they think Janene.

Meeting with Toby/ Bob

The first person I met with today was Toby. Toby has a PhD in the History of Science and Medicine from Princeton University, and a MLS from the University of Maryland. The PhD took seven years to achieve and the MLS only one year. Toby is the head of the Historical Library. Toby does several things; she purchases all new and rare books that come into the historical library and organizes the manuscript sections. Toby works with donors and does exhibits, some online. She has various digital projects and helps people with resources and inter library loan requests. Toby has had her current position for sixteen years. The most challenging part of Toby's job is juggling so many things at once.

After meeting Toby, I met with Bob. Bob is the business manager for the library. He has had this position for two and a half years. This job includes the responsibility for the library's facilities. For instance, leaking pipes, heating, and construction. His job also includes the responsibility for security. There are millions of dollars in the books, prints, and poster in the library; they need to be protected. Bob is also responsible for the library's budget, which includes the bills, pay roll, spending limit, book fines, revenue, and overall money spent. He is currently working on security upgrades. A typical day really just involves money coming in and money going out. A challenging aspect of Bob's job is deciding what the library is not going to buy that they did in the past. The easiest part of his job is using Microsoft Excel. Besides being a business manager for the library, Bob would like to have taught more on the middle school, high school level as a math teacher. Bob looks forward to experiencing more of Yale and when it comes time for him to retire, he will do more things in his community and perhaps travel.

I was able to attend a Refworks class taught by Charles Greenberg today, too. It was a very interesting class and I learned a lot about the use of Refoworks and databases such as PubMed.

Meeting with Joanna Price

Today I met with Joanna Price. Joanna attended Villanova University in Philadelphia and received her bachelors degree in biology. She interned in a lab, and then received her PhD from Sheffield University in England. Joanna is the Coordinator of Community Programs in Science. She has had this position for three years. A typical day for Joanna involves setting up meetings, talking with different people, and designing programs. One of her science programs is SCHOLARS, which is a summer program for health students from Hill Regional Career Magnet School. Another program is the Science Pathway Program. The Science Pathway Program works with middle to high school students and has special events throughout the year. These special events include the planetarium, neuroscience day, and engineering. She has many other programs and multi-tasking and staying on top of them is a challenging part of her job. The nice part of Joanna's job is that she gets to meet so many people, from students to teachers to scientists.

Meeting with Collection Development and Management

Yesterday I went to the Collection Development and Management Department. The first person I met while there was Chris. Chris catalogs books. She has worked for Yale for 38 years. She has had her current position since 1993 and previously worked at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library and was an EPH. Chris is currently working on cataloging 15,000 volumes in the stacks that were originally in the Annex. These volumes were never cataloged. So far, only a couple hundred have been cataloged. One of her most memorable professional experiences is when the library was transitioning into computers. Prior to the transition a book would have to go through presearching, acquisition, post searching, and then cataloging. Now cataloging is computer based instead of card catalogs. Getting through all of the books needing to be cataloged is one of the most difficult aspects of her job. Chris enjoys her job, but she will be retiring soon.

After meeting with Chris, I met with Mary. Mary is originally from Rhode Island and attended school there. In Rhode Island she received her bachelors in Health Education and then received her masters from the University of Toledo. Mary's job consists of changing records. The records need to correspond to what is on the shelves, so that there is no confusion for the patrons. Mary updates thousands of records for inter library loans, as well. She also updates a database, HINARI, for the World Health Organization, which gives the latest information on major journals. Two afternoons a week Mary answers questions for patrons that are not able to get material the library is supposed to have. Mary works at the information desk, too. At the information desk she helps patrons with printing and other issues. Also, she puts in holdings for DOCLINE. Mary has had her current position for 3 1/2 years and likes that she does different things. The most challenging thing about Mary's job is responding quickly and accurately to people.

Once I was done meeting with Mary, I briefly met with Daniel. Daniel is the Head of Collection Development and Management. Daniel attended Appalachian State University and received his bachelors in political science. He also received his M.L.S. at the University of Maryland. Daniel fell into working in D.C. under a U.S. senator. From there he went to work at the library of congress, which led to a job at UCONN. After that he came to his current job of 8 years. Daniel buys things for the library, processes them, gets books labeled and cataloged. Also, he manages the electronic collections and troubleshoots problems. A typical day for him includes: digging through his email, reading offers from vendors, working with staff, answering questions, helping to solve problems, looking at budgets, and looking at usage data.

Meeting with Kelly

I also met with Kelly. Kelly digitizes books using a machine called the KIRTAS. The KIRTAS has two heads, one is small and the other large; the heads match the size of the book being digitized. Kelly has to adjust the vacuum and arm speed of the machine. The machine has a fluffer which helps to prevent pages from getting stuck together and not being scanned. The KIRTAS flips the pages of a book, while two cameras photograph the pages. The KIRTAS is wired to the computer so the image is immediately uploaded onto the computer and is saved until it is time to crop various parts of the image out. Kelly sets a border for the cropping and then lets the computer do the rest. Even though the machine does most of the work, Kelly still has to watch the machine closely in case of any accidents that could possibly damage a book.