Hello! I'm Roslyn Shanklin, the new Chili Intern at the Cushing library. Yesterday, January 26, 2009, was my first day. When I arrived, I met with Charles Greenberg, who gave me a tour around the Yale medical library. The library is wonderful, but I specifically loved the historical library. It was a rather welcoming, cozy, and beautiful section of the library. Mr. Greenberg introuduced me to several staff members that work at the library. Those staff members include:Janene Batten, Lei Wang, Daniel Dollar, Mark Gentry, and Judy Spak.
While on the tour with Mr. Greenberg I learned interesting facts about the library. One being that, Harvey Cushing, the founder of the Yale medical library, was a medical book collector. Cushing donated his collection to the library. Besides that I learned that there will be a collection of brains in the library very soon. A wealthy descendant of Cushing donated an entire computer section to the library as well. Mr. Greenberg also informed that there are tons of rare books, some even date back to the 13th century! Many are hand written and most are deteriorating. The library has an adopt a rare book program, also.
Overall the day was enjoyable and fun.
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