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.
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