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!