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.