Meeting with Mr. Paul Huard and interview with Mr. Mark Gentry
My day began with observing a meeting with Mr. Paul Huard, a Australian Librarian, and the faculty here at the Medical Library. Mr. Huard gave a brief synopsis of his career. His first career was a high school teacher and years after, he became a librarian because he felt like he could do more for the students. After he introduced himself, the faculty here at Yale introduced themselves round-robin style and gave a synopsis of the responsibilities of their job. The highlights of this meeting was to discuss how can each library provide better customer service. They discussed the differences between the two libraries, and discussed how can they change and improve. Mr. Huard emphasized what methods can be used to help students find reliable information, and what can both libraries do to improve the student/librarian relationship.
Later, I began my interview with Mr. Mark Gentry. Mr. Gentry works in Technology and clinical support. He works with doctors who work in a clinical setting, and visits hospitals and other countries for outreach, support, and training. He's earned a bachelors and masters degree in Anthropology and earned a 2nd Masters degree in Library science. He began his career believing he wanted to be an Anthropology professor because of his attraction to research and the college atmosphere. Mr Gentry counts helping doctors, supporting clinicians, and making the library accessible to the users, amongst the most important aspects of his job. He is has worked on a special project in Uganda, working with clinicians there and worked here in the U.S. with Uganda people assisting them with their clinical experiences here. He is currently working on an iPad project as well. All 150 Yale Medical students will be supplied with an iPad so they can conveniently study and research on the go. He's a main component on making the Yale campus more mobile.
My day began with observing a meeting with Mr. Paul Huard, a Australian Librarian, and the faculty here at the Medical Library. Mr. Huard gave a brief synopsis of his career. His first career was a high school teacher and years after, he became a librarian because he felt like he could do more for the students. After he introduced himself, the faculty here at Yale introduced themselves round-robin style and gave a synopsis of the responsibilities of their job. The highlights of this meeting was to discuss how can each library provide better customer service. They discussed the differences between the two libraries, and discussed how can they change and improve. Mr. Huard emphasized what methods can be used to help students find reliable information, and what can both libraries do to improve the student/librarian relationship.
Later, I began my interview with Mr. Mark Gentry. Mr. Gentry works in Technology and clinical support. He works with doctors who work in a clinical setting, and visits hospitals and other countries for outreach, support, and training. He's earned a bachelors and masters degree in Anthropology and earned a 2nd Masters degree in Library science. He began his career believing he wanted to be an Anthropology professor because of his attraction to research and the college atmosphere. Mr Gentry counts helping doctors, supporting clinicians, and making the library accessible to the users, amongst the most important aspects of his job. He is has worked on a special project in Uganda, working with clinicians there and worked here in the U.S. with Uganda people assisting them with their clinical experiences here. He is currently working on an iPad project as well. All 150 Yale Medical students will be supplied with an iPad so they can conveniently study and research on the go. He's a main component on making the Yale campus more mobile.
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