Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Fourth day of internship

Today i met with Lei Wang who is a Instructional Design Librarian at the Yale Medical Library (http://library.medicine.yale.edu/). He teaches others how to use library references through online tutorials. His education took place in China, where he went to a four year college. He explained to me how there was a lot of competition, so if you got accepted to a college you needed to accept the offer quickly before someone else tried to take your spot. In order to succeed in his Yale job there were specific education requirements. He needed a Masters degree in library science and experience/ education on instructional design. Mr. Wang is very pleased with his working environment. He described to me how Yale always provides a lot of extra opportunities to help others, so he is always able to keep up with the latest technology. The atmosphere he works in is always exciting. Also, he discussed with me how he is very dedicated to his work. In order to succeed in this job you need to be understanding, have compassion, and most importantly be able to understand technology from a users point of view.

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