My last Tuesday as a CHILI intern

When I walked into the Medical Library today, I went to the Historical Medical Library to meet Melissa Grafe, the Historical Medical Librarian.

While I was there, Melissa was getting ready for an exhibition, which was on digitization. There were all these great artifacts such as this huge 1,500 page medical book that professors of the 1500's would teach with. Professors would stand up in front of class and lecture from them. Most importantly, they were written in ancient Latin or other languages. The book I was looking at had beautiful engravings and lining. It was amazing how old the book was and how good of a condition it was in.

Ms. Susan Gibbons

After about thirty minutes, Mr. Greenberg and I walked over to the main Sterling Memorial Library where I met with Ms.Susan Gibbons.   Ms.Gibbons and I talked about her responsibilities as a University Librarian. I asked her "Was there anyone who inspired you to take a job here at a Library?" She responded "My mother was a librarian. when we couldn't afford camp, my time was spent at a library. Its in my blood; Almost like it was meant to be". Ms. Gibbons has been working at the Yale Library for a year and a half. They will be doing very expensive renovating to the main Library building.

My last Monday at the Medical Library

Today when I arrived at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library, Mr. Greenberg and I went to the Yale Office of New Haven and State Affairs (ONHSA). While I was there, I met with Ms. Maria Parente. She works in the ONHSA Building on Temple Street. While I was talking to her, I learned that she is associated with several of the programs that I am affiliated with such as the S.C.H.O.L.A.R program, and other high school programs I was not aware of. I asked her "What is the most important part of you job in your opinion? She answered "Helping not only high school students put middle school students get into the programs they need as well as want to get into. I make sure all information is received and delivered to the right person."

Maria Parente at the Yale Science Fair

 After I left ONHSA building, I came back here to the Harvey Cushing Medical Library and continued working on my Health Flick and my Blog. I was able to find a tune to use in my Health Flick that is behind my voice to give it a steady and smooth feeling.

My second Wednesday at the Medical Library

Today when I arrived at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library, I spent most of the day recording my Health Flick. I decided on what kind of Health Flick I wanted to do, then, I practiced what I was going to say. I located pictures for my flick as well. I learned how to detach audio, cut sections of the video that I didn't want or messed up on, and replace video with still images.

I finished part of my Health Flick. I was able to put the pictures with the right audio as well as create smooth translations. I also figured out how to include the Health Flick theme song. overall, I worked on my health flick during my time at the library.   This is the Health Flick done by Cynthia on concussions:

My second Tuesday at the Medical Library

When I arrived at the Library today, I met with four people; Kelly Perry, Regina Marone, Lynn Sette, and Mark Gentry. Kelly Perry gave me a presentation on how the library scans books that are read on the computer. A machine with two cameras at the top take a picture of each page of the book, and that picture gets downloaded automatically to the computer. The machine has an attachment place where you can put an automatic arm that turns the page when needed. Even though it is a robotic book scanner, it needs someone there to make sure all of the functions are working properly. All of the settings for the machine are computer controlled. You can change how fast it takes pictures and how fast the shutter is. Kelly normally has the settings on 2400 pages per hour, however while I tried to use the machine, we slowed it down to 12000 pages per hour so I could get used to the software and how it works. After the pictures were taken, Ms. Perry showed me how to crop the picture to only show the one page of the book. Then she showed me what the finished product would look like on the internet archive.


Then I met with Lynn Sette. Lynn Sette is the Reference Librarian here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. She is the library liaison to the Pediatrics and Dermatology departments. This means she helps them find information they need when they are doing research and even school projects. When I asked Lynn "What is a satisfying day at work?", She responded "When I get the information that people need to them. Information is what this library is based on, its what people mainly need and what circulates around this library."

Lynn Sette

  

After I met with Ms. Lynn, I met with Ms. Regina Marone. Ms. Marone is the director of the Medical Library. She has overall responsibility for services, programs etc that are going on in the library. She makes sure people can get there job done and tries to make it easy for people to be successful. She also works with faculty and raises money for the library. A question I asked Ms. Marone was "Have you had any other interns here other than high school students and college students?" She replied " We have had people from China, India , Uganda, and many other places. They all have the same problem ... Network connections. Everybody has to build capacity, which means giving people an opportunity for leadership. Everything here is very diverse". 

Regina Marone

  

Lastly, I met with Mr. Mark Gentry. Mr. Gentry is the Clinical Support Librarian and Coordinator, Library Technology Services and Support librarian. His job is to be involved with working on information that people need and getting it to them as soon as possible. He also Advises and consults people on using clinical resources and finding clinical information. For Mr. Gentry, a successful day at work is when he has helped someone with their work. He says"You want to accomplish something. If you don't accomplish something, whether small or big, then that is not a satisfying day at work." Mr. Gentry is with three other organizations outside of work. He is with the Connecticut Association Of Health Science Libraries, North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, and The Medical Library Association.

Mark Gentry

Day 4 of My Internship

Today was my fourth day here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. Today, I got to meet with Lei Wang, the Instructional Design Librarian. Today, Mr. Wang showed me how I will be editing my Health Flick. To do so, I will be using a software called iMovie, which is a movie editing program that is available on Macintosh computers. In order to edit a movie on the software, you first have to upload the footage you want to edit to the program. After that, you create a new project. Once you have done that, you are able to add a title page, cut off segments of the footage you don't want or messed up on etc. Also in the program, when you are saving it, you can save it to be compatible to whatever device you want people to be able to view it on whether it is a iPod, iPhone, iPad, computer etc.

After practicing editing my video, I had the chance to sit down with Mr. Wang and get his insights on working here in the library. After being asked "Do you think you gain a better understanding of yourself from your career?" He replied "Yes, you never know what you are capable of doing until you give it a try. You are unaware of your full potential until you take the step to find out whether the task at hand is accomplish-able."

Mr. Lei Wang

After I met with Mr. Wang, I met with Mr. John Gallagher. He is the associate director here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. While I was there, Mr. Gallagher and I talked about his position here at the library. I asked him "How did you succeed in obtaining your career?" He responded "The opportunity unfolded its self. I opened that door and everything just fell into place. I was originally working for UPS, however I was looking to change jobs, a friend of mine told me to apply for a job here and here I am 13 years later" As the associate director, Mr. Gallagher is entitled to help you search for any information in the Medical Library's databases, instruct group sessions, and send you the medical library news each month, highlighting new resources and information about the library's programs to keep you up-to-date.

Mr. John Gallagher

Day 3 of my Internship

Today was the 3rd day of my internship at Yale Medical Library. During my time there today, I had a chance to learn how to use the video equipment that I will be using for my Health Flick.

I learned how to set up the tripod, the microphone, the receiver and I also learned about different ways I will be able to do my health flick. I will be able to cut  and edit different parts of my flick, as well as control angle. I will get editing instruction on Monday.

After Mr. Greenberg practices setting up the equipment. I was able to work on gathering information for my script. He also taught me ways to find pictures that are legally shared to use to use instead of just searching and using pictures with a copyright use restriction.  The shared images use something called Creative Commons to give sharing permission.

Day 2 of My Internship

Today was the second day of my internship at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library. Today, I was at the circulation desk learning about how to check in and check out books, which is done with a fascinating new system called Voyager. I also met Ms. Melonie Norton. She is the manager of  Access and delivery Services (circulation desk). After learning about what resources t hey provide for not only students here at Yale, but to the community, Finally, I got the chance to sit down and interview with Mr.Iljea Lee; the evening and weekend supervisor.

When asked " What would you recommend that students do on this internship and why?", he replied "Students who participate in this internship should do research, as well as get to know what resources would be available to them if they are looking to go into the medical field because it would be constructive. They should also do hands on activities so they can get the actual feel of what it is like doing these activities".

 I also got the chance to see new and exciting parts of the Medical Library that no public library has, such as volumes of journals and thesis books that are available to the public, as well as historic items that are on display for everyone to see. 

My first internship day at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

I'm Ajenae, and today was my first day at the Cushing Whitney Medical Library. I basically did orientation to my next three weeks: Learning how to blog, making interview questions and getting acquainted with people here in the Library. We went over my schedule and the activities and duties I will be responsible for during my time here at the Library. I also interviewed with Mr.Greenberg and I learned a lot as far as his occupation, what he likes to do here; and what courses in school made him want to work in a library. Mr.Greenberg and I also talked about my Health Flicks video. This is the Healthflick done by Emma on Aneurysms.

We discussed what I will be doing and different approaches I can take when doing it. Overall, my first day went phenomenal. My interview with Mr. Greenberg helped me practice the questions I created about career motivation and activity.

My Last Day of My Internship

When I got to the library today I met with Kelly Perry who gave me a demonstration on how the library scans books that are read on the computer. They use a machine with two cameras at the top that take a picture of each page of the book that get automatically downloaded to the computer. Each page can be turned either by hand or with a vacuum handle. Although the machine can work by itself it needs someone there to make sure everything is going the way it is suppose to. All of the settings for the machine are computer controlled. You can change, for example, how fast it is taking the pictures. Kelly normally has the settings on 2400 pages per hour, but when she had me try she slowed it down to 1200 pages per hour. After the pictures were taken Kelly showed me how she had to crop the picture to only show the one page of the book. Then she showed me what the finished product would look like on the internet archive.

After I was done talking to Kelly I went and worked on my healthflick video and was able to complete it.

I have enjoyed my time at the Medical Library, and I am happy that I got to meet the great people that I interviewed. I will  definitely be back to visit, and anyone who has the chance should check out the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.

Day 7 of My Internship

The first person I met with today was Denise Hersey. Denise went to the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate degree and the University of Massachusetts for a graduate degree, then went to Southern Connecticut State University for her Masters Degree in library science. Denise's first graduate degree is in American History. Denise does outreach library assistance at Yale Hospital near the operating room (OR). She brought me over to the hospital to show me what she does exactly and to meet some of the people she works with there. Some of the main people she works with are anesthesiologists, which is what I hope to become when I am older, and she helps them with their research. She gives them any material they may need when they are in between surgeries. Denise set up the location where she is directly in the hospital so that she goes to the doctors and residents instead of them having to come to her in the library. She has been working at the Medical Library since 2005. She has gained technological skills and she has learned medical terminology since she has been working here.

After meeting with Denise I traveled to Yale's main library to meet the University Librarian, Susan Gibbons.
Ms.Gibbons is in charge of all the Yale Libraries, except for the Law Library, and she keeps all of the staff working. Ms.Gibbons got her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware, her masters degrees in library science and history at Indiana University, her MBA at the University of Massachusetts, and he PhD for higher education at the University of Rochester. Before being recruited to work at Yale, Ms.Gibbons was the Dean of Libraries for 12 years at the University of Rochester. She has been working for Yale for about 19 months. Ms.Gibbons enjoys the great people that she works with and says that they go out of their way for her. She has gained change management skills and has learned to be more clear in communication. Ms.Gibbons says one of the benefits of working for Yale is that there is always a way to learn. For example, there are speakers that come from all over the place, there are plays, etc. In ten years she sees herself still at Yale, but starting to look at what is next. Before she retires she wants to take a step back in her career, in the library interacting with the library users. Ms.Gibbons sees the library in the future as broadening what they do and having more services involved in teaching. Mrs.Gibbons has two daughters, 9 and 13, whom she is very proud of. In her free time she enjoys reading, which is the only thing that takes her mind off of work. She also enjoys spending time with her family. It was a pleasure to meet with Ms.Gibbons!
      

Day 6 of My Internship

Today I started off by interviewing Jan Glover. Her job at the library is Education Services Coordinator. She organizes class and teaches about research material. Jan has been working at the Medical Library for 25 years. She went to the University of Denver, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Maine. She loves giving tours of the Cushing Center and likes to uncover studies that haven't been published yet. Jan told me that it is easier for articles with positive results to get published and faster than articles with negative results. She says the whole truth includes the negative results too. Jan loves that working at the Yale Medical Library provides her with changing assignments and new things to try. Jan is most proud of when she came up with the Personal librarian Program in 1996. This is now a program used worldwide, which we both think is pretty cool.
After interviewing Jan, I picked up the video equipment for my healthflick  video. I spent the rest of my day working on this video with Mr. Greenberg. We tried recording in different rooms of the library and tried out different ideas of my presentation. It was very interesting, and I will be working on the video for the rest of my internship!

Day 5 of My Internship

Today was day five of my internship, and i interviewed two people, Kenny Marone, and Claudia Merson.

Kenny Marone is the director of the medical library. She went to college at Albertus Magnus College where she studied history. She went to Albertus Magnus College because she read an article in the New York Times that said women who go to women colleges do better than going to a college with men. She came to work at the Yale Medical Library because it is one of the greatest libraries in the world. Kenny enjoys helping people with their questions and hiring people who make a difference. She loves the rare book collections at the library and, also loves, that her job does some good for the world. Since Kenny has been working at the Medical Library she has learned "grace under fire" and better listening skills. Kenny was an amazing person to talk to and she says she was inspired to be who she is by her grandmother, who was very kind and whom she was very close to.

After my interview with Kenny, I went across town to go interview Claudia Merson. Claudia works with the New Haven Public Schools creating programs for them. For example, she works closely with my school, Hill Regional Career High School, to create programs such as S.C.H.O.L.A.R.S. Claudia went to NYU and transferred as a junior to Georgia State and then went to Harvard. She studied English and Linguistics at Georgia State and Education at Harvard. Before coming to work at Yale she taught English in Bangladesh and other countries in Europe. She has been been working at Yale since 1995. Claudia's best memory and proudest moment of working at Yale is when she signed the partnership with Career High School. Claudia enjoys drawing, cooking, and traveling.

Day 4 of my internship at the Medical Library

Today I met with three people, Melissa Grafe, John Gallagher, and Mark Gentry.

I started out by talking with Melissa who is the Medical Library Historical Librarian. She has been working at the Medical Library since July 2001. Before I sat down to talk with her she showed me the collections of books and paintings they have collected over the years. We looked at looks from the 1200s, which was really cool! Melissa went to college for history and politics. She got her PhD at John Hopkins. She says the most exciting part of her job is finding stuff that you don't expect to see. She loves all the people she gets to meet and enjoys working with one of the best collections in the country.

Then I met with John Gallagher who is Medical Library Associate Director. he has been working here for 13 years. Mr.Gallagher went to school in Ireland, where he was born and raised. He loves all the people he gets to meet and help out. He says that he wishes that he could find a way to make everyone's job easier. Outside of the library he like to garden, read, and spend time with his family.

Lastly, I met with Mark Gentry, who is a Clinical Support Librarian and the coordinator of Medical Library Technology services andsupport. He attended classes at seven different colleges, and managed to earn degrees at three of them. Mark enjoys helping people with what they need and getting the information at they need. He also enjoys all the intelligent people he gets to assist at a place like a medical center. His teachers in college inspired him to be the person he is today. Mark likes to play the guitar, read, watch movies, and travel outside of his job.

Day 3

Today was my last day of my first week at the Yale Medical Library. When I arrived I picked with the video equipment that I will be using for my Healthflick video. Then I met Lei Wang, who is an Instructional Design Librarian. Lei briefly showed me how to use the equipment and explained more about the video. I then interviewed Lei to get to know him a little better, as he will be helping me with my video. Lei went to college in China, where it is very competitive to get in. He studied English in college because he liked language studies. Lei went on to graduate school at The University of Michigan, where I hope to go to college. He had his first job as a librarian at The University of Michigan's library. He came to Yale when he saw a job posted, and now he creates videos to educate people on resources in the library. Lei is proud of the over 100 videos he has created and can be seen worldwide. Although Lei wishes for more time to maintain the amount of productivity, he enjoys doing things  that are innovative and enjoys that his job always bring new challenges. Lei loves that there is always something going on in New Haven, like concerts and plays. He says Yale is just the right size. Lei is inspired by every single person he meets and says that everyone has taught him something.

Second day

Today was my second day at the Medical Library. Today was very exciting as it started off with an interview of Ms. Melanie Norton, who supervises the Access and Delivery Services department. Mrs.Norton was the first in her family to go to college.She received her undergraduate degree from Alfred University and then her graduate degree from the University of Kentucky. Mrs.Norton started off as a reference librarian at the Rochester Institute of Technology and then moved to North Carolina where she worked at North Carolina State University as the Head of Interlibrary Loan, which is borrowing books from other libraries. Later she started working at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Library, where she was Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery. After ten years of being in North Carolina she saw a job opening at Yale and applied, thinking it was never the less a long shot.  Her instinct proved correct!
Mrs.Norton has now been working at the Yale Medical Library for two years, supervising the circulation desk and inter-library loan operation. She looks forward to seeing all of her co-workers everyday. Her proudest moment occurs when different library departments work  together when help is needed. Ms.Norton says everyone inspires you at different point in her life, but her most current inspiration is her boss, Associate Director John Gallagher. After getting to know her a little better, she showed me around the library a little more. I met some more very nice and interesting people. She showed me her most recent project, where they are trying to relocate all of the books in the basement into storage, so that students will have additional study areas. Mrs.Norton enjoys everyone she works with and is so thankful for everyone in her life.

After spending some time with Mrs.Norton I sat in a meeting with Mr.Greenberg and staff from the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. At the meeting I saw how different departments worked together. The goal of their meeting was to make sure that published articles based on clinical research support from Yale also credited their support from Yale. It was very interesting to learn about tracking emerging literature and see how online tools improve productivity.

First Day

Today was my first day at the Yale Medical Library. It began with a tour of the library and an outline of what I will be doing for the next couple of weeks. Mr. Greenberg, Research Services Librarian, showed me around the library and introduced me to people I will soon get to know better. One of the most interesting rooms was Harvey Cushing's room downstairs. The Medical Library is named after Dr. Cushing, so it was interesting to see his work. While walking through the library Mr.Greenberg pointed out how many of their books and journals are now online instead of on the shelf.

Once we finished the tour, I sat down for an interview with Mr. Greenberg. He went to a the State University of New York at Albany.  He lived in New York and enjoyed the campus when he visited it. He studied liberal arts there focusing on English and History. Mr. Greenberg now works at the Yale Medical Library as the Research Services Librarian. He has been a librarian for more than 30 years. He worked at Colombia University for 13 years before he saw an advertisement for a position at Yale. He has been working at Yale for the past 14 years. Mr. Greenberg says he enjoys teaching classes to doctors or students and helping doctors one-on-one. He, also appreciates that he gets to meet new people and "become the face of the library". Mr.Greenberg's occupation has led him all over the world including Cape Town, South Africa, Peru, and Hong Kong. He is most proud of teaching library science  for 10 years. He is also very proud of his blog that he enjoys writing outside of his job. Mr. Greenberg also enjoys swimming and cooking in his spare time. Lastly, although he may have not lived up to his childhood dream job of being a guitar player or a writer, but he aspires to one day be a Library Director.