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.