C.H.I.L.I. Interns at Yale

Second Day: Part One- Interview with Mr. Gallagher

2012-02-05T14:03:00.000-08:00

Today I interviewed Mr. Gallagher. He is the Associate Director here at the Yale Medical Library. Mr. Gallagher briefly gave me a description of what his job is about. Mr. Gallagher has been working here for 12 years.

Mr. Gallagher at first didn't know what he wanted to do in future. He had many jobs in the past some of which includes, working for UPS, worked at evening circulation for a public library , Construction worker, FedEx, Head of circulation here and now he is the associate director. Now Mr. Gallagher is in the position that he wanted to be. Some of the things he does around the library includes represent the library on curriculum matters, works with other committees, manages staff, and he is also a research librarian . He is a Personal librarian to the Medical Students here at Yale University.
According to Mr. Gallagher, for a person to become a Medical librarian, a person should have a Master of Library Science (MLS).

It was my Pleasure meeting Mr. Gallagher .

Tour of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library - Yale University

2012-01-31T17:53:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of my CHILI Intern. My first day as an intern went really well. Mr. Greenberg gave me a tour of the Medical Library. There were lots of interesting things which I did not know about. For instance, I didn't know the history of Harvey Cushing/ John Hay Whitney Medical library. It was very fascinating. the library dates back to 1941 and is very unique in its own ways. It had served the public and the Yale medical students throughout its years. One of the things that fascinating things I saw was the medical tool display located in the medical objects collection of the Library. It was very interesting for me to see the surgical tools that date back to Roman Empire. It was really interesting for me to be able to see the tools that they used to used conduct any kind of medical process. Another thing that was interesting was the special reference books present in the library on consumer health, end of life, medical teaching. The tour of the library demonstrated how technology is taking over the libraries but there is still a place for books.
Later, I interviewed Mr. Greenberg. I learned the importance of a Medical Library and librarianship is general. Mr. Greenberg originally wanted to work in either the library science or education field. Graduated a semester early, he applied first to library science graduate school and was offered a graduate assistance scholarship covering all costs. He took the first job he was offered, which was at a Public library. later, he became a Medical Librarian.
Mr. Greenberg has created two special projects with students (C.H.I.L.I. internship and Healthflicks). Mr. Greenberg is very passionate in his work.

Harvey Cushing

2012-01-30T12:44:00.001-08:00

After graduating from Yale, Dr. Cushing received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1895 and taught at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School before accepting appointment as Mosely Professor of Surgery at Harvard in 1912.

Day Seven!

2011-07-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

Today I did a series of interviews with Mr. Hongbin Liu, who works as the webmaster for the Medical library, Daniel and his staff that work together as the Collection Development and Management team. Hongbin manages the website for the Medical library and helps make it convenient for those who don't physically come to the library. He always liked computers and enjoys managing the website. He recommended if you want to be a webmaster like he is, you should be funny, enjoy learning, and you shouldn't take yourselves too seriously. I then met with Daniel, Chris, Bill and Caitlin. They all work together to purchase, subscribe, and lease online books and journals. These materials are available for the Medical students and faculty to use to their advantage. Chris catalogs books for the library's use. Caitlin, Bill and Daniel find and purchase online journals and books they think will be beneficial for the library to have. Caitlin and Bill said the most difficult part of their job is trying to budget the fund given to them by the University just right; not over spending, and not under spending. Daniel says the most difficult part of his job was being a good manager. The e-collection's staff main focus is to manage the shift from a print based library to an online based library....not entirely online though :)

Today I made lots of progress! I finished my Healthflicks video! Enjoy! :)

http://www.youtube.com/healthflicks#p/a/u/0/Sut0Uz-cfZM

Day Five & Six

2011-07-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

Day Five: HealthFlicks

Today was dedicated to the development of my Healthflicks video. I can't wait til it's finished and shared on the web!

Day Six: Interview with Mrs. Diane Turner

Today I took the shuttle bus across the Yale campus to the main library. There, I met Mrs. Diane Turner. She's had a very colorful personality and I enjoyed talking with her. She told me about her job at Library Human Resources and how she hires librarians and decides the salaries of the many people the library employs. She has the responsibility of helping build a team of almost 600 employees and listening to them, so she knows how she could improve the team. Before coming to Yale, she worked in admissions at a University in New York and helped determine students financial aid. She says her job here is important because she recruits, develops, and retains the very best staff possible. She also likes being part of a senior admissions team and being able to attract great talent.
For the second half of the day, I put my ideas for my HealthFlicks video into reality. I learned how to use iMovie and created from scratch what will be my video on Sickle Cell anemia.

Day Four: Part Two

2011-07-14T08:41:00.000-07:00

Interview with Mrs. Melissa Grafe

I interviewed Mrs. Melissa Grafe today, and she seemed to be one of the more personable people I've met here during my internship this week. Mrs. Grafe works here as the Medical Historical Librarian. She has the daily difficult task of managing the entire historical collection of books, medical instruments, and other library staff. She's a lifelong fan of history and has worked in museums in the past. She was attracted to Yale Medical Library because of its rich history and immense collection of books that support the history of medicine; new and old. While she has been employed by Yale for only a brief period of time, she seemed to have already made a large impact with other members of the staff. A typical day for her consists of many meetings, lots of questions, and today, she's holding a class for the public, showing some library treasures. As I spoke to Mrs. Grafe, she seemed very knowledgable, willing to help, and friendly. She's working on a project in partnership with other medical libraries called the Medical Heritage Library, a collaboration of medical libraries at prestigous universities such as Columbia, Yale, and Harvard, putting their collection of medical books online to give more people access to them.
After the interview, she showed me the collection of old books stored in the basement of the library, preserved books that date back to 1500s and earlier.

Day Four: Part One

2011-07-14T07:10:00.000-07:00

Interview with Mrs. Lynn Sette

This morning I interviewed Mrs. Lynn Sette. She's the marketing face of the library. Due to the dropping numbers of students that actually visit the library, they had to find a way to make the library more appealing to students. She was inspired from her mentor who worked here for many years in what is now called the Collection Development department. She held her first job in education as a Special Education teacher and soon discovered her passion for librarianship. She says the most difficult thing about her job is the continuously changing technology, and one of the most important things about her job are that she provides practicing pediatricians and dermatologists with the proper research techniques and databases to find anything they are looking for quickly and efficiently. A few personality traits she recommends if you want to peruse the same career are that you have to be a "go-getter", have patience, and good listening skills. A few things that keep her at peace, here at the Medical library, are her co-workers and a good boss.

Day Three: Part Two

2011-07-13T09:31:00.000-07:00

Interview with Mrs. Janene Batten

For the second half of the day I interviewed Mrs. Janene Batten. She works closely with the nursing students and practicing nurses as their librarian; their contact person when they need to research on a topic related to their practice. Librarianship is her second career. She previously worked as a teacher and then a librarian in a children school. During the interview she expressed the benefits of autonomy and flexibility keep her work enjoyable.

Day Three: Part One

2011-07-13T08:33:00.000-07:00

Interview with Mr. Lei Wang

Mr. Lei Wang designs online educational modules for easier access for users. His personality and his need for organization were his main attractions to his field of work. Being a librarian was not always his first choice; he taught, wanted to be an I.T. Professional, and enjoyed research. He says the most difficult part about his job is the continuously changing technology and inability to keep up with the newest things. Has recently received a national award this past May and considers that his most memorable professional experience. Special projects that he is currently working on includes a partnership with Medical School professors in making educational videos for teaching purposes.

Day Two

2011-07-12T09:12:00.000-07:00

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.

Day One

2011-07-11T09:35:00.000-07:00

Tour of the Yale Medical Library and Interview with Mr. Charles Greenberg

My first day as a C.H.I.L.I intern went well. Mr. Charles Greenberg lead me on a rather detailed tour of the Yale Medical Library. The history of the library dates back to 1941 and has been at the service of countless medical students throughout the years. There was one thing that interest me most: The archives of the library.
During the tour, Mr. Greenberg pointed out a few surgical tools on display that dated back to ancient Roman times of the 2nd century and some that were used during the Revolutionary War. Immediately, this caught my attention. It was interesting for me to be able to see the progression of surgical tools throughout the many years. Some tools were heated and applied to open wounds, and doctors used this method to stop bleeding and reduce bacteria to prepare a body for recovery. It amazes me how over time so much in medicine can change.
During my interview with Mr. Greenberg, I learned a lot about the importance of a medical library, and librarianship in general. Mr. Greenberg originally wanted to work in education but towards the end of his undergraduate studies he descided he wanted to work as a libarian. When applying to graduate school, he was offered a full ride, and took the first job offering he was given at a public library. He enjoys his job here at Yale Medical Library very much and stated the management and flexibility of his job makes him perfer Yale over other University Libraries. He has created two special projects with students (C.H.I.L.I. and Healthflicks) and this will contiune his legacy. Mr. Greenberg is very passionate in his work.

Also, I had a brief interview with Mrs. Velma Williams of the Document Department. In the document deartment she aids other libraries with books and articles they may need via web. She has sent books and articles from the Yale Medical Library to all 50 states, and several other countries including Hong Kong, South Africa and a wide variety of other places.

My Last Day at the Medical Library

2011-04-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

For my last day, I had an interview with Hongbin whose position is the Webmaster of the Medical Library. He has been here for almost 5 years. He is responsible for managing the website, and updating it. Also, he attended college at China, then he attended college in the U.S for his graduate studies. After that interview, I blogged about my experience here which I am doing right now. In concluding, I just want to thank all the staff members for taking their time to meet with me and answer questions. It was pleasure meeting everyone. I learned so much from this opportunity. Before, I used to think the library as a place where you get books, but my perspective changed. The medical library staff does many significant things; they make access to books, articles, and journals easier for people, inform people how to look up information effectively, and provide a place to study and check out books. They even reach out to medical students and doctors to help provide research for them. I would especially like to thank Charlie for letting me to do this internship. It was definitely an amazing experience of being a Chili intern. Lastly, I would recommend high school sopomores, juniors, or seniors to apply for this internship.

A day learning about the collection development and management with Daniel & Co.

2011-04-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

For the most part of my day, I got to meet the staff who is charge of the collection development and management. The manager whose name is Daniel. Currently, he has two jobs; he does the same position, but he does it for the Medical Library and University. He has been here for about 10 years. The way he interprets his profession is similar to a puzzle; It's always constantly changing, therefore gaining more responsibilities. The main task he does is organize these profits to decide how these profits are to be spent on certain books and resources. He started at D.C, where he got to work in the library congress. Then, he ended up getting a profession here. The interesting thing I learned today was that last month he got to travel to Guyana, South Africa where he taught a class. He described that experience as exciting and significant.Then after my interview with Daniel, I got to meet with Holly. She is currently on a fellowship. So, she gets to work on projects, and learn and be involved with the collection development and management. Also, she also working for the Cushing Center by working with other colleagues to come up with a database from all the research and medical writings of Harvey Cushing. After, I met with Diana. She introduced me to GoogleScholar. It's really efficient. Basically, if you looked up something on Google, and on the side if it says Yale has access to it, you can just click on it and the whole article shows up. So, it's very useful and practical for research. The end of my day, I got to meet with Melissa. She is in charge of ordering books, and organizing information. In fact, she has undergraduate degree in agriculture which I thought was really cool. As you can see, everyone I got to interview today enjoyed their profession, and they all taught me all sorts of new stuff. I enjoyed my afternoon there.

Interview with Kelly and Sarah

2011-04-12T13:15:00.000-07:00

For today, I got to go down to the scanning room. As you can see above, it's a high tech scanning machine in which they used. It was pretty interesting to see old books. They would scan pages of each book. then they would edit the photo, and lastly, they would convert it to PDF format to have people all over access to that file. It makes the access to these old scanned copies of the books much easier for people. I actually got the chance to use the scanning machine which was exciting. I tried both automatic and manual mode. As you can see, I learned how to use a scanning machine, and it was really nice to meet Kelly and Kristen.

The second part of my afternoon. I got to interview the Preservation Librarian, Sarah McGlynn. She told me a quick explanation of the Historical Library. Then, she showed me the place where they kept old books in security. They arranged by time period. So, it was really nice to get the chance to see actual books from 11-19th century. She mention how some older books used plates to make the text stand out, and they also used animal skin as the cover. You can really see how things change in terms of resources and its usages. Not only did they have ancient books, but also ancient paintings. If you're wondering about his position, she preserves the physical aspects of the books thus adequate lighting and temperature is essential. Overall, I enjoyed meeting Sarah, and she is very motivated and passionate about her profession. She definitely has a great curiosity towards the way people before decipher mental conditions through drawings and other various ways. You can learned a lot of interesting facts about the library and the books from her especially in a historical perspective.

Meeting with Judy and Kenny.

2011-04-11T12:23:00.000-07:00

Around 3:00 p.m, I got to interview, Judy Spak, who is a part of the Curriculum and Research Support. She definitely enjoys her profession mainly because she's able to help people find information, solve problems, and teach patrons how to access and use electronic sources. She has been in this profession for 15 years. Also, she is motivated to stay in her current profession because she is challenged and her coworkers are friendly. The neat thing I learned today from her was that her section administers the Black Board which is mainly training.

The other half of the afternoon, I meet with the Library Director, Kenny Marone who has been working here for 30 years now. She mentions how her profession is constantly changing in terms of technological changes. For a background, she tells me how she is was always interested in history; in fact that was her initial major in college. She thinks her profession is fascinating because she gets to learn how to work with databases and electronic devices. The interesting thing I learned from her was that the medical library had their own website and last year, it got 9.2 million hits. My favorite part of the interview besides getting the chance to met her was gaining some information about "Anthropology." At first, I didn't know what it meant so I asked, and she told me "It was the study of humans." A cool fact I learned from her: Chimpanzees are known to have 99.4% correlation with human genes. This made me think about evolution and natural selection. So it was nice to be able to learn about new things, and to interview Judy and Kenny. There's a website you can go to find out more information about Anthropology which is http://anthropology.net/.

Attending the History of Health Sciences Lecture

2011-04-06T14:20:00.000-07:00

I attended this History of Health Sciences Lecture at 4.00 p.m. The presenter on the left was giving out a speech about Shen Kuo. He is known as a polymathic Chinese scientist. He has contributed tremendous amounts of remarkable works in many fields such as Mathematics, Astronomy, Archaeology, Meteorology, Climatology, and etc. I thought the speech was very informative and elegant. I admit this is my first time encountering the name, Shen Kuo, and I'm glad I had the chance to learn about him. So I suggest anyone who hasn't heard of Shen Kuo, you should definitely research about him; he deserves great recognition from people. My day at the lecture was great.

Finalizing the Concussion Video with Jeffrey

2011-04-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

Link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3CALzuZOIk

For today, I was supposed to have a meeting with Mark Gentry, but he wasn't available today. So, then i had to work on my concussion video. I learned about this new program called Garage Band. It was pretty cool. I got to hear all types of sounds and transfer them to parts of the video. For example, you get choose from piano, guitar, bass, or percussion sounds. I used a mix guitar and electrical sound in the beginning. Then, Jeffrey helped me with transferring the sound files to the video, and he added the credits. Final, the concussion was finalized, and uploaded on youtube as a HealthFlixs video. After the video was done, I researched about blood and the importance of donating blood. I wrote a mini story dealing with blood. The basic gist of my story is that there's a student named Bill who passes by American Red Cross Drive, and he learns about the urgent need of blood and how "Someone needs blood for every 2 seconds."Then, from that day, he was informed and passed the news to his friends. At the end, they gather together to encourage more people in the community to donate blood by making posters and signs. So today was just a research and video-editing day for me, and I had fun.

Interview with Lei & Editing of the Concussion Video

2011-04-04T14:31:00.000-07:00

Today, I got to interview Lei who is charge of the Curriculum and Research Support. He's been working here for about 6 years. The best thing he likes about his profession is that he gets to help doctors find articles and information more efficiently. Also, he mention a change in his work. What i mean by that is that he notice how before technology was not as advanced thus it was more time-consuming to finish the work. Since, technology has been progressing, he and others workers were able to access to advanced tools which saves a lot of time and is easier. After that interview, I worked with Jeffrey on the concussion video. I learned about a new program called Final Cut Express. It was really easy to manage. I learned how to cut out scenes from each shot, and add recordings. We finished most of the editing of the video; we just have to add some effects to the video then we're done. As you can see, I got to meet with Lei who is passionate about his profession, and I learned how to edit a video using Finish Cut Express. Overall this day was great.

Meeting with Rick & First shooting of the concussion video

2011-03-30T14:38:00.000-07:00

For today, I had a meeting with Rick, who is charge of Access and Delivery Services in the evening. He's been working at the Yale Library for about 20 years, and for the most part he enjoys it. He is also does customer service. Also, he mentioned the team atmosphere here; everyone is always supporting and interacting with each other. Then, I got to meet some of the staff at the circulation desk. I even got to be a shadow for the people in charge of finding articles and delivering them to library library users or external customers. It was pretty informative and neat because Velma showed me how they deliver these articles using different software programs. After that, I got to work with Jeffrey again on the concussion video. The place where we decided to shoot at was at the Harvey Cushing Center where the brain tumors are displayed. I managed to get through the whole process of rehearsing. The video idea became movie making, because you have do many takes and memorize your script in order to perfect the video. In addition, Charlie showed me a cool website called: http://burn-studios.audiotool.com/. This website allows to make your own electronic sounds or music files. It gave me idea to maybe use that in the concussion video. In concluding, this day was fun becauseI again got to try something new.

Meeting with Jeffrey Star on developing a health flixs video

2011-03-29T14:33:00.000-07:00

My second day as a Chili intern; I got to meet with Jeffrey Star who is helping me develop a Healthflicks video. At first, I had to brainstorm and come with an idea for the video. Since I had the chance to visit Harvey Cushing's collection of brain tumors, I thought that would be a good place to use for a video background, and then we came up with an idea to use concussion as the topic of the video. I think that concussion is a great topic for the video because it's common for youth. By making this video, students would be able to get an idea what to do and why is it important to prevent this from happening. Then I had to do preparation for the video. So I did research and compiled a finalized script. Most likely the making of the video takes place tomorrow. Overall this day was great and innovative because I got to try something new.

First Day at the Medical Library & Cushing Center

2011-03-28T18:47:00.000-07:00

My first day at Cushing Center was exciting. I got to meet Charles Greenberg who is the coordinator of curriculum and research support. First I received a basic overview of the chili internship. Then, I got to meet the library staff, and I received a tour of the library which was very informative and interesting. I got to see how books were organized for efficiency. My favorite part of the tour was visiting Harvey Cushing's collection of brain tumors; it was interesting to see actual brain tumors from his patients and to read about these brain tumors. After the overall tour, I had to come up with interview questions. I even had the chance to interview Mr. Greenberg. From my interview with him, I can conclude that Mr. Greenberg is passionate about his career, and he enjoys teaching. Also, he favors a collaborated teamwork because more things can be accomplished. The people he works with is what makes his work more worthwhile as well as the students he teaches. As you can see, my first day couldn't have been any better, I gain a lot of knowledge about the library as well as the staff that worked there.

LAST DAY!!!!!!

2011-02-24T13:10:00.000-08:00

Today is my last day at the CHILI Yale Internship. I just would like to thank everyone who took some time off during their busy day to chat with me. This has been a really great experience. Before starting this internship, librarians were just people, boring people, who find books for you, but now I know that librarians are the ones that connect the information to the world. As for medical librarians, they are the ones who connect doctors to the information they need to cure patients. I had a wonderful experience, a special thanks to Mr. Charles Greenberg for this wonderful opportunity.

Sarah Burge

2011-02-24T12:39:00.000-08:00

Today I had the opportunity to meet with Sarah Burge. As an undergrad she majored in Art and Art history. As a graduate student Sarah studied library science and focused on book and paper preservation. She has been working at the Yale Medical Library for five years. She is working on a project called "Locked Stacks", which is to preservative the rare books of the library. These historical books are very different from today's books, so they need special care. The library has about 120,000 rare bound books. Most of these books have been donated to the library. I really enjoy the interview with Sarah today.

Sarah looking at an ancient 3D glasses

Diane Turner

2011-02-18T04:40:00.000-08:00

Today I had the opportunity to meet with Diane Turner. She is the head of the human resources for the Yale Library. She has been working at Yale for 32 years. Most of her job involves hiring people and providing counseling to the ones that are getting laid off. She is also responsible for staff training and human relations. She loves to learn and interact with people. The difference between the Medical library and the other libraries is the fact that they deal with life and death situations. The characteristics needed for her job are: respect, communication skill, and sound judgment. I really enjoy my time with Diane. She is a wonderful person.

Day with Denise

2011-02-16T14:07:00.000-08:00

Today I interviewed Denise. She started out getting a masters degree in American History. Because of her lack of interest in teaching, she earned her library degree and started working at Smith college as a librarian for 3 years. She worked at Connecticut College managing a small department for 1 year. Currently she has a job share position, half time. Now she had been working at Yale Medical library for 5 1/2 years. Denise works as a liaison program coordinator. One of the things she does is write monthly Liaison email messages for the other liaison staff to send to the department they are working with. Denise works with the Cancer Center, the Anesthesiology Department, and Comparative Medicine. One thing she loves about her job is the flexibility and the environment. One of the things that she had learned while working here is that it ok to admit when you do not know something. The characteristics needed for her job are: Self confidence and the art of persuasion.
Today I learned that working with people who like you and that you like can really make your job easier.

15-feb-2011

2011-02-15T13:35:00.000-08:00

Today I had a demonstration of how the book scanning works. Kelly and Kristen are working on the Medical Heritage Library project, collaborating with other libraries to get rare old books onto the internet so anyone can use them. One reason that this is a great idea is because it helps students and researchers all over the world. They can also use it when they need to. The book scanner has three cameras ( see the Youtube video below). The special thing about the book scanner is automatic but you need someone to make sure the machine is doing all the pages one by one. In a normal day if all the electronics are working properly the staff can probably do 1800 to 2100 pages an hour depending on the condition of the book. If the book is old and not in good condition, it may take longer.

Matt is the Medical librarian for the School of Public Health and also the director of technology . As a librarian he makes information available to Public Health students and teaches them how to acquire, organize and apply information to health problems. He deals with the administrative aspect of Academic Technology. Throughout the years he had spent working at Yale, Matt has learned a little bit of everything. He believe that librarians are the bridge that connect patients to health providers.

Meeting with Janene Batten

2011-02-14T12:45:00.000-08:00

Today I Interviewed Janene Batten, she went to Southern Connecticut State University. After earning her degree she worked for 3 years at a hospital library. When I asked her how the hospital library was different, she told me it was not that different but the hospital library was inside of a hospital. She later started working at Yale Medical library. She is the Nursing Librarian for the School of Nursing and currently supervising the Medical Historical Library. As a nursing librarian she works with students, teaching them how to find information and she also worked closely with nursing faculty on the Curriculum Committee.
Since November, as the acting Historical Medical librarian, Janene finds information, answers question and works in the administration. She enjoys learning about Harvey Cushing , the father of neurosurgery.

Today I learned that they are many careers within one career. I also learned that sometimes knowing history can help you to understand the modern world.

An old book from the Historical Medical Library.

Afternoon with Jan and Lei

2011-02-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

Jan Glover work at the Medical Center in Portland, Maine for 11 years. Then came to work at Yale. She been working there for 23 years. She is the only person so far that I interviewed who decided in high school that she wanted to become a librarian. She went to University of Rhode Island to get her MLS. Jan is a typical public services librarian: her job is to educate new students and staff about the resources of the library. She also works on systematic reviews, when a group of scientists evaluate the accuracy of many research results. Jan really like her job because it teaches her a lot about medicine. One of the things she is doing now is creating a tour for the Cushing Center, and she is surprises about of how much she is learning about brains.

Moments later I chatted with Lei Wang. One of the things I like about Lei was how passionate he is about his job. He is a instructional design librarian. He translates tasks such as accessing library information online into short movies, making them available to everyone. He is also a library liaison for neuroscience and making sure they receive the information they need. One of the coolest things about Lei's father is that he has a library at home in China with more than 10 thousand books, including his own online catalog, to make it easier for him to find books. To be a Instructional design librarian you need to have curiosity, to have the courage to try new things, and have good customer services skills.

Afternoon with Regina and Lynn

2011-02-10T13:19:00.000-08:00

Today I interviewed the Yale Medical Library director Mrs. Regina K. Marone. She had been working at Yale for 32 years. After high school she worked for a phone company for 5 years. Then she went to SCSU, where she majored in Library Science. As a library director she gives advice,writes reports, and works with the Yale donors. To work as a medical director you need to have a good sense of curiosity, have good communication skills and also like to work with people.

Later that afternoon I also interviewed Lynn Sette, a reference librarian. Lynn teaches classes and does marketing and liaison activities. She teaches classes to staff and students to make sure they are aware of the library resources. For marketing she organizes events, makes brochures, sends email and online invitations to the students for the events that are being held at the library. In her liaison responsibility she works with two departments: Dermatology and Pediatrics. She sents them information about new library offferings, such as new journals, books and articles that are publish in their fields.

Today I learned that creativity is sometimes required in a profession. Also, always try to make a difference in the world whenever it is possible. Lastly I learned that as a woman make sure you can take care of yourself so you do not have to depend on a man. Becoming a professional with a career can help with that.

Afternoon with John Gallagher

2011-02-09T17:09:00.000-08:00

I spent the afternoon with John.He is the deputy director for the Medical library. He said when he started working as an evening supervisor for the library, he only worked with books. Now he works with books and electronic library resources.

The Yale Medical library has about 9,000 journals and millions of articles on library user computers. To find these articles or journals, an electronic index like Pubmed and Scopus is being used. If the library does not have an article or journal, an Interlibrary loan staff would help find it.

Vermetha, one of the Interlibrary loan staff, would use a national catalog of library holdings like docline and OCLC to find it. This is very similar to any kind of library. If someone is looking for a book at a local library and does not find it, the librarian will look at other libraries to find the book that the person is looking for and borrow it. Vermetha stated that when she started working at Yale 14 years ago, she sent all the requested articles via mail; today she sends them through Email. This demonstrates that technology spreads information quicker and faster.

Today I learned that a library is supposed to be a quiet and inspiring place.I also learned that medical librarians have a role in patient care and research. The big problem regarding medical librarianship is lack of recognition for important tasks that are often invisible.

Curriculum Support

2011-02-07T13:39:00.000-08:00

Today I interviewed Judy, a curriculum support librarian that has been working at the Yale Medical library for 15 years. Judy trains faculty, runs the medical learning management system, and serves as the program liaison. Judy helps medical school students access a computer based tutorial program information to help them study for a major test they have to take their second year of medical school. She thinks that librarians play a big role in the field of medicine because they are information specialists, who understand how to search for information. Judy also believes they are great partners with doctors, providing accurate information to help them treat their patients. Judy thinks that curiosity and patience are needed for her job; she says, one has to be able to solve problems and ask questions. Dealing and interacting with people is a big part of her job.
Today I learned that Life is a roller coaster. You might choose to do something and later have to change because of a life situation. For example Judy majored in English, then ten years later she went back to school because the job she had was being eliminated.

Clinical And Mobile Technology Support

2011-02-04T19:13:00.000-08:00

Today I had a chance to meet with the Clinical and Mobile Technology Support librarian Mr. Mark Gentry. He had been working as a medical librarian for 23 years. His job is to get the clinical practice information out to the doctors and other health professionals. He uses technology such as computers, iPhones and iPads to transmit the Information. Mr Gentry teaches health professionals how to use the mobile device in their fields. He thinks that his job is important because he is one of the people who works to make sure the doctors get information faster, making jobs easier.

Today I learned that technology is making a great impact in the medical world. For example, last time I went to the hospital my doctor did not give me a prescription, she just asked what pharmacy I wanted to go to and sent the prescription to them. Technology is helping the medical field send information faster.

CDM

2011-02-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

Today I had a chat with some of the Collection Development and Management staff. They are the ones responsible for ordering books for the library, managing journals and newspapers. This job allows one to work online which makes it more flexible. Due to technological advancement one does not have to work in a specific office. A degree in Library Science is required in order to work in the field of the library. One has to have a passion for fixing problems and organizing information. Constant new learning skills are needed in the field because things are always changing.
Believe it or not, library staff who collect information and organize it make it easier for doctors, nurses, medical students and other health professional to get information they need.

1st day!!!!!!

2011-01-31T13:13:00.000-08:00

Today: Today was my 1st day at the Yale Medical Library CHILI Internship. I had the opportunity to meet the staff and librarians during a special tour of the building with Mr. Greenberg ( pictured at left with the Healthflicks video coordinator Michelle Lewis ). I saw many art works, and exhibits of many ancient objects that were donated to Yale library. My favorite was the Cushing Center, where I got to see brains of people who died from cancerous tumors. Some of them are 75 years old. What amazed me the most is how well these brains are persevered.
What I learned: This is my 1st internship.Today I learned that i am growing up fast, and that life comes with many responsibilities. I also learned that life is precious and we have to try to live everyday to the fullest.

One of Dr. Cushing's patients.

Last day with Sarah

2010-07-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

Today is my last day of internship, in past days I have really enjoyed meeting new people and getting to know about their back grounds and their professions. All the medical library staff was friendly. I saw some historical books and Persian manuscripts. But today when I met with Sarah , she showed me some really amazing things. I saw books that were written in 1400's, and I was thinking that book is written before Columbus discovered America. Sarah who is preservation librarian take care of over 30,000 books. That means she have huge responsibility. She also take cares of Cushing Center's environment. she also organize tours. The most interesting thing that she likes about her job is that she is doing most different thing in the library and creating a difference.

Mark Gentry

2010-07-23T06:24:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, the first person I met was mark. He is a clinical support librarian. A few things about him, he graduated in Anthropology and went to China to teach English. Then he got interested in other profession, after a lot of research he came across the Librarianship. It was interesting for him because he always wanted interaction with people and students, basically his work involves to teach students, helping them to use the resources available for them. His favorite thing about his job is that he can help people and can make a difference. He even went to Uganda to teach librarians there to make them aware of the resources that were available for them. I really enjoyed my time with him.

Janene Batten

2010-07-22T08:49:00.000-07:00

I met Janene today, who is the Reference Librarian for the Yale school of nursing. She spends time at both the school and the medical library. she had a undergraduate degree in education. She worked in school library as well. She's worked in the medical library for 7 years as a Nursing School librarian and her main charge there is to help nurses, faculty, clinicians, with any information needs. She works with about 300 students and 600 faculty members. There isn't any typical workday for her. everyday she do new things which she really likes. According to her, a good thing about working in the library is that there are lot of opportunities for you. Her memorable experience is when she got an staff award at graduation ceremony.

Diane Turner

2010-07-22T08:29:00.000-07:00

My favorite thing of the day was the meeting with Diane. She is the head of human resources for the Yale library. She majored in history and specialized in counseling. She have done many jobs but her jobs mostly involved working with students in college. Basically her work involves to hiring people and counseling library staff if they are laid off. I asked her what she most like about her job, and she said the smile she get to see after she offers someone a job is very rewarding for her. The interesting thing about her is that she been to many international countries, including South Africa, Seira Leone and Uganda. She has a really interesting personality. I really enjoyed my time with her.

Lynn Sette

2010-07-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, I met Lynn, who is a Reference librarian. Lynn got her masters in library science in 1985. As a reference librarian, Lynn teaches classes and provides consultations. Lynn also chairs a Marketing & Promotion committee to ensure that faculty, staff and students of the Medical Center are aware of the resources and services offered by the Library. In her work day, she attends meetings , setup classes for residents, answer questions. She have also worked on project for school nurses. Her goal was to provide resources for theirs research. What she likes most about her job is that she gets to try new things, and she can do things the way that she want to.

Webmaster Hongbin

2010-07-22T08:02:00.000-07:00

The last person I met on Tuesday was Hongbin. I was very excited to meet him, because the title "Webmaster" fascinates me. I learned a little bit about him, for example, he was a journalist in Beijing. He actually majored in journalism. Then he studied information science and worked in New Orleans. But after Hurricane Katrina , he came here. Basically, his job is to create websites and maintain them. He also has to track statistics of websites, how many people view the links. He also substitute popular links for less use links on certain pages. He also runs focus group studies to ask students and faculty about their likes and dislikes on the library websites. It was a very interesting meeting with Hongbin. The most adventure of this meeting was that I got to know more about China. I am really interested to visit China.

Meeting with Liaison Librarian

2010-07-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

I met with Denise who is Liaison to the anesthesiology and cancer center. She connects with the faculty, promotes and markets the use of resources and new resources. She makes people know what tools they have to use, and by creating an online site she lets people use easier ways to locate the resources. The most challenging thing about her job is finding new ways to help other Liaisons within limited time. She also works with Holly who is a Liaison to the OBGYN department. They both work to find new resources for their departments. She downloads resources, searches through data like tools to store resources, and visit operating rooms to speak with surgeons. Her memorable experiences include having worked with surgeons in the ER, attending a anesthesiologist meeting, and telecommuting. Recently she has been to Japan, where she continued to communicate through Skype. Well its really amazing to know how technology have progressed.

A interesting meeting with Regina Marone

2010-07-21T07:17:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, the first person I met was Regina, who is the Medical Library director and deals with Library public relations. It was a really interesting meeting. First she started off with asking about me and my aims. Then she told me a little about her background. She was a history major, and she like to read about American Civil War. In school, her favorite subject was history. She graduated from high school and went to work with a phone company. She got her masters from Southern Connecticut State University. Important things about her in her job is being a good listener and recognizing people. She likes to see her staff happy and feel a satisfaction in what they do. Kenny mentioned to me that liking to work with people, listening to others, being a team player, having good communication skills including having good technical skills are important traits that one needs in her job. At one point she said to me she likes to take chances in trying new things because it might be helpful to others, and if it don't work out well it doesn't matter because it is not like opening people's brain. First I thought it was funny, but it did made sense, and I also think its not bad to try new things and keeping your options open. I had a memorable meeting with Regina Marone.

Jane and Judy

2010-07-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

On Monday I met Jan and Judy. Jan received her masters in library sciences from Rhode Island University, and has been in the career for 35 years.
Jan has been a librarian for 22 years. She also had work in hospital library for 11 years. Basically her work involve to make sure classes are organized and provide instructor. she also organize classes for PA and medical students.
I also met with Judy who is a Curriculum Support Librarian in the medical library. She is Liaison to the Basic Science Department of the school of medicine. Sometimes she works at the information desk. Also she attends meetings, respond to technical problems, and is working on organizing orientations and schedule for the new medical students. She has been here for 17 years. Before she worked in architect office. Her favorite part of the job is that she get to help people.

Kelly And the Scanner

2010-07-20T06:51:00.001-07:00

Kelly was the second person after Toby that I met, and it was really interesting meeting. First she told me about herself, that she did liberal studies but later she realized that was not for her. Then she introduced me to the book scanner. To be honest that was the first time I saw that machine, and i was really surprised by how it works. Kelly showed me how she scan books. I must appreciate how hard her tasks are and how much energy she puts in. Sometimes she has to stand on the top pf the book scan machine and turn pages and look for any mistakes that a machine might cause. Well, according to her, a machine is just a machine, and it can create a error. After book scanning her work involves revising and editing to clear any mistakes and make it ready to be publish online. Recently she is doing a project which is to gather books that were published before 1923, and her time limit is 18 months. Well I wish her best of luck for her project.

Toby Appel

2010-07-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

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 have also done a major exhibit on Darwin. She have published her journal on alternative medical group which she was working for almost ten years. Basically She purchases new and rare books. She teaches classes, offers reference services, and does exhibits for the Library. I had a great time with her.

Lei Wang

2010-07-20T06:35:00.001-07:00

I met Lei on my second day, and it was a interesting conversation. A little about him: He has been working here for 5 years and he is an instructural design librarian. For his undergrad he went to college in China and majored in English. He also worked as a instructor in university. Then he became interested in library for primary reasons. He say that was fascinating for him that he could help people that he really wanted to. He also is a personal librarian for students. what he most like about his job is that he get to try new things, and can pick his own project. Basically he makes online E-tutorial lessons for students and staff, and he have received Service Quality Improvement Award.

Mary Angelotti

2010-07-20T06:21:00.000-07:00

After interviewing John, I met with Mary.She is the manager of document delivery services. She is very funny. Her department deals with getting books for the Yale Medical Library and medical students. She has been working in Yale for 33 years. Mary wanted to be a Teacher first and she got her bachelor in education. She also did master in health science but after her education, she got married and became a house wife. After a while she got to know about library science. Her work day may involve helping others, giving assistance where needed in her department. and scanning things. She don't get enough time for herself because the time pressure of specific tasks of her. After having conversation, she showed me the scanner in the basement where they scan books and she showed me the process of sending books to patrons. That was really interesting.

John Gallagher

2010-07-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

On second day, the second person I interviewed was John. He is a Director of Public Services for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. For John it is his second career. Before he was a supervisor for UPS. Then he became evening supervisor for the library. Then he joined circulation department. He is a personal librarian for 10 students. Basically in his typical day, he deals with students and staff issues and read emails and requests. After I interviewed him, he toured me to Cushing Center, which I think was really scary, but I really enjoyed having conversation with him about Harvey Cushing.

Joanna Price

2010-07-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

On my second on of internship, I met Joanna Price who is the Coordinator of Community Progress in Science New Haven & State Affair. A little info about her background, she majored in biology and received her PhD and was trained as a scientist. She did stem cell research. But mostly she wanted to work with students so she got interested in this job. She have also taught scholar biology. Her work mostly involve to set up academic programs for high school students. She sets people with other people based on their interest of research. She finds it fascinating that how school system is reforming and and providing students with more opportunity.

Mr.Greenberg

2010-07-19T08:22:00.001-07:00

I interviewed Mr. Greenberg and learned a lot about what he does daily. For instance, he is a supervisor and meets at least once a month with every staff member. He also programs staff at the information desk and if there is a problem he is the one to solve it or fills in for someone who is not in. He also teaches students, which is one of his favorite parts of his job, and is a personal librarian to many students. He is a part of ASK LIVE which is a real time reference where he can answer questions that people may have. I learned that he earned a leadership fellowship and has traveled to many countries, to mention a few, Scotland, Australia and Germany. In his typical day, he spend more the 2/3 of his day on computer reading emails and requests and sending the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date. someday he would like to be a Medical Library Director, awaiting for the right opportunity.

First day as a Chili intern

2010-07-15T05:55:00.000-07:00

Today was my first day as an intern at The Cushing/Whitney Library. I was so nervous and also very anxious to see what awaited me in the building. first i met with Mr.Greenberg who is the coordinator of curriculum and research support. He introduced me to all of his staff and told me about their specific tasks. then he gave me the tour of medical library, in which i got to see a lot of fascinating things. i got to see alot of books which were more then 100 years old. and i was very surprised that they were still in good condition in the care of the library staff. then we went to Cushing center and at first i wasn't expecting to see what i saw. basically Cushing center was full of Human brains preserved in jars. and it was kind of scary to me. because i never got to see these kind of things before. and the thing which really overwhelmed me was the pictures of random people who were suffering from such traumas and the thought that their brains was in jars lined up on scale was really scaring. my first day at medical library was really good.

2010-07-09T11:12:00.000-07:00

Today was my last day. I interviewed Kenny who is basically a cheif problem solver in the library. She makes sure the librarians have the resources needed to do their job. She also helps create a stable environment for the librarians in which they can be focused on their patrons. Kenny believes that the most benificial aspects of her job are her excellent co workers, the divirsity of the job, and the many interesting things you get to do. Kenny loves the university environment and loves the fact that she knows her job is making a difference in the lives of others. Over the length of her career Kenny has learned that one needs to stay calm and keep their cool so the problem can be solved.

After meeting with Kenny, Sarah gave me a tour and showed me some of the oldest books in the library. It was amazing to see how these books were kept in better condition than some of the newer books. The books dated to as far back as the 15th century. They were different sizes and made up of different materials. Some of the older ones were even hand written.

Kelly and the book scanner

2010-07-08T09:40:00.000-07:00

After meeting with Joanna Price and Diane Turner I met Kelly and got a demonstration of the books scanner. Click this link to see what the book scanner is and how it operates: http://www.screencast.com/t/MmRiMmJhZD. The Yale medical library is working on a project with different librarys in which books are scanned to be put online. The final purpose of this project is to have an online library. Yale is in charge of getting Anisthetic pediatric vaccination books scanned and simulated as books online. Some examples of books that are already online and simulated can be seen if you click on the following link: http://cushing.med.yale.edu/cushingbooks.html.

The last person i met today was Hongbin. He his the webmaster of the medical library. He maintains the website and gets to use his creativity to implement his ideas. He came to this library after moving here because of the incident at New Orleans. Hongbin must find different ways of how the users would like the website and how it can become more and more user friendly. To see the library's website that Hongbin is charge of click the following link: http://www.med.yale.edu/library/. The work that he does affects people by allowing them to use the library online and by having information available at all times. Over the length of his career Hongbin has learned that patients in the key to sucess and that one must not always take matters too seriously.

2010-07-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

you can find Lei's tutorials by subscribing to an RSS feed

2010-07-07T09:43:00.000-07:00

Today i was to meet with Daniel Dollar and the rest of the CDM department. They basically order books, organize and pay for catalogs, and they work with the invoicing payments. They are also part of an E response team which helps patrons who need assistance through an online system. Daniel updates and renews books and articles online. He works with the collection development committee to make decisions on what to purchase and what not to purchase. Daniel is also part of a program called HINARI which helps poor countries with health information and sales. he will be going to South America to work and train people with the program for a whole week. Over the length of his career Daniel has learned that one must think before they act and that will lead to the right decisions.

Next I met Lei Wang. He is an instructional design librarian. He is is one of the few people in the country who works this job! Lei helps bring user education online. He works with curriculum research support to bring certain topics online such as anything that the library teaches. He believes that you can know everything but it doesnt mean that you can teach it. Lei creates tutorials that help doctotrs for example on certain things they may need to learn. You can find Lei's tutorials by subscribing to an RSS feed. Lei's degrees in media production and educational production help him with the tutorials he creates. His previous undergrad. major cultivates a sensitivity to language and to understand it. Throught the years he has worked in the library, Lei has learned what are the best ways to find information and he has formed habits in information seeking behavior. As a librarain he also help people to obtain these skills. Over the length of his career Lei has learned that one must take things slowly and that they must think before they act.

The last person i met today was Jan. She is works with the educational services and she makes sure information is affective and efficient. Jan had a love for libraries ever since she was young. She always knew that she wanted to be a library. The only unexpected thing is that she did not know she would be working in a medical library with a degree in library science. She helps with teaching, support researching for systematic reviews. Over the length of her career Jan has come to a conclusion that working with a team makes the result much more brilliant

2010-07-06T08:16:00.000-07:00

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.

The Amazing Life of Harvey Cushing

2010-07-05T16:50:00.000-07:00

Harvey Cushing's Biography

http://cushing.med.yale.edu/cushing/

July 2nd

2010-07-02T12:20:00.000-07:00

Today I worked on the health flicks videos for most of the day. I learned to edit videos and control the different audio and visuals pertaining to it. The topic we just completed was a video about stress. I used to work with Sarah but she is no longer in the program so I now work with Jackie. She is a very nice person to work with and she was able to teach me a lot about photo video editing. After I was done I took pictures all around the library especially the Cushing Center.

July 1st

2010-07-01T11:58:00.000-07:00

Today I met with John Crallagher who is the deputy director of public services. He is responsible for strategically planning and maintaining everyone on the same page so they can reach a certain goal as a library. He also provides customer service and tries his best to show his patrons how valuable the library is. Business management was Mr. John's was his college major and it helps him a lot in what he is doing today. He came to the Cushing library as a temporary employee but with hard work and determination he worked his way up into the job he is working now. Mr. Crallagher enjoys the many different aspects of his job and loves the fact that he get to meet new people and associate with others every day. He believes that his co workers play a major role in why he loves his job so much. Another reason he likes his job is because it enables him to be a generalist. This means he gets to learn about a lot of different stuff rather than specializing in one thing. Over the length of his career Mr. Crallagher has learned that you should never be afraid to ask for help.

After interviewing John Crallagher I was able to go downstairs with him and see how his co workers and him selves prepared very old journals to be sent to storage in a different Yale facility. Some of these book were dated as far back as the 1800s. Mr. Crallagher told be that the library had much older books which extremely fascinated me. It was amazing how many different languages these books were written in and how carefully they had to be tempered with because they were so old and fragile.

Next I met Judy Spak who is in charge of the curriculum support of the medical school. She also assists tenders in presenting course management systems, technical support, and research for Liaison which presents the library to many different departments. She was an English major which helped her a lot in her grammar and writing skills in the job she is pursuing now. Before working here she was an office manager then she went back to school to get her degree in library sciences which enabled her to work at the Cushing library. She is successful in her job because she enjoys interaction with people and is very friendly. Judy chose to work this job because she enjoys puzzle solving and discovering new exciting things that are happening in the library. Over the length of her career Judy Spak has learned to work with others , collaborate, and listen or how to behave to get something accomplished.

After meeting with Judy I met Matt Wilcox. He is the librarian for the school of public health. He works with students to provide them with information. He is also the director of academic technology. He was an English major which helps him with grammar and reading situations in the job he is working now. He came to the Cushing library after previously working at an agriculture and science library. Matt enjoys working with people and college students. He always makes sure that students are receiving the right information and that they have the right information available. He chose this job because it stood out as an interesting challenge. Over the length of his career Matt Wilcox has learned that you will never end up where you think you're going to; so keep your options open.

Next I met Mark who is the clinical support coordinator for technology. He helps with research and making resources available. His favorite subject when attending school was history and hiss college degree helped him become a librarian because it taught him to be a generalist. Mark is a very experienced librarian who knows a lot about the field he works in. he worked as a library assistant in 1985 then did his independent study and worked in Hartford. After that he ended coming to the Yale Cushing library and he has been working there ever since. Mark believes that some of the important benefits of his job are the ability to get to know different personalities and getting to work with intelligent compassionate people. He enjoys working with different people, challenges, and problem solving. The most important aspect of his job is to help busy practioners use information quickly and efficiently. He believe this makes a difference by helping out doctors and health providers learn more which will eventually lead to better treatment of patients. Over the length of his career Mark has learned to prepare for the unexpected, think things through, and to try new things.

June 29th

2010-06-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

Today was my first day at my CHILI internship. I was very excited to start and not as nervous as I thought I would be. I guess it was because I was familiar with Mr. Greenberg and because I had already worked with him on health flicks. I was given a tour of the Cushing/ Whitiney Medical Library which was extremely fascinating. What caught my attention the most was the Cushing Center. I found it spectacular how a single man contributed so much to science. I learned how all the brains lined up in the shelves belonged to previous patients that had been operated on by Harvey Cushing . Mr. Cushing the founder of this library treated his patients like actual human beings unlike most people. Most of his patients had disabilities and were considered to be "circus freaks". Harvey Cushing did not believe so and told his patients that they were an important contribution to health sciences.

After having the tour of the library I interviewed Mr. Charlie Greenberg. He manages human support of the medical library. He was an English major in college and believes that it helped him a lot with the job he is pursuing now. He enjoys the fact that he is helping others by teaching them important knowledge pertaining to their field. He teaches doctors and nurses different kinds of information which could lead to saving a patient's life. Mr. Greenberg enjoys the work environment because of his excellent co workers and the well rounded university he works in. He is very patient with his patrons and embraces the idea of global citizenship. This means he gets along and is open to the culture and believe of anyone from a different foreign country. Over the length of his career Mr. Greenberg has learned that people who make wrong choices are effected by them later on in life.

Meeting with Diane Turner ( My Last day)

2010-04-16T18:11:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Diane Turner. Diane is the Head of Human Resources. She is over promotions, salary, policy, and procedures. Diane has a Bachelors and Masters degree. Diane always knew that she wanted to work with people and that she wanted to work in an university. Her favorite thing about her job is that no one day is the same and that she is always meeting new great people. Some of the skills that you need succeed in this chosen career are personal skills, ability to communicate, ability to solve problems, literal skills, and a good attitude. The most challenging about Diane's job is conflict and the easiest thing about her job is showing people that she cares. Diane has been at Yale for 32 years and she plans on remaining there. Today is my last day. I had a great time and I got to meet a lot of nice people. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.

Meeting with Kenny, Janene, and Kelly

2010-04-15T14:02:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Kenny Marone. Kenny is the Director of the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Kenny works with a lot of diversity. She makes sure that the staff has the research and education they need to represent the Library correctly. Kenny attended Albertus Magnus for college. She has a Bachelors Degree in History and a Masters Degree in Library Science. Kenny mentor was Bella Berson because she was the first director who made an attempt to guide her. She learned grace,manners,and how to be a leader from her. Kenny's favorite thing about her job is working with the people. Some of the skills that someone would need if they wanted to succeed in this career is good work ethic, organization, computer skills, and the ability to listen to people. The most difficult thing about Kenny's job is the budget because is has been decreasing because of the economy. The thing that keeps Kenny motivated to come to work everyday is that there always something new. Kenny has been at Yale for 30 years and she plans on remaining at Yale.

After I met with Kenny, I met with Janene. Janene is a Liaison the Nursing Department. She is originally from Australia, where she attended Australia Strut College of Advanced Education. She received her Masters Degree in Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University. Janene helps nurses at the hospital and in the medical school. Her favorite thing about her job is that no day is the same. Some of the skills that someone would need to succeed in this chosen career is a good attitude, flexibility, people person, and a helping spirit. The most challenging thing about Janene's job is that it changes so quickly and the easiest thing about her job is coming to work. In five years Janene see her career doing more outreach to people because everything is so electronic. Janene has been at Yale for five years.

After I met with Janene, I met with Kelly. Kelly digitizes books using a machine called KIRTAS. The machine has two heads , two cameras, and three computers. The machine has a fluffer that helps to prevent the pages from getting stuck together and not getting scanned. Kelly has to adjust the vacuum that way it does not rip the pages. Some books can not be digitized because of the age. Kelly is very friendly. I had a wonderful today and I got to meet so many interesting people.

The History of Health Sciences Lecture

2010-04-15T14:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I went to the 62nd annual History of Health Sciences Lecture. It was very interesting. The lecture was about the emancipation stories of slaves. These stories were telling how they got free in the midst of the civil war. John Washington was one of the slaves who wrote a narrative. His narrative was written around 1873. None of the narratives have been edited or touched because they are priceless. The lecture was about 2 hours long. After the lecture I went upstairs with Mr. Greenberg to the reception. The reception was very nice and the people were very friendly. I had a great time. My favorite part of the lecture is when the professor talked about how John Washington fell in love with a girl named Annie and how they have the love letters that he wrote her. This was just a great day in general.

Meeting with Matt Wilcox

2010-04-13T13:34:00.001-07:00

Today I met with Matt Wilcox. Matt is a Public Health Librarian and the Director of Academic Technology at Public Health. He has an Masters and Bachelors degree in English, and he has a Masters degree in Library Science. His job consists of working with student computers, lab computers, and class computers. Matt's favorite thing about his job is working with interesting people. The most challenging thing about his job is the slowness of change. Matt enjoys his job, but if he had the chance to change is career he would either be a English Professor or he would have a job that involves boats. Matt has been a Librarian at Yale for a little over twelve years. I enjoyed my interview with Mat because he was so funny. He kept me interested and always had questions for me to answer. Today was an overall good day.

Refworks Training Session

2010-04-12T14:16:00.001-07:00

Today I went to a Refworks training session at the Cushing/ Whitiney Medical Library. The class was taught by Mr. Charles Greenberg. Mr. Greenberg is the Coordinator of Curriculum And Research Support at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. He is Liaison to the Department of Surgery, the Department of Emergency Medicine, Human Investigation Committee, Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, the Deans and Administration. Refworks is a citation management program. This program makes formatting citations easy. This program also helps people share references and articles. There are four types of ways to get references on Refworks. The four ways are : direct export, import, search directly from Refworks, and creating your own reference. I learned how to use this program and I learned how to properly cite references for different formats.

Meeting With Mark Gentry and Hongbin Liu

2010-04-08T13:21:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Hongbin Liu. Hongbin is a Web Services Librarian at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library . His job is basically is to maintain the Library web site. He is originally from China and he attended school there. Hongbin went to the Unversity of Iowa where he received his MLS. Hongbin chose this career because he likes computers and he likes having interacting with people. His favorite part of his job is creating new things. Some of the skills that someone needs to succed in this career are computer skills and flexibility. The most challenging thing about Hongbin's job is that you have to constantly learn new things. Hongbin uses a software called Dreamweaver Macromedia 8 to update the website. Hongbin has been at Yale for five years and he plans on remaining at Yale for a very long time. I enjoyed this interview very much because I got to learn so many new things about computers.

After meeting with Hongbin Liu I met with Mark Gentry. Mark is a Clinical Support Librarian the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. Mark is a Liaison to Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, Graduate/ Postgraduate Medical Education, Ophthalmology and Visual Science. Mark has a Bachelors degree in Anthropology and a MLS degree. His favorite thing about his job is working with people and he likes the variety. Some skills that someone would need to succeed in this career is Flexibility, computer skills, and a good attitude. The most challenging thing about Mark's job is that you have to always try to keep up with the change. The things that motivate mark to come to work everyday are the students and their gratitude. On Saturday Mark will be going to Uganda in Africa. He is going there to help build the knowledge of Students, Teachers, Doctors, and Librarians. Mark has been working at Yale for ten years and he enjoys every part of his job. I enjoyed my interview with Mark because he was so friendly and he had a great personality.

Health Flicks

2010-04-07T14:13:00.001-07:00

Today I met with Sarah Siegel to work on script writing for Health Flicks. Health Flicks is a group of Hill Regional Career High School Students that discuss dealing with everyday teenage issues. Mr. Charles Greenberg who is the Coordinator of Curriculum and Research Support at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library is the Coordinator for Health Flicks. The students that participate in Health Flicks will produce short films that tell teenagers how to deal with there issues in a healthy way. The main focus of the Health Flicks group right now is Stress. Stress is something that all teenagers feel when they are in High School. The four ideas that the Health Flicks group have came up with regarding the series of short stress films are classroom testing, SAT's, being late, and procrastinating. In Health Flicks you can script write, film, act, or edit.

It is so much fin because you have a chance to do all of these things through out the experience. I think that Health Flicks is something that all teenagers at Career High School should get involved in because it is so informative. Some of the websites that Health Flicks told me about that tells how to manage stress properly is kidshealth. org and medlineplus.org. In Health Flicks I also learned how to make my own beats and songs. Sarah and Mr.Greenberg have taught me so much about Health since being in this program. I had great day with Sarah!

Meeting with Sarah Burge and Toby Appel

2010-04-07T13:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I met with Sarah Burge. Sarah is a Preservation Librarian. She takes care of the rare books and photos. Sarah started her job five years ago, and she was the first Preservation Librarian here at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Sarah has a very important job because only the librarians on the historical staff can handle the rare books and photos. The collection has over 100,000 rare books, manuscripts, journals and prints. To preserve the books Sarah controls the humidity and the light surrounding them. Sarah has an undergraduate degree in art and history. She also has a Masters degree in Library Science. Sarah's favorite thing about her job is working with the staff and the collection. Some of the skills someone would need to succeed in this career are attention to detail, flexibility, and problem solving skills. I learned so much from Sarah yesterday. I learned that Harvey Cushing was one of the first Neurosurgeons to successfully perform a surgery. I also learned that the first printed medical book was published in 1491. I had a wonderful time with Sarah.

After meeting with Sarah, I met with Toby Appel. Toby has an PhD in the History of Science, a Masters Degree in Library Science, and a Undergraduate Degree in Math. Toby is the head of the Historical Library. Toby has a very complex job. She purchases new and rare books. She teaches classes, offers reference services, and does exhibits for the Library. Toby's favorite part of her job is that it has so much diversity, and she never gets board. Some of the skills someone would need to succeed in this career are knowledge in the history of medicine, attention to detail, flexibility, organization and a great attitude about team work. The most challenging thing about Toby's job is that you constantly have to learn new things. Toby has been working at Yale for 16 years, and she enjoys what she does. I had a great time with Toby.

Meeting with Judy Spak and John Gallagher

2010-04-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Judy Spak. Judy is a Curriculum Support Librarian at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Judy helps faculty use technology when teaching, and she is the Blackboard System Administrator. Judy is a liaison for the basic sciences departments. Judy went to college for a total of seven years, and she enjoyed it because she loves to learn new things.She attended Hofstra University in New York for her Bachelors degree and Southern Connecticut State University for her MLS. Judy's favorite thing about her job is working with the faculty and students because she is a real people person. A skill that someone would need to succeed in this career is the love of computers, because this type of work is electronically based. The most challenging thing about this job is trying to get everything done on the to do list, but the easiest thing is working with people. Judy has been at Yale for 15 years, and she plans on being at Yale in the future.

After meeting with Judy, I met with John Gallagher. John is the Deputy Director of Public Services at the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. John is a Liaison to the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. He is responsible for the physical library and he oversees construction projects in the library. John is a Personal Librarian to forty students. John's favorite thing about his job is working with the staff and students. He enjoys helping others and making sure that everyone that visits the library enjoys their time here. The most challenging thing about his job us that there is always so much to do, but never enough time. What keeps John motivated to come to work everyday is the people here at the library. John loves what he does and he would not change his job if he had the chance to. Today was a very interesting because I had the opportunity to interview two intelligent and friendly . I had a great day!

Meeting Daniel Dollar and Lei Wang

2010-03-31T14:27:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Daniel Dollar; he is the Head of Collection Development and Management for the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Daniel has helped develop the rich collection of electronic and print resources that the library offer by selecting items for purchase. Daniel has a degree in political science, and he went to college for a total of eight years. Mr. Dollar's mentor was Kim Parker, because she taught him how to do his job properly. Daniel loves his job because he likes to help people and he loves to learn about new things in the process of helping someone else. The skills that someone would need to succeed in this career is to be humble, a helping spirit, and the love of electronics. The most challenging thing about Daniel's job is managing people because you have to try to always be respectful and make sure that everyone needs are met to the best of your ability. In five years Daniel sees his career becoming completely electronic because things right now are being mostly bought online and not in print. Daniel Dollar has been in this profession for 12 years. While meeting with Daniel I had the pleasure to meet Melissa Vantine and Mary Hughes. Both of these ladies gave me a lot of information. Mary told me about the HINARI program that is for undeveloped countries, to help them access journals at reduced price or get them for free. Melissa showed me how she organizes information about the books they order or already have. I enjoyed my time with Daniel, Melissa, and Mary !

After meeting with Daniel I met with Lei Wang . Lei is the Instructional Design Librarian for the Cushing/ Whitney Medical Library. Lei helps create web-based online objects, allows students to have access to education, teaches PowerPoint classes, and does the online reference services. Lei's favorite thing about his type of work is learning and playing with new technologies. Some of the skills that someone would need to succeed in his career is media production skills, web programming, web skills, instruction skills, and be a good teacher. The most challenging things about Lei's work are online learning projects, managing time, quality of projects, and the constant change in technology. Lei has been in this type of work for five years. Today was a great day because I learned so much from Daniel, Melissa, Mary, and Lei. I am so grateful that i had the opportunity to sit down and interview them because it was so interesting.

Meeting with Lynn Sette

2010-03-30T14:27:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Lynn Sette. Lynn is a Reference Librarian at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Lynn has medical students that see her as their personal librarian. Ms. Sette also works as a library liaison, a task that matches the staff with a department, like the pediatrics department. For the Library Lynn does marketing and publicly of new resource events. The most challenging thing about her job is that technology updates constantly. Lynn likes her job because she loves to help people. Lynn has been in this job for thirty years. I enjoyed My interview with Lynn because she was so friendly and kind.

After interviewing Lynn I sat in on a meeting with Lynn and Sarah Burge. The meeting was about picking pictures from the 1600s and making a card set out of them for the Library. I learned from Sarah that in the 1600s people would copy down from one book because all books were handwritten. I learned that most Library's of that time had about four books which was considered a lot because they were handwritten. I saw beautiful Arabic pictures of animals, trees, and plants. This collection is for the Ameel Project. There are two sections already and their names are: Oasis Of the Middle East and Iraq Recollection Project. They will add the Ameel NEH Project which is these groups of pictures. I enjoyed this very much because I love art and history. So having them combined together made this experience even better.

My first day as a Chili Intern

2010-03-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

Hi, my name is Shelby Brewer and I am the new Yale Chili Intern. Today I met with Mr.Greenberg and he gave me a tour of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. I have to say that it was very interesting. We visited the Reference and the Historical part of the Library. The Historical Library was my favorite part because it was so relaxing and cozy. I enjoyed looking at the old books and the paintings of John Fulton and Arnold Klebs. Mr.Greenberg introduced me to several staff members while on our tour. Those staff members were : Daniel Dollar, Jan Glover, Judy Spak, and Janen Batten.

While on my tour with Mr.Greenberg I learned a lot about the history of the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library. I learned that Dr. Harvey Cushing was the founder of the Cushing / Whitney Medical Library and that he donated the first books to the library. Dr. Cushing also convinced his friends Dr. John Fulton and Dr. Arnold Klebs to donate their medical books to the library. These three men called themselves the "Trinitarians". John Hay Whitney's spouse, the daughter of Harvey Cushing, donated money to help extend the library. He was Dr. Cushing's son-in-law. This library has so much to offer. It has an adopt a book program, personal librarians , and historical book collections. My first day as a Chili Intern was great !

Meeting with Matt/Judy/Diane (my last day)

2010-02-12T11:19:00.000-08:00

Today I met Matt Wilcox. Matt is originally from San Diego, California and attended Asbury College in Kentucky for undergrad and the University of Illinois for his MLS. He is the Public Health Librarian and the Director of Academic Technology. He has had his current job for ten years. Other than being a librarian Matt would have possibly like to have been an English professor. His job consists of working with computer labs, students computer, and class computers. This department is the focal point for public health information. Projects that Wilcox is working on are digital library projects and the school of public health electronic thesis. A typical day for Matt is helping students find information for papers and research, meetings, and computer related things depending on the time of the year. Matt's goal is to finish up the closing of the public health library. The most challenging aspect of Matt's job is budget issues, while the easiest is simply getting paid. Matt would like for his job to be on a cruise ship, as well.

After meeting Matt Wilcox, I met Judy Spak. Judy is the Curriculum Support Librarian, and has been so for fourteen years. She attended Hofstra University in New York for her bachelors and Southern Connecticut State University for her MLS. Judy's job includes working with faculty to use technology in teaching and finding materials that are web based. Also, Judy is the Blackboard system Administrator. With Jan, Judy coordinates the Personal Librarian program. Judy is also the liaison to: cell biology, genetics, immunobiology, laboratory medicine, microbial pathogenesis, pathology, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, physician associate program, surgery-anatomy, therapeutic radiology, and cellular and molecular physiology.

Judy had several memorable professional experiences. One experience was when students brought her chocolate chip cookies. Another was being mentioned by name in the second year program. Also, receiving a special award with Jan at the Physician Associates graduation. Receiving the Jack Cole Award and being recognized by people she has helped are other memorable professional experiences, as well.

The most challenging part of Judy's job is getting through her to do list, while the easiest part is working with very nice people. In the future, Judy plans to still be at Yale.

My day ended with meeting Diane Turner at the Sterling Memorial Library. Diane Turner is originally from Slydell, Louisiana. She attended Grambling State University for undergrad, and then Albany SUNY for her Masters in history and counseling. Diane Turner has been the Associate University Librarian for Human Resources, Organizational Development and Community Relations for eight years. The human resources aspect of the library brought her to Sterling. Diane's office is responsible for hiring, training, recruiting, and the wellness of the library. Her office also works with the school system. A day for Diane may include meetings, negotiating agreements, solving problems, developing and interpreting policies, hiring people, resolving grievances, setting salaries, and university and library committees.

Diane wants to remain active in the community. She is currently trying to raise 5.2 million dollars for the community. Also she wants to stay successful in her profession and family life. In the future Diane would like to travel abroad.

Today was my last day and it truly has been fun. I learned so much while interning and met some great and really nice people. I will forever remember each day that I spent at the Cushing library. For instance, the day that the KIRTAS machine was demonstrated to me, or attending a presentation on books dating back to the 13th century by Sarah. I will be back for the opening of Harvey Cushing's brain collection and will always be thankful for the great opportunity I was given.

Meeting with Liu Hongbin/ Mark Gentry

2010-02-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

Today I met with Liu Hongbin. Liu is originally from China, and attended school there as well. He then went to the University of Iowa and received his MLS while there. Hongbin is the Web Services Librarian and has been so for four years. Liu does web design and managing and computing. He created the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library website and maintains it. Last year the website received more than eight million hits. Currently, Hongbin has to move web content information into the content management page and redesign the historical medical library website page, which has been the same for ten years. The most challenging thing about Liu's job is having so many things to learn, while the easiest is knowing how to do his job and talking to helpful people from different departments. One of the most memorable professional experiences Hongbin has had is the August launch of the new website, which received a message from a professor at the law school library complimenting and congratulating him on the work he had done.

After meeting with Liu Hongbin, I met with Mark Gentry. Mark is the Clinical Support Librarian and the Coordinator of Library Technology Services & Support. Mark attended Trent University for his bachelors, then UCONN for his masters in Anthropology, and finally Southern Connecticut State University for his MLS. Mark is also the internal medicine liaison. A project that Mark is currently working on is a collaboration between Yale University and the Makerere University in Uganda. He makes CDs for people going to Uganda, which contain information on several diseases, program documents, how to get access to the internet and library, and maps. In Uganda, Mark helped with technical things and did classes with librarians, as well.

Mark has made web pages for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. One of the web pages is PDA/Mobile Devices Resources and Information. He supports mobile devices through classes and training on them. Mark helps patrons, does trainings, troubleshoots, and tries to get systems to work. Many of Mark's most memorable professional experiences include helping someone find what they are looking for.

Meeting with Jan/Janene

2010-02-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

Today I met with Jan. Jan in high school wanted to be a librarian and went to schools that had librarian schools. So, she received her MLS from the University of Rhode Island. Jan is now the Education Services Librarian. She organizes classes. There are three kinds of classes. One is the drop in type, which is free of charge and is scheduled monthly. Another type of class is a requested class, which is when faculty or maybe a residency program decides residents need to be taught a specific thing. The third is integrated into the curriculum. Jan teaches a lot and schedules education classes for people. She has had her current position since 1988. Jan also works with teams that are doing systematic reviews. Systematic reviews are basically a study of studies. Jan helps the team find every study that exists on a topic, which could take ten to twelve hours; its a long process. The team is trying to answer a question by looking at the literature systematically. It tends to be better to pool information and study it. There was a case where a study was done over and over again, when really if the studies had been pooled the answer would have been found after the first four studies. Since the information was not pooled and studied, a lot of unnecessary money was spent doing the experiment over and over again.

A typical day for Jan includes troubleshooting, answering emails, meetings, teaching/preparing for classes, and working on projects. One of the most challenging parts of her job is the constant change in technology. Another would be the constant need to learn new things. The easiest aspect of her job is knowing her environment and the people around her. Jan's memorable professional experiences include a conference in Beijing and another conference in Australia. Jan reviewed with me the Basic Steps for an Information Quest and How to Search, as well. I realized that I tend to skip steps when searching for information.

After I met with Jan, I met with Janene. Janene is originally from Australia. She attended the Australia Sturt College of Advanced Education. Also, Janene received her MLS from Southern Connecticut State University. Janene is the liaison to the nurses. She teaches nurses, helps students with research, questions, and reference. Janene has had her position for five years now. A typical day is usually busy for Janene. She has to respond to emails, work on projects, prepare for classes, go to meetings, and look at her calendar. The most challenging thing about Janene's job is doing everything effectively. The easiest aspect of her job is receiving questions from students that she previously answered and questions with quick answers. In the future Janene will most likely be in the same profession, except she wants to be so good at her job that when people think nursing librarian they think Janene.

Meeting with Toby/ Bob

2010-02-04T13:36:00.000-08:00

The first person I met with today was Toby. Toby has a PhD in the History of Science and Medicine from Princeton University, and a MLS from the University of Maryland. The PhD took seven years to achieve and the MLS only one year. Toby is the head of the Historical Library. Toby does several things; she purchases all new and rare books that come into the historical library and organizes the manuscript sections. Toby works with donors and does exhibits, some online. She has various digital projects and helps people with resources and inter library loan requests. Toby has had her current position for sixteen years. The most challenging part of Toby's job is juggling so many things at once.

After meeting Toby, I met with Bob. Bob is the business manager for the library. He has had this position for two and a half years. This job includes the responsibility for the library's facilities. For instance, leaking pipes, heating, and construction. His job also includes the responsibility for security. There are millions of dollars in the books, prints, and poster in the library; they need to be protected. Bob is also responsible for the library's budget, which includes the bills, pay roll, spending limit, book fines, revenue, and overall money spent. He is currently working on security upgrades. A typical day really just involves money coming in and money going out. A challenging aspect of Bob's job is deciding what the library is not going to buy that they did in the past. The easiest part of his job is using Microsoft Excel. Besides being a business manager for the library, Bob would like to have taught more on the middle school, high school level as a math teacher. Bob looks forward to experiencing more of Yale and when it comes time for him to retire, he will do more things in his community and perhaps travel.

I was able to attend a Refworks class taught by Charles Greenberg today, too. It was a very interesting class and I learned a lot about the use of Refoworks and databases such as PubMed.

Meeting with Joanna Price

2010-02-03T14:43:00.000-08:00

Today I met with Joanna Price. Joanna attended Villanova University in Philadelphia and received her bachelors degree in biology. She interned in a lab, and then received her PhD from Sheffield University in England. Joanna is the Coordinator of Community Programs in Science. She has had this position for three years. A typical day for Joanna involves setting up meetings, talking with different people, and designing programs. One of her science programs is SCHOLARS, which is a summer program for health students from Hill Regional Career Magnet School. Another program is the Science Pathway Program. The Science Pathway Program works with middle to high school students and has special events throughout the year. These special events include the planetarium, neuroscience day, and engineering. She has many other programs and multi-tasking and staying on top of them is a challenging part of her job. The nice part of Joanna's job is that she gets to meet so many people, from students to teachers to scientists.

Meeting with Collection Development and Management

2010-02-02T14:47:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I went to the Collection Development and Management Department. The first person I met while there was Chris. Chris catalogs books. She has worked for Yale for 38 years. She has had her current position since 1993 and previously worked at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library and was an EPH. Chris is currently working on cataloging 15,000 volumes in the stacks that were originally in the Annex. These volumes were never cataloged. So far, only a couple hundred have been cataloged. One of her most memorable professional experiences is when the library was transitioning into computers. Prior to the transition a book would have to go through presearching, acquisition, post searching, and then cataloging. Now cataloging is computer based instead of card catalogs. Getting through all of the books needing to be cataloged is one of the most difficult aspects of her job. Chris enjoys her job, but she will be retiring soon.

After meeting with Chris, I met with Mary. Mary is originally from Rhode Island and attended school there. In Rhode Island she received her bachelors in Health Education and then received her masters from the University of Toledo. Mary's job consists of changing records. The records need to correspond to what is on the shelves, so that there is no confusion for the patrons. Mary updates thousands of records for inter library loans, as well. She also updates a database, HINARI, for the World Health Organization, which gives the latest information on major journals. Two afternoons a week Mary answers questions for patrons that are not able to get material the library is supposed to have. Mary works at the information desk, too. At the information desk she helps patrons with printing and other issues. Also, she puts in holdings for DOCLINE. Mary has had her current position for 3 1/2 years and likes that she does different things. The most challenging thing about Mary's job is responding quickly and accurately to people.

Once I was done meeting with Mary, I briefly met with Daniel. Daniel is the Head of Collection Development and Management. Daniel attended Appalachian State University and received his bachelors in political science. He also received his M.L.S. at the University of Maryland. Daniel fell into working in D.C. under a U.S. senator. From there he went to work at the library of congress, which led to a job at UCONN. After that he came to his current job of 8 years. Daniel buys things for the library, processes them, gets books labeled and cataloged. Also, he manages the electronic collections and troubleshoots problems. A typical day for him includes: digging through his email, reading offers from vendors, working with staff, answering questions, helping to solve problems, looking at budgets, and looking at usage data.

Meeting with Kelly

2010-02-02T11:56:00.000-08:00

I also met with Kelly. Kelly digitizes books using a machine called the KIRTAS. The KIRTAS has two heads, one is small and the other large; the heads match the size of the book being digitized. Kelly has to adjust the vacuum and arm speed of the machine. The machine has a fluffer which helps to prevent pages from getting stuck together and not being scanned. The KIRTAS flips the pages of a book, while two cameras photograph the pages. The KIRTAS is wired to the computer so the image is immediately uploaded onto the computer and is saved until it is time to crop various parts of the image out. Kelly sets a border for the cropping and then lets the computer do the rest. Even though the machine does most of the work, Kelly still has to watch the machine closely in case of any accidents that could possibly damage a book.

Meeting with Lynn

2010-02-02T02:52:00.000-08:00

I met with Lynn today, as well. Lynn's job involves supporting education and research and publicity and marketing. She helps people use individual specialities, also. Marketing takes up a large part of Lynn's time. She currently has an exhibit taking up three places. Lynn is the Liason to Pediatrics and Dermatology. This includes sending out monthly newsletters, teaching classes, and training for residents. She teaches weekly classes and is responsible for the consumer health collection. The easiest aspect of Lynn's job is working with her department; the people are great and supportive of each other. For Lynn, it is satisfiying to help people. Lynn has been in her position for thirty years.

Meeting John Gallagher/Lecture by Sarah

2010-01-28T14:12:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I met with John Gallagher, the Deputy Director of Public Services for the Cushing Library. John is originally from Ireland and went to a Regional Technical School and received his business associates, while there. He then came to America and attended Southern Connecticut State University where he received his BS in management and his MLS.

He first worked for RPS as a FedEx ground manager. That job was a total of eighty hours a week. The many hours a week were taking away from valuable time needed to be spent at home, so he pursued other jobs. A friend of his got him interested in a job in librarianship and so he applied for a casual job at the Sheldon Library. From the Sheldon Library he obtained degrees in between and then arrived at the Cushing Medical Library. In April of 2000 he was the evening circulation adviser, and then he became head of circulation. He is currently the Deputy Director of Public Services for the Cushing Library. Gallagher is also the liaison to the Department or Orthopedics and a personal librarian.

A typical day for John is meetings, primarily on large scale digitization. A grant was received to digitized books from 19th century medicine, other schools like Harvard and Columbia are part of this project as well. Besides that he has to work on construction projects, do strategic planning for the library, answer questions, help patrons, and get feedback from patrons about the library. He would like to be able to put more medical material online, so that its convenient for doctors, nurses, and other professionals who are extremely busy. Challenging aspects of his job include ensuring that the historical library is relative and visible to people and working with the limited resources he has for the library. John enjoys his work and has fun and feels like he is doing something valuable, and is nowhere near retiring.

I was able to attend a lecture by Sarah, the library preservationist. Sarah had several books out, one of them from the 14th century and another from the 16th century. A page from the Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum was being presented. The Gutenberg Bible is the first example of movable type. There are around 30 whole known Gutenberg Bibles in other libraries. The Cushing Library only has a page of a bible because people would break up the bibles to make money. Around 200 sheets were bound and sold separately. I also learned that the Cushing has one of the largest Vesalius collections in the world. Vesalius is known for his series of muscle men, which blew his competition away. The first book that had medical printing in it was in 1491, as well.

Sarah has a background in art history. To preserve the books she controls the humidity and light surrounding them. She will also go through all of the books and decide which books need help, which ones are emergencies, and what can sit and wait. More money would help in the preservation of these books.

Meeting with Mary Angelotti

2010-01-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

Today I met with Mary Angelotti, the document delivery manager. She has had this position since 1999. Ms. Angelotti is originally from Connecticut and attended Southern Connecticut State University. She received her BS degree in history and had intended on becoming a teacher. Teaching was always her professional goal. While at Southern Connecticut State University she received her MLS and MS in health science. Each are two year programs.

Mary Angelotti started at the law school library, binding. The law school library she found interesting. She then went to the Beinecke and from there she went to the hospital library and was a director there. After that she worked at the nursing library in the reference room. Ms. Angelotti enjoyed this because it was small and she was able to get to really know the students. From there she came to her present day job at the Harvey Cushing Medical Library.

The document delivery department has three services: borrowing, lending, and MACS. The borrowing service orders things Yale doesn't own for its patrons. While the lending service will lend books to other libraries and even extends to corporations like law services and pharmaceutical companies. MACS is the Medical Article Copy Service, which is an in-house photocopy service. MACS is available for staff and students of Yale.

A work day for Mary is from 8:30-5:00, though she usually stays until 6:00. A typical day includes seeing if a book is owned by another library, then checking orders, followed by printing and filling, and then telling their user friendly DOCLINE what they filled and reject what they didn't. About eighty or ninety orders come in a day. This department has 48 hours to fill the request because people need these things quickly. If an order is not filled in that time period then it goes to another library. The criteria for judging a library is how fast they get orders out and the fill rate. The fill rate for this library is 75%, which is good.

According to Mary Angelotti the most challenging part of her job is getting work done in the time allotted. Machines will break down and staff will be out, causing the work process to slow. While the easiest part is using the departments programs, DOCLINE and ORBIS, also the online catalog.

Mary Angelotti's goal is to stay sane, considering that she has a very hectic job. Another goal is to get the orders out and develop good training for staff. The document delivery department is currently dependent on the circulation desk because of a shortage in their office, so they will need to be well trained.

Besides meeting Mary Angelotti, I was able to tour the downstairs section of the library and see where the display of a collection of brains will be. The space looks nice and I'm sure the display will be out of this world.

Today was another successfully fun and interesting day.

My first day

2010-01-27T12:52:00.000-08:00

Hello! I'm Roslyn Shanklin, the new Chili Intern at the Cushing library. Yesterday, January 26, 2009, was my first day. When I arrived, I met with Charles Greenberg, who gave me a tour around the Yale medical library. The library is wonderful, but I specifically loved the historical library. It was a rather welcoming, cozy, and beautiful section of the library. Mr. Greenberg introuduced me to several staff members that work at the library. Those staff members include:Janene Batten, Lei Wang, Daniel Dollar, Mark Gentry, and Judy Spak.

While on the tour with Mr. Greenberg I learned interesting facts about the library. One being that, Harvey Cushing, the founder of the Yale medical library, was a medical book collector. Cushing donated his collection to the library. Besides that I learned that there will be a collection of brains in the library very soon. A wealthy descendant of Cushing donated an entire computer section to the library as well. Mr. Greenberg also informed that there are tons of rare books, some even date back to the 13th century! Many are hand written and most are deteriorating. The library has an adopt a rare book program, also.

Overall the day was enjoyable and fun.

Meeting with Preservation Librarian(and my final day)

2009-08-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Sarah who is the preservation librarian at the Library. She went to the University of Illinois for art and art history for her undergradute degree. Right after getting her degree she worked as a librarian for 2 years, and went to school for her masters degree in library services. She was inspired by a woman who was a conservator, and after their meeting she became interested and applied for a job at the Library as a preservation librarian, since she had a background on art. She has been working in the Library for 4 years. She preserves the collection, puts up exhibits, keeps the collection available for research, arranges the collection, and secures the enivronment. She makes sure that the books are safe from insects, water, and that the temperature is approriate. Also she gives tours to people, lessons on book history, and works on the database.

The most challenging thing about her job would to be prioritizing the tasks. She wishes there was enough time to sort through the collection, and that there were more student help. Progress is what keeps her happy in her job. She likes to see the bigger picture of what she does instead of just the one thing that she spends her focus on. Her memorable experiences are just feeling the satisfaction that there is some sort of difference in her work. Currently, she is working on a book program called Adopt a Rare Book Program, which involves people being part of the program when they donate money for conservation. She is also preserving the collection of Harvey Cushing's brain collection. As for her future she hopes to still be in her job but at bigger levels as well as working with the digital library, which will have pictures of some the collection.

Today is my last day and it has been so much fun. I have learned so much from the people that I have been fortunate to meet and interview. I will remember scanning an article with Kelly. I will remember seeing old books in the basement that date back to the 16th century like the Copernicus books which explained that the sun was the center of the Earth not the Earth as the center of the universe and all things surrounding the Earth. People thought that the Sun surrounded the Earth, and the catholic church at the time retaliated to the idea of Copernicus. I will remember the ice-cream party which was held at the Sternling library for the staff. I will remember seeing the staff and the building. I really had fun, and I will be back for the unveiling of the Harvey Cushing brain collection next summer. I think will keep coming back for as long as I am in Connecticut!

Meeting with Libray IT Support Librarian

2009-08-13T08:10:00.000-07:00

After meeting with Rick, I met with Jason who the library IT support librarian. He makes sure that the systems are running, that students and staff can access their resources, and covers other systems in other departments, He says nothing is really challenging about his job because he is able to get most things done in a timely manner. On a daily bases the systems are running well, and not many systems fail. Although if he could change anything in the job it would be to see the library with more money to get better resources. A typical day for him is attending to problems, and getting software image identical in each system for the staff. He says that having good temperance, and technical skills are important traits for his job. Something that keeps him happy in his job is always having something to do. A project that he is currently working on involves replacing all the machines in the library, and upgrading the software. I asked about how technology will affect our libraries in the future and he says that there will still be a need for printed format, but there will be more electronic materials and study space. He has been in the job for a year and 8 months and will still be in the job depending on how Yale treats him.

Meeting with Circulation Supervisor

2009-08-13T08:08:00.000-07:00

After meeting with the library service assistants, I met with Rick who is the circulation supervisor. He manages in access and delivery services, making sure that documents are being delivered to people. He helps people with their databases, deals with public computers, and teaches classes. One of the challenges is making sure that the patrons are receiving their resources. He communicates with people electronically, and through the information desk. A typical day for him is seeing the staff, and dealing with his emails.

He thinks that giving the best consumer service, and being a team player in the department as well as in other departments are personality traits that one needs for the job. What keeps him happy in his job is the fact that he has good staff members. Some of the projects that he is working on is shifting the entire journal collection, and working on a part of the library that is being refurnished for the brain collection of Harvey Cushing. One of his memorable experiences is a program, takes place at the Library once a year, which hosts high students from all over the world who are interested in medicine. He says that it is such a pleasure seeing the students animated about medicine and seeing the seriousness of the medical students who teach them. Some achievements of his are making sure that the department has a good reputation, and going to Mississppi to cook food for Hurricane Katrina victims. He is not sure what he will be doing in about 5-10 years but he hopes to still keeping cooking.

Meeting with Library Service Assistants

2009-08-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I met with the library service assistants of the document delivery department. First I spoke with Vermetha, who orders journals and articles, makes sure that they come in, and makes sure that the patrons receive them in a timely manner. She verifies citations which she says is a challenging thing to do. A typical day for her is ordering books, journals, and articles, receiving updating requests, and searching different databases. She has been in the job since 1996, and has been in the University for 24 years. Currently, she is taking classes to become an academic librarian. Then I met with Carol who performs inhouse request. She basciallly retrives articles and print them out for patrons. She started out shelving books 28 years ago, and now likes being a library service assistant.

After speaking with Carol, I met with Kelly who performs digital preservation. She provides information to people by scanning articles from old books that cannot be taken out of the library. She is currently working on the alumni bullentin, and a Peter Parker collection, which she will send to the media center. Some of her acheivements include helping people to find articles, using old stuff, and finding interesting things in old books. She has been in the job for 6 years, and sees herself doing some kind of library type things in the future.

Meeting with Head of Collection Department

2009-08-11T13:26:00.000-07:00

So after meeting with the acquisition assistants, I met with Daniel, who is the head of the collection department and management. He manages the department by helping the staff, he makes sure that the budget is proficient and is not over-spent, and he is really involved with HINARI, which is a website that offers books to other countries. Daniel did not start out as a librarian, actually he was interested in politics. He recieved his bachelors degree in political science from the Appalachain State University, but recieved his library degree from the University of Maryland.He likes being a librarian, but says that it is challenging to keep on top of everything. He would like to spend more time on HINARI if there was anything he could change.
What is necessary for him to be happy is being able to not get overwhelmed, just trying to get things aligned. A typical day for him is looking at his schedule, going to meetings, and talking to the staff in the department to see how things are going. He also goes to a class on time management; the activities varies from day to day. His memorable experiences are solving problems of people and working with the staff. One of his acheivements is using funds for usage of data. He has been in the job for 2 and a half years and 8 years at Yale. He hopes to still be in the job and will adapt to the change as the job keeps evolving.

Meeting with acquisitions asssistants

2009-08-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

After meeting with Mark, I met with some acquisitions assistants. First I talked with Mary who works in the print journal collection, keep records straighten out online, and answers people problems. She makes sure that people has access to information. The most challenging thing for her is keeping up to date, and not having enough time. If there was anything that she could change it would having enough time to communicate more with people and sharing ideas with them. She is currently working on catching up with the binding, and will be centering information for the interlibrary loan. She also does the reference desk, update records, answer questions through email, website, and face-to-face contact, and provides journals to other countries through HINARI. In the future, she hopes to become a reference librarian because she likes the contact, and is working towards that goal by getting a degree. She has been in the job for 3 years.

Then I met with Jeannette who orders electronic journals through HINARI and EBSCONET. She started off in the circulation department for 21 years, and changed into the collection development. The most challenging thing for her is making sure to get the correct records. On a daily basis she bascially looks at her email, responds to them, and sets up a schedule for the next day. She has been in the career for 44 years, and one of her proudest achievements has been organizing. She hopes that in the next 2-5 years she is retired.

After meeting with Jeannette, I met Melissa who orders books, pays for the books, and catalogs them. Electronic and navigation are both challenges for her. If she could change anything at all in the job, it would be developing more structure and having a clear view of things. She orders books for the historical part of the library, and she says that cataloging is the most difficult. Also she mentioned that having good organization skills and paying attention to details are important traits that one needs for her job. She feels that in order for her to be happy in her job there needs to be a variety of things. She is not working on anything particular at this point other than that she just finished on cataloging books that took a long time since it was a collection. Her acheievements have been learning how to catalog books.

Meeting with Clinical Support Librarian

2009-08-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Mark who is a clinical support librarian. He helps clinicians to get information for patients, helps people use technology, create information on Cds, and restructures the PDA page on the Yale website. After getting a masters degree in anthropology, he went to China where he worked for 2 years. He came back and realized that anthropology was not for him, so he applied for a job at a library. He was really inspired by the staff who seemed to like what they did and decided to get his masters degree in library sciences at Southern University. He worked at Saint Francis Raphael Hospital for 13 years, and came in as clinical support librarian 9 years ag0.

A typical day for him varies from day. The most challenging thing about his job is dealing with competing demands, and not having enough time to do all of the basic work. He communicates with people through web pages, emails, periodic classes, etc. He says that for one to be curious, flexible, and willingness to be open are key traits in the job. Though what keeps him happy in his job is the satisfaction of helping people, feeling that he has accomplished something, and the recognition from the supervisors. Currently he is working on redoing the PDA pages on the Yale website, working with the Yale Hospital to get money to support the Library, and teaching a Uganda doctor about the use of technology.

One of his memorable experiences is hearing from people that he has helped in the past, and being asked by a woman how long can you hear after death? He has been to conferences around the country and the world like San Francisco, Texas, Florida, and Sweden, where he was a key speaker to represent the Library. The achievements that he is most proud of' are having access in the clinical areas, and improving mobile devices. He hopes that 5 years from now that he would still be doing some of the stuff that he doing now.

Meeting with Historical Librarian

2009-08-10T13:19:00.000-07:00

After my meeting with Jan, I met with Toby who is the head of the historical library. First she gave me tour of the historical library then sat with me to talk. She buys books either old or new, gives exhibits, anwers questions through email, teaches classes, and works on the digital library which is mainly about images. It is a challenge for her to work on so many things at once. She wishes that there was more time to work on collections. Everyday is different and never boring because she never knows who comes through the doors. She communicates with people through the classses that she teaches, letters, telephone, emails, online exhibits, and tour. She also meets and talks with people through meetings like the History of Science and the American Association of Historic Association. Important traits that one needs in her job is flexibity, knowing the materials, patience, and willingness to know new things.

Toby has a Phd in the History of Science and recieved her library degree from the University of Maryland. Some of her achievements are the various exibits she has done and getting them up, the Darwin exibits, and keeping the records of the bibliography of publications that used unique manuscripts of the medical library. Another achievement is being able to organize a lot of things in the past 15 years. She is currently working on the Bicentennial collection, which involves pictures of old doctors, the first building of the Yale Medical School and Medical Library, and donations of a student assistant of Harvey Cushing, who recently died at the age of 91.She is also helping to make changes on the website. She mentioned to me that technology in the future will be widely used in our libraries, but will take a long time for libraries to fully be vitual. Also she mentioned that there will be few librarians in the future. In five years she hopes to be retired but will volunteer at different places.

Meeting with Educational Services Librarian

2009-08-10T10:08:00.000-07:00

Today I met with Jan who is the educational services librarian. She mentors others medical librarians, organizes educational program, and coordinates medical student librarians. She also teaches people how to use and find resources online. It is hard for her keep with technology and how to use it. Although she would like to have an administrator assistant because it would be much easier for everyone who finds it difficult to do perform all of the day's work. Her typical day involves reading emails, organizing classes, and making sure the content is adequate. She communicates with people through email, teaching, and meetings.

An important thing that one needs in her job is curiosity not because that one is loosing interest in the job but that it makes one learn more things. For instance she received an anonymous letter from California that asked the question: Does blood bounce off snow?, and she became so intrigued by the question that she herself wanted to know. She gave the individual a list of sources to contact his local hospital and ask the people of pathology. She says that it is one of her favorite questions. Her memorable experiences is recognizing the need before other people, and realizing that the product for which she felt would be huge became a great thing.

Some projects that she is currently working on is organizing orientations for the new medical students, and making sure that her list for which she will be using to teach is revised and ready for September 14. Next week she will be going to Australia for which she will be representing the library. She has also been to China in which she was a key note speaker for a meeting, and Darthmouth in which she supported the clinical library.

Jan received her masters in library sciences from Rhode Island University, and has been in the career for 35 years. She had always wanted to become a librarian since she was a teenager. So what is necessary for her to be happy in her job is doing the best to her ability with the time that she has. Some benefits the community receives from her job are teaching people how to find information, and helping school nurses by raising awareness. In 5 years she hopes to perform some garden work, volunteering at some places, and tutor students for English.

Meeting with Director of Public Schools(continue August 6, 2009)

2009-08-07T13:16:00.000-07:00

After my meeting with Matt, I met with Claudia Merson who works in the New Haven and State Affairs as well as being the director of public schools. She is the contact person between Yale University and the school district, and approves a budget. She had been a teacher, and taught at an educational theater. She went to New York University for her undergraduate degree and Harvard for her graduate degree. She received a masters degree in education. After teaching for 21 years, she moved to Baghdad and taught for 3 years, then moved to Sweden for 11 years. Now as the director of public schools she communicates with people through phone, emails, Facebook, and meetings. Her typical day includes checking her emails, going to meetings, making phone calls, and tracking down old SCHOLARS members. SCHOLARS is a summer program for New Haven high school students which prepares them for their next year courses.

The important things that she does are speaking with faculty, and helping students connect with teachers and teachers with the library. Although the most challenging thing for her is not having enough time to do the things she wants to do. She is currently working on making a partnership with Cooperative Arts School. Her most memorable experience is the partnership between Career High School and Yale University. She also showed me a letter of congratulations from then President Bill Clinton. She loves her job and hopes to still be in the career.

Meeting with Public Health Librarian

2009-08-07T13:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, August 6, I met with Matt who is the public health librarian. He had never thought about becoming a librarian for public health, he instead studied English Language at James Madison College in Virginia. His friend had inspired him where he was working in a library to become a librarian. He then decided to go the University of Illinois to receive a degree as a public health librarian. The important things that he does are helping people find information that they need, making sure that they need it and when they it. The challenging thing that his does in his job is never having enough money to go through the evaluation of what resources are to be received. He communicates with people through email, Facebook, Twitter, going to different places, and attending student orientations. In the students orientations he talks about the information that the public health library offers, and the availability of the resources.

A typical day for him is checking his email, dealing with people's problems through email, and meeting with medical students. He says that a key trait that one needs for his job is being curious about things. Some things that are necessary to keep him happy in his job are getting paid, having fun, and enjoyable colleagues. He is also working on a special project that let students, who perform certain requirements, be paid to the Public Health Association meeting. He says that it is an educational experience for them. His job has allowed him to travel around the country such as San Diego, Orlando, and Columbia where he trained people. The achievements his most proud of are making tough decisions and making them happen. Matt has been in this job for 11 years and hopes that he is still having fun in the future.

Meeting with Library Director(continue August 5, 2009)

2009-08-06T09:26:00.000-07:00

After meeting with Denise I met Kenny, who is the library director and deals with public relations. She works to encourage her staff, and makes sure that they have enough funds. She went to Southerner Connecticut and Albertus Magnus College to get her degree in public relations. She also has a bachelors degree in history. Important things about her in her job is being a good listener, letting people to disagree with her, and recognizing people. She likes to see her staff happy and feel a satisfaction in what she does. Kenny mentioned to me that liking to work with people, listening to others, being a team player, having good communication skills including having good technical skills are important traits that one needs in her job.

Her typical day involves getting to work early, and going to meetings which could be faculty, university, or alumni affairs. Also she says that her favorite thing so far has been working on a project called MERCY which focuses on how to spend the collection budget and how people use the collection. She communicates with the users of the library by getting to know them, speaking with surgeons, and the Liaisons. She is currently working on planning a retreat for the historical library, looking at spaces in library, and is also thinking of creating a swipe system. Her proud achievements are hiring good people to work for the library, and the endowment for the historical library. Kenny has been in this career for 30 years and still loves the job, the people as well as the environment.

Meeting with Liaison Librarian

2009-08-06T09:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, August 5, I met with Denise who is Liaison to the anesthesiology and cancer center. She connects with the faculty, promotes and markets the use of resources and new resources. She makes people know what tools they have to use, and by creating an online site she lets people use easier ways to locate the resources. The most challenging thing about her job is finding new ways to help other Liaisons within limited time. She also works with Holly who is a Liaison to the OBGYN department. They both work to find new resources for their departments. Denise had majored and had a Phd in American History because she had wanted to become a historian. However she didn't feel that it was her calling. She then applied for an internship at the catalog at the University of Massachusetts and received her librarianship degree at Southern Connecticut.

She downloads resources, searches through datalike tools to store resources, and visit operating rooms to speak with surgeons. Her memorable experiences include having worked with surgeons in the ER, attending a anthesisologist meeting, and telecommunicating. I asked her about her experience in Japan having been spoken by Charlie. She bascially said that she gets to go because of her husband's job and it is only temporal. She is still able to work through skype. She is currently working with a group of people to redo the library website. Everyday is different for her but what is necessary to keep her happy is learning new things, her colleagues, and the supervisors who support her. She still will like to be in the library in the next 5 to 10 years.

Meeting with Human Resource Administrator(continue August 4, 2009)

2009-08-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

So after getting to know more about Charlie, I met Diane Turner, who is the human resource administrator of all libraries. She is responsible for hiring staff, how the staff gets paid, and recruiting new employees. Also she makes decisions about human policies, trains and coaches the staff. She went State University in Albany, New York to get her degree. No two days are the same for her because she goes to a lot of meetings, catches up on her emails, and has the opportunity to meet different people, though she wishes that she had more time in the day. In the 32 years of her career, her memorable experiences are doing outstanding work, making new discoveries, and seeing people overcome their frustrations. She currently is working on getting agencies in need and taking in new students. Her job has allowed her to travel around the world like South Africa, Togo, South America, and California. She says that the achievement that she is most proud of is her children and "having the voice to do the right thing". In the next 5 years she sees herself telecommuting and tele-conferencing but still hopes to have fun in her job.

Getting to know more about Charlie(continue August 4, 2009)

2009-08-05T12:16:00.000-07:00

After my meeting with Judy and Lynn, I had the chance to know more about Charlie Greenberg. He is a Liaison for surgery and emergency medicine as well as coordinator of curriculum and research support. For the past 11 years in the medical library he has managed the information desk as well as the chili program. By communicating with people through email, telephone, appointments, etc he understands what the users of the library likes and dislikes, therefore thinking about new ways to improve the resources. He also teaches people how to use tools in the computer like Refworks. He finds ways to his relationship with the users of the library.

As a teenager he hadn't considered becoming a medical librarian though he spent his time reading and studying in the library. In 1981, he was offered an interview by the public library in Rocklyn, New York. There he taught people how to use the pc Apple computer. He had been hired to work for the Law school Library where he videotaped graduations and was a reference librarian for 2 years. After 4 years he got bored of the job and discovered that he didn't need a medical degree in order to become medical librarian and switch to the medical library in 1989.

He is working on an electronic way in which Yale students can put their thesis on line, and on the Yale Research Institution website. Also he is part of the International Librarian Leadership program, which focuses on helping librarians serve their doctors, and hosts librarians from around the world. A memorable experience was when he presented in front of a group of surgeons which he says was interesting to do. Librarianship has enabled him to travel around the world like Australia, Germany, Scotland, Sweden and Armenia. You can find out more about his experience in Armenia at http://ysmuvisit.blogspot.com/. He also hopes to travel to South Africa. According to him one of the most challenging thing is making people feel more comfortable using technology. Overall, Charlie loves his job because he likes his hours, the ability to create new projects, the environment and his colleagues.

Meeting with Curriculum Support Librarian (continue August 4, 2009)

2009-08-05T10:50:00.000-07:00

I also met with Judy who is a Curriculum Support Librarian in the medical library. She is Liaison to the Basic Science Department of the school of medicine. Sometimes she works at the information desk. Also she attends meetings, respond to technical problems, and is working on organizing orientations and schedule for the new medical students. Her meetings have allowed her to travel around the country such as Utah, Denver, Vancover, and Dallas. During the meetings, discussions are about networking and new things. When she was my age she didn't know what career she wanted to follow. She had a bachalor degree in English but got a librarianship degree from Southern Connecticut. She loves being a medical librarian because she enjoys working with her collegues, learning new things all the time, and interacting with the medical students. She has been in this job for 14 years and isn't ready to retire. What keeps her happy is her interactions with people and being recognized for her efforts.

Meeting with Library Publicity( August 4, 2009)

2009-08-05T08:26:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I met with Lynn who does marketing, promoting, and publicity. She keeps people aware of what is going on by scheduling events for people to visit the library and making annoucements which appear on the Yale website . She is also a Liaison for pedriatrics and dermatology. Her activities varies from day to day. She doesn't spend the day sitting at the desk all day. For instance she attends meetings and goes to the hospital. She received her library degree at Southern Connecticut. She also has a Phd in anthropology, humanities and technical services. Actually she had wanted to become a teacher but there wasn't enough jobs at the time. It was in 1979 that she had gone to the medical library and discovered that there was a job opening. She has ever since been in the medical library for 30 years. What keeps her happy in her job is the people she works with, the support that she receives from her collegues, and the physical environment. One of her memorable experiences was when the medical library was opened after it was rennovated. She is working on supplying articles to nurses and on creating resources for the consumer health website for the public.