Meeting With Mark Gentry and Hongbin Liu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 !