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

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

Harvey Cushing's Biography

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

July 2nd

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

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

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)

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.