Meeting with Liaison Librarian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.