Day 4 of My Internship

Today was my fourth day here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. Today, I got to meet with Lei Wang, the Instructional Design Librarian. Today, Mr. Wang showed me how I will be editing my Health Flick. To do so, I will be using a software called iMovie, which is a movie editing program that is available on Macintosh computers. In order to edit a movie on the software, you first have to upload the footage you want to edit to the program. After that, you create a new project. Once you have done that, you are able to add a title page, cut off segments of the footage you don't want or messed up on etc. Also in the program, when you are saving it, you can save it to be compatible to whatever device you want people to be able to view it on whether it is a iPod, iPhone, iPad, computer etc.

After practicing editing my video, I had the chance to sit down with Mr. Wang and get his insights on working here in the library. After being asked "Do you think you gain a better understanding of yourself from your career?" He replied "Yes, you never know what you are capable of doing until you give it a try. You are unaware of your full potential until you take the step to find out whether the task at hand is accomplish-able."

Mr. Lei Wang

After I met with Mr. Wang, I met with Mr. John Gallagher. He is the associate director here at Harvey Cushing Medical Library. While I was there, Mr. Gallagher and I talked about his position here at the library. I asked him "How did you succeed in obtaining your career?" He responded "The opportunity unfolded its self. I opened that door and everything just fell into place. I was originally working for UPS, however I was looking to change jobs, a friend of mine told me to apply for a job here and here I am 13 years later" As the associate director, Mr. Gallagher is entitled to help you search for any information in the Medical Library's databases, instruct group sessions, and send you the medical library news each month, highlighting new resources and information about the library's programs to keep you up-to-date.

Mr. John Gallagher

Day 4 of my internship at the Medical Library

Today I met with three people, Melissa Grafe, John Gallagher, and Mark Gentry.

I started out by talking with Melissa who is the Medical Library Historical Librarian. She has been working at the Medical Library since July 2001. Before I sat down to talk with her she showed me the collections of books and paintings they have collected over the years. We looked at looks from the 1200s, which was really cool! Melissa went to college for history and politics. She got her PhD at John Hopkins. She says the most exciting part of her job is finding stuff that you don't expect to see. She loves all the people she gets to meet and enjoys working with one of the best collections in the country.

Then I met with John Gallagher who is Medical Library Associate Director. he has been working here for 13 years. Mr.Gallagher went to school in Ireland, where he was born and raised. He loves all the people he gets to meet and help out. He says that he wishes that he could find a way to make everyone's job easier. Outside of the library he like to garden, read, and spend time with his family.

Lastly, I met with Mark Gentry, who is a Clinical Support Librarian and the coordinator of Medical Library Technology services andsupport. He attended classes at seven different colleges, and managed to earn degrees at three of them. Mark enjoys helping people with what they need and getting the information at they need. He also enjoys all the intelligent people he gets to assist at a place like a medical center. His teachers in college inspired him to be the person he is today. Mark likes to play the guitar, read, watch movies, and travel outside of his job.