Fourth day of internship

Today i met with Lei Wang who is a Instructional Design Librarian at the Yale Medical Library (http://library.medicine.yale.edu/). He teaches others how to use library references through online tutorials. His education took place in China, where he went to a four year college. He explained to me how there was a lot of competition, so if you got accepted to a college you needed to accept the offer quickly before someone else tried to take your spot. In order to succeed in his Yale job there were specific education requirements. He needed a Masters degree in library science and experience/ education on instructional design. Mr. Wang is very pleased with his working environment. He described to me how Yale always provides a lot of extra opportunities to help others, so he is always able to keep up with the latest technology. The atmosphere he works in is always exciting. Also, he discussed with me how he is very dedicated to his work. In order to succeed in this job you need to be understanding, have compassion, and most importantly be able to understand technology from a users point of view.

Day Four: Interview with Lei Wang

Today after I was done interviewing Mr. Hughes, I went on to interview Mr. Wang, who is an Instructional Designer.
While interviewing Mr. Wang, I learned many new things, as well as some  things that are required for you to become a Medical Librarian. You need a Masters Degree in Library Science focusing on health sciences materials and services. The  reason why Mr. Wang choose to work as an Instructional Designer was because he loved designing with software, and he also loved teaching. So he decided to combine those two passion and became a instructional designer, where he designs new ways to teach students about software and skills. Mr. Wang was interested in  teaching, and he knew that learning can be really hard. To make learning easy he wanted to design demonstrations that would be best to transfer his knowledge to students.
Mr. Wang like lots of things about information technology, which supports his enthusiasm to be able work as an instructional designer. From Mr. Wang, I learned that anyone can make their love and passions for something into a career and make a living out of it. It can be like fairy tale but once you have the will, anything is possible.
I thank Mr. Wang for giving me this wonderful opportunity to learn about his interests and how became an instructional designer in a medical library..

Day Three: Part One

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.

Afternoon with Jan and Lei

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.