February 2 (Day 4)

Today I met with Sarah and she is the preservation Librarian for the Cushing/Whitney Medical library. Sarah works in the historical library and it's one of the finest historical medical collections. Sarah works on preserving very rare and valuable book there are over 130,000 rare books, journals, pamphlets manuscripts, art and more! She also works with students from the school of medicine. Sarah was nice enough to take me to se the fabulous book collection, I saw ancient book from the 1800's and even earlier books from Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci and too many more to mention. Sarah made the historic library seem so interesting because of all the things people wrote, it really was a great experience to see such a rare collection.

Contact Sarah,

 sarah.burge@yale.edu

After I met Sarah, then i met up with Jason; he is the C&IS Support Specialist.  Jason is in charge of the libraries' computers, Jason is incredible with working on computers. If anyone in the library has technical difficulties with any computer Jason is the one to go to. Jason always had a thing for computers ever since he was a child, and plans on going back to school.

Contact Jason,

jason.reinstedler@yale.edu

January 30, (Day 3)

Today I met with Mark and he does the clinical support. He help Doctors and today when I interviewed him, he was helping a doctor from Uganda in Africa. Mark also knows a lot about PDA's and other hand held gadgets that make research more convienient for Doctors at the office or even on the go. He knows about the latest equipment and he is a very helpful person when it comes to the new smart-phones and PDA Resources & Services .

Contact Mark,

mark.gentry@yale.edu

After I finished interviewing Mark I went over to Bob. He is the Business manager and he is in charge of the finances of the Medical library. He makes sure all the staff gets paid including security which is important. Bob is the person the faculty goes to in order to make financial decisions because he manages the budget, and YES YALE has a budget. So that means he is very good at math..... and he is he loves math and in high school it was his favorite subject. Too bad its not mine =( but his job requires him to have a strong background in mathematics. Bob was a very interesting person and i'll be sure to go to him when I'm having trouble with my math homework. 

Contact Bob,

robert.hughes@yale.edu

January 26 & 27, (Day 1 & 2)

Hello Everyone! Im the new C.H.I.L.I intern. I was given a tour of this breath taking library by Mr. Charles Greenberg and let me just say it is a honor to be here. This week I recieved orientation and joined in a library council meeting at the steiner room. It was about a trip to Beijin, China. I was very fortunate to be able to listen in on all that went on, China is very beautiful and maybe someday I can also go to China. After the meeting I interviewed John Gallagher and Mary Angelotti.

John is the Deputy Director of Public Services for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. I Asked him a few questions and as you know John was born in Ireland, he came to the U.S at the age of 19. Before becoming the Deputy Director he worked in construction foe 6 years and the U.P.S. John didn't plan to become a librarian but when he got offered the job in the year 2000, but he perused it. And now he wishes that there were more hours in a day because he feels that information is extremely valuable and can be needed at any time. John inspired me to look for a job that can be fulfilling just like it is to him, he is a very interesting guy even though he dislikes my favorite soccer team. 

Mary Angelotti is the document Delivery Manager. She has been working in the Medical library for 31 years! that's amazing, and I feel that she has a very important job delivering all the peoples' order on time. Just having that responsibility alone can be quite overwhelming. But not for Mary Angelotti, she loves her job and is happy to be of assistance to anyone who needs it. In high school she wanted to become a teacher and even received a bachelors degree in history. And one day hopes to become a reading teacher for young children; but for now she is very happy with her staff and her helpful job databases. I was a pleasure to have meet someone so hardworking such as Mary Angelotti.

My Forth Day

Today, Thursday August 7th started off with me meeting two new people. Mary and Kelly which both work in document delivery. Mary does the computer work while Kelly scans the copies of the necessary material. I found them both to be pleasant people who enjoy their jobs. Also Kelly showed me the scanner and it was really interesting. After that I shadowed Janene's EBP class. In the picture here it shows a not so well but hopefully effective demonstrations of EBP format. Janene herself had a better depiction. After the class I as well as Mr. Greenberg walked over to the Library downtown to meet with Diane Turner who is a fascinating Women. I was truly honored to meet her. After Meeting with Mrs. Turner i returned to the medical library to attend a Liaison Meeting/Lunch in which they discussed library matters such as budget and orders for journals. It was all new to me to see the inner workings of the library i found it to be a positive experience. My last meeting of the day and/or week was with Bob, he is the business manager and he is a very easy to get a long with type of guy. He seems really in tact like he knows his business and i felt as if he is one of the kind of people that will help anyone in need.

My Third Day

Today is Wednesday August 6th and it is my third day at the Chili Internship here at Yale's Medical Library. This morning I started off with Mr. Greenberg as he introduced me to the world of RSS. I found this to be very interesting because now I have a way to connect myself to the news feeds I find most interesting. After the RSS lesson I met with Jason the Libraries IT man. We had a discussion about information and how his job even though it effects the library greatly isn't connect like the others. After meeting with Jason i was introduced to Mark in clinical support. He gave me another view of the library as a whole. Daniel and Lynn helped me finish the day. Daniel introduced me to the digital part of the library as Lynn gave me incite on Consumer Health.

My Second Day

Today is Tuesday August 5th and my second day at the internship. This morning

I sat in on a meeting taken place with the people of the department I am interning for. I heard scheduling as well as creative

ideas to keep students interested with the medical library. After the meeting I held

an interview with Toby in the historical part of the library. Toby is in charge of basically all of the medical history the library holds. I found it so interesting how far back the books go.

After meeting with Toby I met with Jan in the educational services. Jan is a very interesting person because she always wanted to be a librarian and I found that amazing. Not to say to be a librarian isn't a great career just after meeting with other people i hadn't met with someone that dreamed of this as a child. After Jan i too a visit to Document delivery and had another more detailed tour of the medical library. So far I am enjoying my time here and look forward to my meetings to come.

My First Day

Today was my first day of the Chili Internship at Yale. This morning I started off with a brief orientation given by Mr. Greenberg. He walked me around the medical library and introduced me to some of the staff. I also held two interviews today as well as made adjustments to this blog. Today I learned a little history about the library itself and increased my interest of medical history.

My first interview was with a woman by the name of Judy Spak. I asked her questions surrounding her life and the career she has chosen and also how it relates to Information technology. She told me how she liked her job because it allowed her to influence so many people, she likes working with others especially students because she feels as if she really teaches them. She finds her job to be more then some "9 to 5" regular job because often she must bring her work home with her. She did not dream of working in a medical library but she has grown to enjoy it very much. Judy is a Curriculum Support Librarian so she makes sure teaches and students are learning what is new and important based on a preset curriculum. She believes her strengths such as good communication and good representation help her perform her job as best as possible. She feels no better then any other librarian in any other department but she does feel her role is more visible. She feels that technology is critical in her career also that it has improved the world of Health information greatly.

My second interviewee was a woman by the name of Robin Featherstone. She is a student in a program which allows her to work in every department the library offers as well as in many different libraries around the country . She feels as if her job is always changing which provides an exciting environment which doesn't lead to boredom. Robin does not see her position as either a career or a job, she finds that at times it can be both. She feels that the information technology is much more exciting in the health field because it is always changing and updating. Her interest in this field was rather new, she basically stated that she just needed a job and that the interest rose after she started. That brutal honesty she titled as one of her weaknesses. She says that technology is everything in her day to day job. She prefers working with nurses for the simple fact that they are friendly and that they are used to working with people all day so there is a sort of comforting feeling.

Both of my interviewees felt that there is a stereotype surrounding the public's view on librarians and one felt it should be changed while the other felt it should be kept the same. Now I am wondering if it could be changed as well as how it will be.