April 8th, 2009 (My 7th day)

Today I was at the Collection and Devolopment Management section which was very fun and it was very nice because I got to meet to alot of nice people who were Mary Hughes, Melissa, and Cindy. Mary Hughes and Melissa are the Acqusition Assistant Librarians and they have very fun jobs like dealing with the stuff that are coming in the library. Mary is very fun and has a good sense of humor. Melissa was a landscaper and i was like what a change because your a painter dealing wiht colors and then your working with computers and different types of software. When I was interviewing Melissa she was working on a prject that was given by her boss and it was very complicated because she was orderin books online and putting them into the catalog. The last person I interviewed was Cindy is the Collection Devolopment and Acquisition Librarian and she takes care of bugdet and I also met with Daniel who takes care budget and tries to solve problems that occur in his department with budgets and other stuff. I learned aboout the software HINARIwhich was very fun. So today was quite a busy day and it was very fun meeting with new people and finding about their profession and what they like to outside and inside of the office.

April 7th, 2009 (6th day)

Today I was with George the Librarian at the circulation desk and he told me some interesting things such as how they keep old journals safe and showed me a certain type of machine that seals the journal and keeps it from getting damaged. I interviewed John who is from Ireland and he is the Deputy Director of the whole Yale Medical Library at the Ciculation Desk. He als asked me questions to find out more about me and it was very fun. I interviewed Mary who is the Document and Delivery Librarian and she haels out doctors and nurses find the correct citations and also help them find journals that they woyuld like to check out and look into systems if they have it and if they don't not a problem they can get it from other libraries. Mary also told me that there are alot of Medical Libraries. I also met Michael who is a Medical librarian and he is from Uganda which is very interesting and he has been working in the Yale Medical Library for two and a half months. He says that he enjoys it and he also worked at a medical library in Uganda where he also was a Medical Librarian. I had a great time today and looking forward to interview other people.

April 6th,2009 (5th day)

Today I met with Jan and we learned about her experience in the Yale Medical Library. She taught me about PubMed and how it's a great source for quick and specific searching tool. I really liked the Tutorials that Jan told me to watch because I had a better look at how I can use it and how it will come in help when I will be in college. I talked to Jan about her teaching classes and her experiences withthem and she said that it's very fun and that she has been teaching the majority of the classes.

April 2, 2009 (My 4th day)

Today I was with the Circulation desk where I met with Alah and George. They were very nice and they helped me understand what they do behind the circulation desk and theat was very fun. I also met Rick and he is the Circulation manager and he also provides excess to everything in the library. He likes to provide the best customer service and really enjoys helping the patrons at the Yale Medical Library. I learned different things from Rick like where the Reserved books go, that there is a certaing amount of days for certain books that can be checked out, and if any of the patrons or customers have a problem then they may ask for help from the circulation desk and they will help you clear the fine if it's not your fault. I also helped Alah checking in books and helped stack the book as well.

April 1, 2009 (My 3rd Day)

Today I was introduced to Jan and was able to attend one of her classes called EndNote Basics this was a very fun class where you learn how to manage citations. It was terrific because Jan was teaching it. I observed and saw how interesting things you have to go through in order for you to become a librarian. I can't wait till I meet Jan and interview her!!

March 31, 2009 (My 2nd Day)

Today I met with Lynn, Lei, and Judy. I interviewed them and I got a chance to find out what they do. I was very pleased and I enjoyed. My favorite part was when we talked about high school days and how fun they were. I learned alot not only that they are librarians, but what type of librarians they are Lynn is an Academic refernce Librarian, Lei is a Medical Librarian and he also designs webpages, and Judy is a Curriculum Support librarian. One thing that I learned was that there are alot of types of librarians.

March 30, 2009 (My 1st day)

Hello everyone I'm Anmol Patel, the new C.H.I.L.I intern! Today I was given a tour of the Yale Medical Library. I met Dexter at the Circulation Desk. I took a look at Charles Darwin's work, went around the whole library and had explored all of the great stuff they had. I loved it. My favorite part was when I met new people and learned about their occupation and I'm looking forward to meet other new people.