New to MLGSCA – Cari Lyle
Posted on April 13, 2016 by Bethany Myers | No Comments
Cari Lyle
1. How did you become interested in medical librarianship? Medical librarianship was actually pretty new to me until I started at the Wilson Dental Library. I had taken classes in the history of medicine and had experience with archives and special collections, so I have approached the field from that perspective. Lately, I have become interested in the maintenance, conservation, and presentation of the history of medicine and specifically, dentistry.
2. What is your current position? I am currently the Technical Services Library Assistant at USC’s Wilson Dental Library.
3. What do you enjoy most about your current position? I thoroughly enjoy the flexibility and jack-of-trades nature of my position. I handle new books processing, donations, and missing book searches, but also get to work with our patrons. I have also been fortunate enough to assist with rare book and archives projects and recently created a display centered on important works and artifacts in dentistry.
4. What do you think is the most interesting or challenging issue in librarianship today? I am interested in the future of libraries. As an MLIS student, I envision what my future career will look like and what libraries will be like. In class and at my current position, I have had many conversations about space for computers, shelving for print collections, and study space; these are all part of this larger conversation about our role and what services we provide to our patrons. I don’t think this conversation is new nor is there a right answer; libraries are always evolving and adapting, but I do think this is an exciting and challenging time to get an MLIS.
5. Please provide a link that made you think (an article, video, blog post, other webpage, etc. that you found to be interesting or thought-provoking): My background is in American history, so I couldn’t help but be drawn to this article about “war libraries” from American Libraries Magazine earlier this year: The Library War Service: ALA’s book campaigns during World War I
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