Time to say goodbye. .

And it was hard to say goodbye. Everyone has been so gracious and helpful -- and most importantly made me feel at home. My last two days on Monday and Tuesday, July 12 & 13, were wrap up days. Christine and Linda did an evaluation of me -- very nicely done on letterhead, signed and everything! And I did an evaluation of my time there.( had only good things to say.) They treated me to lunch on the last day (Greek take-out -- really yummy) -- and everyone took time to eat together. And then -- I was off. But the internship wasn't quite over. I left at about 1:30, drove to the Health Sciences and Human Services library (HS/HSL) and visited with Janice Kelly of the RML (Regional Medical Libary) that is located on the 5th floor of that building. This library, the SE/A (Southeastern Atlantic Regional Library) is one of eight libraries that are part of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. One of eight, but with 1/4 of the population -- they are a busy group. Janice is a delightful lady and was very gracious and helpful. She filled me in on all the things the Regional Medical Libraries do -- including lots of training and of course, overseeing DOCLINE. She took me on a tour of both libraries. Our own Ebling library here at the University of Wisconsin is a wonderful facility (and Janice had heard of it), but this library is also uniquely beautiful with a nautical theme. The library has a long history (beginning in 1813), with a building at its current site built in 1960. This new building was completed in 1998 -- and since that time has undergone several reconfigurations -- partly to keep up with the changing technological nature of the library.
The End.
The end of the internship, that is. I am hoping to visit again the next time we visit Josh, Jill and the girls in Baltimore. I would just like to add a heartfelt THANK YOU to Christine and Linda for choosing me to be the Harrison Medical Library intern for the summer. Thanks, too, to everyone on the staff -- (Cheri, Tillie and Irene as well as Christine and Linda) for taking the time to make this a great learning experience.

Wrapping up. . .

It's been a month since I came home -- making the trip in 14 rather pleasant hours on the July 14th and back to --- well, everything -- beginning on the 15th. The intervening month has been filled with catching up at work, house guests including our two daughters and 3 grandchildren for a week as well as my brother and his daughter and granddaughter, a family reunion, the start of a new role at the CCBC (cataloging coordinator), and finishing a promised paper (unrelated to this internship). A thunderstorm rolled through with winds that left our sweet corn lying flat on the ground. It has since nearly righted itself and we have been enjoying fresh sweet corn as well as many other fresh vegetables from the garden. The weeds still reign supreme, but the pumpkin has leaped the garden fence and is heading for new horizons. Ben, Amy & Samuel chose new fish for the fish tank, and Heather's dog is visiting for a year while she (that is, Heather, not Gracie) completes a residency in Washington D.C. Don't tell Heather, but I think Gracie likes it here in the country:) I miss Abby & Brooke (and their parents) but it's good to be home with my better half -- 39 years and still crazy about each other (or is it just crazy?) But this isn't what this blog is all about -- so in the next posting, I'll tell you about my exciting last day...