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Sarah Burge, MLS

Personal Librarian for students in:

  • School of Medicine


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As your Librarian, Sarah can:

  • Serve as your single point of contact to all things library
  • Tailor an instruction session for you or your group
  • Receive your suggestions for new purchases – books, journals, databases, CAI, videos, and any other type of material
  • Help you search for information in any of the Medical Library’s many databases
  • Send you the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date.

About your librarian

Sarah is the Preservation Librarian for the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. The Historical Library houses one of the world’s finest historical medical collections.

Sarah is working to preserve and conserve the collection which contains over 130,000 rare books, manuscripts, journals, pamphlets and prints. 

 

Background and Experience

Education

  • MLS, Library Science, University of Illinois  Urbana Champaign, 2005
    ▪ BA, Fine Art, Illinois State University 2001

Professional Memberships

  • American Library Association – Member: Association of College and Research Library’s, Rare Books and Manuscript     
         Section
  • American Institute for Conservation – Member: Book and Paper Group
  • Guild of Book Workers
  • Archivists and Librarians in the History of Health Sciences
  • Medical Museum Association

Committees

  • ALA – Book and Paper Committee
                 RBMS Security Committee
                 RBMS Liaison to Map and Geography          
                 Section
                 RBMS Task force for Library                         
                 Security for Cartographic Materials
  • AIC – Bylaws Committee
  • Yale Library - Collections Security Group
                Disaster Planning Task Force
             Library Staff Association
  • Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
             Facilities and Security Committee    
             Marketing Committee
  • YSN Special Collections Committee