Jane Blumenthal, AHIP Medical Library Association President, 2012–2013

摘要

You can learn a lot about Jane Blumenthal, AHIP, from a quick tour of her office on the fifth floor of the Taubman Health Sciences Library. An entire wall of windows looks out to the University of Michigan Medical School, and beyond that you can see the new Cardiovascular Center and the manicured grounds where the Kresge building complex, part of which housed the old medical library, was torn down two years ago. Beyond that, and towering over every other building in the visible landscape, is the even newer C. S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital. Within the office, diagonal from the desk, is a wood screen with a series of animal photos taken while she was on trips around the world. A framed close-up of a red-tailed hawk signed by the nature photographer, Jane Blumenthal, hangs on one wall. Collections of various types—cactus plants, ticket stubs to the Bearded Pigs and Oakland Raiders Super Bowl events, Beanie Babies of the jungle animal and bird variety, and a collection of children's books (Librarian from the Black Lagoon, Bat Night at the Library, and Please Bury Me in the Library)—adorn the furniture and walls. Research assistant Stephanie Gertken says that, “overall, the office gives you a sense of a person who finds delight in the world around her whether that be through a camera lens, a bobble penguin toy, or a quirky cartoon” [1].