Medical LIbrary etc.

I have been working at the hospital's medical library which is made up of donated books mainly from the United States. When I started it was suggested that I start by tidying up the collection. Many of the shelves were overcrowded and there were stacks of books and  unopened boxes on the floor. As I started going through the collection I soon noticed that a fair number of the materials did not pertain to a medical library. As a first step I weeded out the elementary and middle school text books (many on American Civics), sociology and anthropology college text books, and the art, literature, gardening, and history books. Some of the books will be discarded but many can be donated to schools or libraries in Phnom Penh. I will be helping to write a donation policy so that in the future only current medical/health/nursing books be sent to the library. 

The library has two old computers of which one works. The connection is slow and periodically the computer freezes or decides to shut down

There are signs to remind the library users not to chat.

Weeded books include Safe Firefighting, Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair, Criminal Investigations, Naval Special Warfare Terms, How to Think about Weird Things, The Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, Figure Sculture in Wax and Plaster, Building my Zen Garden and From Patient to Payment (a teaching manual about Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and HIPA)

One of my next projects will be to correct and update the signage. The Computer section is marked Law. 

This is the National Library of Cambodia which was built in 1924. It was closed during the Khmer Rouge regime who  threw out or burned 80% of the books and bibliographic records. During that time it was turned it into a piggery to show disdain for education. The library was reopened in 1980 with the assistance of international governments and agencies. 

 

 

Circ Desk

No talking

There are only 3 available computers

Not library related. Wall murals outside a children's aid organization. 

Monks by the river