Examples of Recent Site Visits

Professional site visits are an integral part of training in the U.S. Sabre arranges the site visits to complement the classroom training with professionals who are happy to talk with others about their activities and experiences. A Sabre staff person escorts the trainees to each visit. Unless otherwise noted, the site visits highlighted below took place in Cambridge.

Research/Intellectual Property Law

• Kennedy School Library, Harvard University
• Copyright Clearance Center, (Danvers, MA)
• Meeting with Boston attorney whose specialty is Intellectual Property Law
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School

Medical Libraries

• Massachusetts General Hospital, Treadwell Library (Boston, MA)
• MIT Libraries
• Harvard University Countway Medical Library
• NELINET, a New England cooperative library association (Newton, MA)

Law Libraries

• Boston University Law School Library (Boston, MA)
• Lexis/Nexis meeting and instruction session (Boston, MA)
• Harvard University Law School Library
• NELINET, a New England cooperative library association (Newton, MA)

Automation and Distance Learning

• Bunker Hill Community College, Center for Self-Directed Learning (Boston, MA)
• Bunker Hill Community College, Mediated Distance Learning Department
• Harvard University, Widener Library

Public Information Resources

• Information Technology Division, Commonwealth of MA, Office of General Counsel (Boston, MA)
• Graphic Communication Division, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Citizen Information Service (Boston, MA)

Medical Resources and Technologies

• Tufts University, Health Science Library (Boston, MA)
• Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications (Boston, MA)
• Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
• H.W. Wilson, a CD-ROM content provider
• Silverplatter, Inc., a CD-ROM content provider (Norwood, MA)