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MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Alison Bunting

Fellowship Conferred: 1998

To top of page MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA
  • Editor-in-Chief, Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, 1989-2001
  • Board of Directors, member, 1982-85
  • Continuing Education Committee, chair, 1980-81
  • National Program Committee, chair, 1979-82
  • Editorial Committee for the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, chair, 1976-77
Chapter
  • Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona
    • Past President and Member of the Advisory Council,1978 79
    • President, 1977-78
    • President Elect and Program chair, 1976-77
    • Membership chair, 1975-76
    • Secretary, 1974-75
    • Career Guidance Committee, chair, 1972-73

To top of page Honors and Awards

MLA
  • Hospital Library Section, Professional Recognition Award, 2002
  • Marcia C. Noyes Award, 2001
  • Fellow, 1998
  • Janet Doe Lecturer, 1993
  • President=s Award, 1988
  • Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member
Other
  • Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
  • University of California, Los Angeles, CA, University Librarian Emerita, 2003
  • National Library of Medicine, Board of Regents, member, 1999-2002, chair, 2002-03
  • National Library of Medicine, Biomedical Library Review Committee, member 1993-96, chair 1996-97
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Senior Fellow, 1989

To top of page Publications (5 representative)

  • Bunting A. Excellence, promise, vision, and values: reflections on the Janet Doe Lectures, 1967-1997. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Apr; 86(2):258-66.
  • Bunting A, editor-in-chief. Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, vols. 1-6, 8. Metuchen, NJ: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press. 1994-2001.
  • Bunting A, editor-in-chief. Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship, v. 7. New York, NY: Medical Library Association and Forbes Custom Publishers, 1999.
  • Bunting A. From Index Catalogue to Gopher Space: Changes in our profession as reflected in the Handbook and CPHSL. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994 Jan; 82(1):1-11.
  • Bunting, A. The nation's health information network: history of the Regional Medical Library Program, 1965 1985. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1987 Jul; 75(Supp):1 62.

To top of page Positions

  • Interim University Librarian, UCLA Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July 2002-December 2002.
  • Associate University Librarian for Sciences, UCLA Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, January 1991-2002.
  • Co-Director, UCLA InfoShare Project, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000-December 2002.
  • Director, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, May 1984 June 2002.
  • Director, Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, May 1984 2002.
  • Assistant Dean for Library Service, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, May 1984 December 2002.
    Associate Biomedical Librarian for Public Services, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July 1979 May 1984.
  • Head, Consulting and Training Services, Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, September 1974 June 1979.
  • Head, Interlibrary Loan Services, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, July 1972 September 1974.
  • Interlibrary Loan Services/Reference Librarian, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, June 1970 June 1972.

To top of page MLA published statements about the fellow

  • Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Jan; 90(1):144. [cited June 1, 2003]. <http://pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=99170>.
  • Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Jan; 87(1):123.


Edited June 7, 2003

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