MLA Oral Histories

The MLA Oral History Project conducts and preserves interviews that help illuminate the history of health sciences librarianship and of MLA.

The Medical Library Association Oral History Project Manual, 7th Revised Edition

The original recorded interviews and transcripts are kept in the MLA archives. Edited transcripts are available on MLANET or through interlibrary loan from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM). These volumes also include biographies, and in many cases photographs and CVs, of the interviewees.

To access an oral history published since 2016, click on the Published Oral History link at the top of the interview summary. To borrow print copies of earlier histories, contact your regional medical library through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), or contact Mary Langman, director, information issues and policy, at MLA headquarters.

Section and Chapter Oral Histories

List of Interviewees

  • Adams, Scott (AHIP, FMLA)*

    Adams, Scott (AHIP, FMLA)*

    Posted on: May 10, 2024 Edited by: Interview by: on Number of pages: Scott Adams worked at the Army Medical Library and the National Library…

  • Allen, Beverly Elizabeth

    Allen, Beverly Elizabeth

    Posted on: May 10, 2024 Edited by: Interview by: on Number of pages: Throughout her long and distinguished career, Beverly Allen was a mentor, strong…

  • Anderson, David C.

    Posted on: May 10, 2024 Edited by: Interview by: on Number of pages: David C. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 1952…

  • Anderson, Rachael K. (AHIP, FMLA)

    Posted on: May 10, 2024 Edited by: Interview by: on Number of pages: After receiving a master’s in library service at Columbia University in 1960,…

  • Anderson, Rachael K. (AHIP, FMLA) and Bunting, Alison (AHIP, FMLA): Joint Interview

    Posted on: May 10, 2024 Edited by: Interview by: on Number of pages: Rachael Anderson and Alison Bunting served on the Medical Library Association Board…