See also Rachael K. Anderson's Oral History Summary and
Rachael K. Anderson and Alison Bunting's Joint Oral History Summary
MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments
MLA
- Nominating Committee, chair, 1999
- Past president, 1998-99
- President, 1997-98
- President-elect, 1996-97
- Janet Doe Lectureship Jury, chair, 1991-92
- Brodman Award Jury, chair, 1988-89
- Board of Directors, member, 1983-86
- 1985 National Program Committee, chair, 1982-85
- Committee on Status and Economic Interests of Health Sciences Library Personnel, chair, 1980-81
- Recruitment Committee, Chair, 1975-76
Chapter
- New York-New Jersey Chapter/Medical Library Association
- Executive Board, member, 1971-73, 1977-78,1979-80
- Chapter chair, 1978-79
- Bylaws Committee, chair, 1981-82
- Nominating Committee, chair, 1975-76
- Program Committee, chair, 1970-71
Honors and Awards
MLA
- Marcia C. Noyes Award, 2000
- Fellow, 1995
- Janet Doe Lecturer, 1989
- Academy of Health Information Professionals, Distinguished Member
Other
- National Library of Medicine, Special Review Committee for Health Sciences Education/Training Planning Grants, chair, 1995
- National Library of Medicine, Board of Regents, member, 1990-94; chair, 1993-94
- American College of Medical Informatics, Fellow, 1993
- New York Academy of Medicine, Fellow, 1990
- University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Senior Fellow, 1989
- Who's Who in America, 44th ed., 1986/87 to date
- National Library of Medicine, Biomedical Library Review Committee, member, 1984-88; chair, 1987-88
Publications (5 representative)
- Anderson RK, Haddix A, McCray JC, Wunz T. Developing a health information infrastructure for Arizona. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994 Oct; 82(4):396-400.
- Anderson RK Reinventing the medical librarian. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1989 Oct; 77(4):323-31. [Reprinted in: Library Lit 20; The Best of 1989. Ed. by J.A. Hannigan. Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1990, 431-48.]
- Hendrickson GLF, Anderson RKG, Levy, RI. IAIMS at Columbia: a strategic plan and model project. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1986 Jul; 74(3):243-8.
- Goldstein R.K. Women and health sciences librarianship: an overview. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1977 Jul; 65(3):321-9.
- Goldstein RK, Hill, DR. The status of women in the administration of health science libraries. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1975 Oct; 63(4):386-95.
Positions
- Director, Arizona Health Sciences Library, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1991-2001
- Associate Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1996-2001
- Director, Health Sciences Library, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1979-91
- Acting Vice President and University Librarian, Columbia University, New York, NY, July 1982-Jan. 1983
- Director, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1974-79
- Acting Director, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1973-74
- Associate Librarian, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1971-73
- Head of Cataloging, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1969-72
- Acquisitions Librarian, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1967-69
- Cataloging Librarian, Medical Center Library, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1964-69
- Reference Librarian, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, 1964
- Cataloging Librarian, College of the City of New York (City University of New York) Library, New York, NY, 1960-62
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 2001 Jan; 89(1): 110-1. [cited June 1, 2003]. <http://pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=31720>.
- Rachael K. Anderson, AHIP, receives Noyes Award. MLA News 2000 Jun/Jul; 227:1.
- Presidential address. Proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1999 Jan; 87(1):112-5.
- Braude RM. President's page; Rachael Keller Anderson Medical Library Association President 1997-1998. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1997 Jul 85(3):307-10.
- Presentation of awards. Proceedings of the 95th Annual Meeting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1996 Jan; 84(1):146-7.