Association for Library and Information Science Education

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Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Formation1900
TypeNon-profit
NGO
Purpose"Promotes innovation and excellence in research, teaching, and service for educators and scholars in Library and Information Science and cognate disciplines internationally through leadership, collaboration, advocacy, and dissemination of research."[1]
Websitewww.alise.org

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) (pronounced "Ah-lease") promotes education for the information professions internationally through engagement, advocacy and research.

ALISE is a non-profit professional association for faculty, staff, and students in the library and information sciences and allied disciplines.[2]

History

ALISE is the successor organization to the Association of American Library Schools (AALS), which was founded in 1900.[3] AALS replaced the American Library Association (ALA) Roundtable of Library School Instructors (1911–1915) but was not affiliated with the American Library Association until 1953.[4] Organizationally, AALS and ALA had many connections, especially in the first 30 years of AALS's existence.[5]

Donald G. Davis traced the efforts within ALA for the improvement of library education.[6]

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS)

Since 1960, ALISE has published the peer-reviewed scholarly publication, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. JELIS serves as a primary source of research about issues pertinent to library and information science educators and scholars.[7][8]

Presidents

Year President Affiliation
1915-16 James Ingersoll Wyer New York State Library School
1916-17 June R. Donnelly[9] Simmons College
1917-18 Sarah Bogle Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh)
1918-19 Alice S. Tyler Western Reserve University
1919-20 Frank K. Walter[10] New York State Library School
1920-21 Josephine Adams Rathbone Pratt Institute
1921-22 Phineas L. Windsor[11][12] University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1922-23 Ernest J. Reece[13] New York Public Library
1923-24 Harriet P. Sawyer[14] St. Louis Public Library
1924-25 Susie Lee Crumley[15] Carnegie Library of Atlanta
1925-26 William E. Henry University of Washington
1926-27 Phineas L. Windsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1927-28 Josephine Adams Rathbone Pratt Institute
1928-29 June R. Donnelly Simmons College
1929-30 Charles C. Williamson Columbia University School of Library Service
1930-31 Charles C. Williamson Columbia University
1931-32 Clara E. Howard Emory University
1932-33 Arthur Elmore Bostwick St. Louis Public Library
1933-34 Sydney B. Mitchell University of California, Berkeley
1934-35 Phineas L. Windsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1935-36 Ralph Munn Carnegie Institute of Technology
1936-37 Ethel M. Fair New Jersey College, Rutgers
1937-38 Harriet E. Howe University of Denver Graduate Library School
1938-39 Louis Round Wilson University of Chicago Graduate Library School
1939-40 Tommie Dora Barker Emory University
1940-41 Lucie E. Fay Columbia University
1941-42 Herman H. Henkle Simmons College
1942-43 Leon Carnovsky University of Chicago Graduate Library School
1943-44 Frances H. Kelly Carnegie Institute of Technology
1944-45 Alice Higgins Rutgers School of Library Service, New Jersey
1945-46 Anne M. Boyd University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1946-47 Florrinell F. Morton Louisiana State University
1947-48 George C. Allez University of Wisconsin, Madison
1948-49 Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness University of Michigan
1949-50 J. Periam Danton[16] University of California, Berkeley
1950-51 Rose B. Phelps University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1951-52 C. Irene Hayner University of Minnesota
1952-53 Carl Melinat Syracuse University
1953-54 Louise LeFevre Western Michigan University
1954-55 Harold Lancour University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1955-56 Frances N. Cheney Peabody University
1956-57 Lowell A. Martin Rutgers University
1957-58 Esther Stallmann University of Texas, Austin
1958-59 David K. Berninghausen University of Minnesota
1959-60 David K. Berninghausen University of Minnesota
1960-61 Edward A. Wight University of California, Berkeley
1961-62 Martha Boaz University of Southern California
1962-63 Wayne Yenawine Syracuse University
1963-64 Wayne Yenawine Syracuse University
1964-65 Jesse Shera Case Western Reserve University
1965-66 L. Dorothy Bevis University of Washington
1966-67 LeRoy C. Merritt University of California
1967-68 Virginia Lacy Jones Atlanta University
1968-69 Samuel Rothstein University of British Columbia
1969-70 Rev. James J. Kortendick[17] Catholic University
1970-71 Patricia B. Knapp[18] Wayne State University
1971-72 Margaret E. Monroe University of Wisconsin-Madison
1972-73 Thomas Slavens University of Michigan
1973-74 R. Brian Land University of Toronto
1974-75 Elizabeth W. Stone Catholic University
1975-76 Kenneth E. Vance University of Michigan
1976-77 Guy Garrison[19] Drexel University
1977-78 Margaret K. Goggin University of Denver
1978-79 Gary R. Purcell[20] University of Tennessee
1979-80 Genevieve Casey Wayne State University
1980-81 Charles A. Bunge University of Wisconsin-Madison
1981-82 Harold Goldstein Florida State University
1982-83 F. William Summers University of South Carolina
1983-84 Robert D. Stueart Simmons College
1984-85 Jane B. Robbins University of Wisconsin-Madison
1985-86 Norman Horrocks Dalhousie University
1986-87 Ann Prentice University of Tennessee
1987-88 Kathleen M. Heim Louisiana State University
1988-89 Leigh S. Estabrook University of Illinois
1989-90 Miles M. Jackson University of Hawaii at Manoa
1990-91 Phyllis Van Orden Florida State University
1991-92 Evelyn Daniel[21] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1992-93 Adele M. Fasick University of Toronto
1993-94 Timothy W. Sineath[22] University of Kentucky
1994-95 Charles Curran University of South Carolina
1995-96 June Lester University of Oklahoma
1996-97 Joan C. Durrance University of Michigan
1997-98 Toni Carbo University of Pittsburgh
1998-99 Shirley Fitzgibbons Indiana University
1999-00 Shirley Fitzgibbons Indiana University
2000-01 James M. Matarazzo Simmons College
2001-02 Prudence Dalrymple Dominican University
2002-03 Elizabeth Aversa University of Tennessee
2003-04 Louise S. Robbins University of Wisconsin-Madison
2004-05 Louise S. Robbins University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005-06 Ken Haycock San Jose State University
2006-07 John Budd University of Missouri-Columbia
2007-08 Connie Van Fleet[23] University of Oklahoma
2008-09 Michèle V. Cloonan Simmons College
2009-10 Linda C. Smith University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010-11 Lorna Peterson[24] University at Buffalo
2011-12 Lynne C. Howarth University of Toronto
2012-13 Melissa Gross Florida State University
2013-14 Eileen Abels Simmons College
2014-15 Clara Chu University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2015-16 Samantha Hastings University of South Carolina
2016-17 Louise Spiteri Dalhousie University
2017-18 Dietmar Wolfram University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2018-19 Heidi Julien University at Buffalo
2019-20 Stephen Bajjaly[25] Wayne State University
2020-21 Sandra Hirsh San Jose State University
2021-22 Lisa O’Connor University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2022-23 Rong Tang Simmons University
2023-24 Lucy Santos Green University of Iowa
2024-25 Vanessa Irvin East Carolina University
2025-26 Sean Burns University of Kentucky

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