Association for Library and Information Science Education
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The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) (pronounced "Ah-lease") promotes education for the information professions internationally through engagement, advocacy and research.
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Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
"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]
ALISE is a non-profit professional association for faculty, staff, and students in the library and information sciences and allied disciplines.[2]
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]
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]
2020–present
2023/24. Lucy Santos-Green, University of Iowa
2022/23. Rong Tang, Simmons University
2021/22. Lisa O'Connor, University of North Carolina Greensboro
2020/21. Sandy Hirsch, San Jose State University
2010–2019
2019/20. Stephen Bajjaly, Wayne State University
2018/19. Heidi Julien, University at Buffalo
2017/18. Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2016/17. Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University
2015/16. Samantha Hastings, University of South Carolina
2014/15. Clara Chu, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2013/14. Eileen Abels, Simmons College
2012/13. Melissa Gross, Florida State University
2011/12. Lynne C. Howarth, University of Toronto
2010/11. Lorna Peterson, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2000–2010
2009/10. Linda Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Shirley Fitzgibbons. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition. Taylor and Francis: New York, Published online: 09 Dec 2009; 328–340.