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.

History ALISE is the successor organization to the Association of American Library Schools (AALS), which was founded in 1900. 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.Shove, R.H. "AALS before 1915." Journal of Education for Librarianship 1960, 1 : 81–86. Organizationally, AALS and ALA had many connections, especially in the first 30 years of AALS's existence.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.

Donald G. Davis traced the efforts within ALA for the improvement of library education.Davis, Donald Gordon. 1974. The Association of American Library Schools, 1915–1968: an analytical history. Metuchen: N.J.

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.

Presidents Year President Affiliation 1915-16 James Ingersoll Wyer New York State Library School 1916-17 June R. Donnelly Simmons College 1917-18 Sarah Bogle Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh) 1918-19 Alice S. Tyler Western Reserve University 1919-20 Frank K. Walter New York State Library School 1920-21 Josephine Adams Rathbone Pratt Institute 1921-22 Phineas L. WindsorPhineas Lawrence WindsorWindsor, Phineas Lawrence, and University of Illinois Library School Association. 1949. “Phineas L. Windsor Lectures in Librarianship.” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1922-23 Ernest J. Reece New York Public Library 1923-24 Harriet P. Sawyer St. Louis Public Library 1924-25 Susie Lee Crumley 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. WilliamsonColumbia 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 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 Catholic University 1970-71 Patricia B. Knapp 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 Drexel University 1977-78 Margaret K. Goggin University of Denver 1978-79 Gary R. Purcell 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1992-93 Adele M. Fasick University of Toronto 1993-94 Timothy W. Sineath 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-Madison2004-05Louise S. RobbinsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison 2005-06 Ken Haycock San Jose State University 2006-07 John Budd University of Missouri-Columbia 2007-08 Connie Van Fleet 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 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 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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