Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) is a registered national professional body established in March 2002. SALIS is actively involved in the development of all spheres of LIS by organizing various programmes such as conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes on emerging topics throughout the year in various parts of the country through its chapters located in many places. SALIS publishes national and international journals, proceedings and newsletter for exchange of information and knowledge among LIS professionals. SALIS instituted many awards to encourage and motivate LIS professionals. One of the objectives of SALIS is to train the LIS professionals in the country to handle the latest IT tools and techniques more effectively and efficiently and also to understand and adopt the best practices in order to provide high quality library service to the users. The current focus of SALIS is to 'Reach the Unreached' LIS professionals in rural settings in order to minimize the digital divide.
