Presidents of the Australian Institute of Librarians, the Library Association of Australia and the Australian Library and Information Association
| 1938 |
Mr Frank Tate CMG ISO MA † |
| 1940 |
Mr Geoffrey C Remington CMG † |
| 1941 |
Dr Kenneth Stewart Cunningham MA DipEd PhD FACE FBPsS HonFAIM † |
| 1958 |
The Honourable Sir John Alexander Ferguson OBE BA LLB LittD † |
| 1958 |
Professor Emeritus E Morris Miller MA LittD FBPsS † |
| 1973 |
Sir (Archibald) Grenfell Price CMG MA DLitt Dip Ed FRGS † |
| 1974 |
Dr Andrew Fabinyi PhD OBE † |
| 1976 |
The Honourable Sir (Malcolm) Peter Crisp Kt LLB † |
| 1978 |
Mr James Ingram Bennett † |
| 1979 |
Professor Emeritus Frederick Alexander CBE MA Hon DLitt † |
| 1980 |
Mrs Dulcie Stretton CBE † |
| 1981 |
Mr James Allan Crawford AO † |
| 1982 |
Mrs Barbara Sattler MBE |
| 1984 |
Professor Gordon Greenwood CMG MA PhD Hon DLitt FASSA FAHA † |
| 1985 |
The Honourable Mr Justice Starke † |
| 1986 |
The Honourable Mr Justice Rae Else-Mitchell CMG LLB DLiH FRAHS † |
| 1988 |
Ms Kathleen Marcelle Muir † |
| 1989 |
Mr Kenneth Baillieu Myer AC † |
| 1990 |
Mr George Maltby BA |
| 1992 |
Professor Donald Lamberton BEc DPhil |
| 1994 |
Mr Allan Fleming CBE OBE mil † |
| 1995 |
The Honourable E G Whitlam AC QC |
| 1995 |
The Honourable Bill Hayden AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| 1996 |
The Honourable Barry Jones AO |
| 2001 |
Dr Warden Boyd Rayward |
| 2007 |
Ms Elizabeth Swan |
| 2009 |
Mrs Leila Hoffman OAM † |
