Among the distinctions she has received for her library work are:
Honorary member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions – IFLA – 2012
Honorary member of the Library and Information Association of South Africa - LIASA - 2007
Interviews
Newsmaker: Ellen Tise.. American Libraries, 41, 31-31.Retrieved May 2, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25734687 28/4/2020 https://www-jstor- org.proxy.timbo.org.uy/stable/25734687?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Fernández, C. M. J., & García, R. C.. Ellen Tise: Presidenta de la IFLA. Mi biblioteca: La revista del mundo bibliotecario,, 26-28. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=3188415
Igwe, U. O.. Open Educational Resources and Driving Access to Knowledge: Action for Libraries in Nigeria
Published works
Tise, E.. The role of libraries in socio-economic development and the need for information literacy. Meta-info bulletin, 9, 55-61.
Tise, E. R.. Strategies by LIASA to develop library services and the profession in South Africa. Information development, 20, 36-42.
Tise, E.. Information literacy: a challenge for National and University libraries-“a contract for people’s development”. In 6th Standing Conference of African National and University Libraries.
Tise, E. R., Raju, R., & Masango, C.. Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: a discussion paper. IFLA Journal, 34, 341–346. https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035208099268
Tise, E.. Access to knowledge through libraries: information services and information literacy today. Library and Information Services Stellenbosch University, South Africa; IFLA President-elect 2007.
Tise, E. R.. Stellenbosch takes open access lead.
Tise, E. R.. International perspective on Open Access.
Tise, E. R.. The President’s Page: Isolation and information famine stifling Africa’s growth. IFLA journal, 36, 5-6.
Tise, E. R.. Strengthening African higher education through the dissemination of research content: the role of the library.
Tise, E. R.. IFLA imperatives: expounding access to information. IFLA Journal, 37, 158-161.
Tise, E. R.. Libraries are Critical Institutions for Growth and Development. 國家圖書館館刊,, 1-14.
Tise, E., & Raju, R.. 1.1 Let’s Peal the Onion Together: Exploration of the Outer Limits of International Librarianship: Volume 1. An international perspective. En Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 1. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110270631.7
Tise, E. R.. "Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge ". In Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110263121.17
Tise, E. R., & Raju, R.. Open Access: a new dawn for knowledge management.
Tise, E. R.. Introduction to Library Trends 64 Summer 2015: Library and Information Services in Africa in the Twenty-First Century.
Tise, E. R., & Raju, R.. African Librarianship: A Relic, a Fallacy, or an Imperative?. library trends, 64, 3-18.
Tise, E., & Adam, A.. Chapter One From Research Support to Research Partners. The quest for deeper meaning of research support, 1.
Boshoff, N., Basaza-Ejiri, H. A. D., & Tise, E. R.. Internationally linked authors in Uganda, East Africa: An example of author-level bibliometrics for a developing country.
Tise, E., & Truran, G.. Unbuckling the subscription model: a South African perspective.