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American University of Rome

Founded in 1969, The American University of Rome is the oldest degree-granting American university in Rome. AUR is a coeducational, accredited university which offers undergraduate degrees in six disciplines and enrolls more than 550 students (Spring 2007).

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2012 AMICAL Conference materials now available

April 30, 2012 by jgima

All available materials from the April 2012 AMICAL Conference at the American University of Sharjah are now linked from the 2012 Conference page. A few of the highlights:

Available to the public:

Presentation archive - with downloadable presentations and workshop materials
Social media stream - with tweets and shared images from participants during the conference

Available to AMICALconnect members:

AMICAL 2012 event page, with a more complete list of conference materials
Summary notes for most discussion groups
Additional conference photos posted by members

Social media on the 2012 AMICAL Conference

April 11, 2012 by jgima

Dimitris Tzouris (American College of Thessaloniki) has pulled together for us a 'Storified' collection of social media activity on the recent AMICAL Conference at American University of Sharjah - activity tagged with #AMICAL2012. Check it out at:

http://storify.com/amicalnet/amical-2012

AUR co-hosts "Digital Omnivores" event

April 11, 2012 by jgima

AMICAL member American University of Rome, together with the U.S. Embassy to Italy, will be hosting the 5th annual Biblionext Spring Event on Thursday April 19 2012, at the Hotel Aldrovandi in Rome.

Speakers will include Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Erik Boekesteijn and Japp van de Geer , authors of the Shanachie Tour and This Week in Libraries, Matteo Bittanti, Professor in the Visual & Critical Studies programs at the California College of the Arts, Jeffrey Schnapp, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Jannik Mulvad, librarian at Mediaspace, Aarhus, Denmark, Nicola Cavalli, researcher and senior member of the Osservatorio sui Nuovi Media (NuMediaBiOs) of Milano Bicocca University, Francesco Mazzetta, director of the Biblioteca comunale Fiorenzula d’Arda, Karen Hartman, U.S. State Department, and Ross Todd, Director, Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries, State University of New Jersey

For more information: www.biblionext.it

2012 AMICAL Annual Meeting and Conference - Links

March 28, 2012 by jgima

Essential information on the 2012 AMICAL Annual Meeting and Conference (4-7 April) can be found here:

On AMICALconnect (accessible only to AMICAL members):

2012 AMICAL Conference event page
Workshops
Discussion groups
General forum discussion on the 2012 AMICAL Conference

OCLC (RESPOND) members - be sure to vote in Regional Council elections

March 23, 2012 by jgima

There's a week left to vote in the OCLC EMEA Regional Council elections of delegates to sit on on the OCLC Global Council (the highest governance body in OCLC outside the OCLC Board of Trustees, to which the Global Council elects six of its members). The main contact at each OCLC member library should have received the voting instructions this past month. If you're curious about how OCLC governance works, this page sums it up nicely. There is only one contested position in this election, to represent Archives, Museums and other Cultural Heritage Institutions. You can see the candidates background and statements in this PDF. The last two listed there are the candidates concerned:

Annette le Roux, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa
Bert Looper, Tresoar, Netherlands

Special Note:
AMICAL's own Cendrella Habre (Director, Riyad Nassar Library, Lebanese American University) is running uncontested for the position representing Middle East/India!