AMICAL 2013

New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world

12-15 June 2013
John Cabot University (Rome)

AMICAL’s annual conference is the one opportunity each year for AMICAL members to meet face to face with colleagues from all the other American international universities in AMICAL, to discuss shared problems and solutions, and to hear from some of the most influential leaders in the worlds of libraries and learning technologies in higher education.

Keynote and Invited Speakers

	Char Booth Instruction Services Manager & E-Learning Librarian, Claremont Colleges Keynote: “Informing Innovation: Contextual Investigation for Effective Academic Technology Practice”
	Gardner Campbell Director, Professional Development & Innovative Initiatives, Division of Learning Technologies, Assoc. Prof. of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Keynote: “The Arts of Freedom in a Digital Age”
	Tracy Mitrano Director of IT Policy and Institute for Computer Policy and Law, Cornell University Keynote: “What Traditional Liberal Arts Education has to Offer “MOOCs:” Information Competency, Interdisciplinary Classrooms and Active Learning”
	Nancy Foster Director of Anthropological Research, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Nancy will be leading a workshop on participatory design of library websites as well as a panel report on studies of faculty library use at AMICAL institutions.

Who should attend?

Librarians, IT staff, instructional technologists and designers, and faculty members - and anyone concerned with information services and their role in teaching and learning at AMICAL institutions - are all encouraged to attend. Faculty and academic leadership may be most interested in attending the latter half of the event, as indicated below.

Dates

12 June - Morning 13 June: Forum on library & information services

• Practical aspects of managing and delivering information services
• Core audience: librarians, IT staff, instructional technologists

Afternoon 13 June - 15 June: Main conference

• Presentations and discussions exploring the conference theme
• Core audience: faculty, librarians, IT staff, instructional technologists, academic leadership

Theme and Program

Technology is enabling students to engage like never before in self-directed - and collaboratively constructed - research, learning, and creative work. How are the roles of faculty, technologists and librarians changing to adapt to learning environments that increasingly engage them in the design and structuring of their own research and learning experiences? This year’s AMICAL Conference aims to help attendees respond to that question, through a program shaped around the broad theme of New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world.

Topics addressed by the 50+ sessions in the program cover a wide range of issues relevant to librarians, technologists and faculty at AMICAL institutions. Presentations, workshops, technology showcases, and discussions will engage participants in both practical skill-building and thought-provoking exchanges with colleagues around sub-themes including:

• Innovative library and learning technologies
• Understanding faculty use of libraries and technology
• Collaborating on multimedia content production
• Social media in teaching
• Online learning - engagement and assessment
• Information literacy program development
• Core academic competencies

The online program provides session descriptions, additional ways to connect with fellow participants, and personalized schedules with the sessions you’re most interested in.

Questions about the AMICAL Conference?

The latest and most complete info about the conference will always be posted to the Conference Hub on AMICALconnect (accessible to AMICAL members). If you don’t find your answer there, or are not eligible for access to AMICALconnect:

• questions about local organization of the event (including registration, hotel accommodations, ground transportation, etc.) can be directed to amicalconference@johncabot.edu
• questions about the program, and about travel support for attendees, can be directed to jgima@amicalnet.org

Key event sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Event info

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