Program
Program Committee | |||
Name | Position | Institution | |
Jeff Gima | AMICAL Coordinator | American University of Paris Library | |
Kathy Ray | University Librarian | American University of Sharjah | |
Jayme R. Spencer | Public Services Director | American University in Cairo | |
Karen Bohrer | Library Director | American College of Thessaloniki | |
Sophia Katsarska | Interim Library Director | AUBG | |
AUBG Organizing Committee | |||
Name | Position | Institution | |
Nadia Affendova | Conference Logistics Coordinator, | AUBG | |
Sophia Katsarska | Interim Library Director, Conference coordinator, | AUBG | |
Latchezar Filtchev | Director OCC, Conference technology support, | AUBG, | |
Gergana Georgieva | Information Literacy Librarian, Conference events, | AUBG | |
Toshka Borisova | Access/reference head, Web-site | AUBG | |
C O N F E R E N C E P R OG R A M
Sunday 25 May 2008 | |
07:00 | Breakfast (hotel ) |
08:30 | Bus from hotel to conference site |
09:00-09:15 | Welcome & Opening (Location: AUBG Red room) |
09:15-10:45 | General Session: Assessment in Higher education |
(Location: AUBG Red room ) | |
General Session Speaker: Dr. Ann Ferren (AUBG) followed by Panel Discussion: Susan Perry (moderator), Dr. Ann Ferren (AUBG), Celeste Schenck (AUP), Dr. John Mosbo (AUS), and other AMICAL CAOs present. | |
10:45 | Coffee break |
11:00-11:45 | Technologies that facilitate assessment of learning |
General Session (Location: AUBG Red room ) | |
Session Moderator: Panel participants: Rebecca Davis (NITLE), Waleed Hakim (AUS), [other AMICAL members] | |
- E-portfolios and other LMS features (e.g. Sakai, Blackboard, Moodle) | |
-Technologies that support problem-based & project based learning | |
- iSkills (ETS) | |
- SAILS | |
11:45-12:30 | Faculty breakout session |
(Location: Blue room) | |
General Session | |
11:45-12:30 | Working Group Meetings (Location: 101b , 110, 111, COS 120, JMC 121 – First floor) |
Review 2007-2008 activities for afternoon report. | |
12:30 | Lunch (AUBG Canteen ) |
14:00-15:00 | General Session Panel: Assessing the learning commons |
(Location: AUBG Red room ) | |
General Session Speaker: Rachel Lewellen | |
15:00 | Coffee break |
15:15-17:00 | Members Meeting (Location: AUBG Red room) |
18:30 | Tour of AUBG Scaptopara campus |
19:00 | Regional Historical Museum - visit & cocktail (Regional Historical Museum) |
Monday 26 May 2008 | |
07:00-08:00 | Breakfast (Location: Hotels ) |
08:00 | Bus from hotel to conference site |
08:30-09:45 | Measures with meaning: library & IT surveys supporting validation and benchmarking (Location: AUBG Red room) |
General Session Moderator: Panelists: Rachel Lewellen, David Consiglio, Shalani Alisharan | |
- Survey features of most use in analysis and assessment; choices in sampling, administration, reporting | |
- Building a database of institutional information across AMICAL institutions - Lessons learned from specific survey implementations | |
- MISO | |
- LibQUAL+ | |
- Educause Core Data Survey | |
- NCES Academic Library Survey | |
09:45 | Coffee break |
10:00-11:00 | MISO: Integrated library/IT benchmarking (Location: AUBG Red room ) |
General Session. Speaker: David Consiglio http://www.brynmawr.edu/miso/about.html | |
11:00-12:00 | RESPOND: Helping members discover, share, and assess their collections (Location: AUBG Red room ) |
Jeff Gima: Report on RESPOND pilot project | |
Glenda Lammers (OCLC): WorldCat Collection Analysis and AMICAL | |
12:00-12:45 | Breakout Sessions |
(Location:101b , 110, 111, COS 120, JMC 121 – First floor) Parallel Sessions. | |
Confirmed topics: | |
1. Library Collection Assessment. | |
Facilitators: Karen Bohrer (ACT): Library Collection Assessment Project at the American College of Thessaloniki in 2006 | |
Michael Chromey (AUC): Systematic Collection Assessment for the 21st Century Academic Library | |
2. Information Sharing and Institutional Research: Ideas on benchmarking across AMICAL institutions | |
Facilitator: Shalani Alisharan (AUP) | |
12:45 | Lunch (AUBG canteen ) |
14:15-15:30 | Members Meeting Meetings (Location: 101b , 110, 111, COS 120, JMC 121 – First floor) |
15:30 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:45 | Working Group Meetings (Location: 101b , 110, 111, COS 120, JMC 121 – First floor) Parallel Sessions 16:45-17:45 Faculty break-out session (Location: Blue room) 16:45-17:45 Products & Services Presentations |
General Session * YBP * Blackwell* 3M (Location: Red room) | |
18:30-19:30 | Folklore Ensemble Pirin (Location: Peyo Yavorov Hall ) |
19:30-21:30 | Group Dinner at restaurant Vodenitsata (Location: restaurant Vodenitsata) |
Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
07:00-08:00 | Breakfast |
08:00 | Bus from hotel to conference site |
08:30-09:30 | Developing multi-institutional programs: IT infrastructure for distant and collaborative instructional support (Location: AUBG Red room ) |
General Session Speaker: Javed Mostafa (Associate Professor of Information Science, UNC Chapel Hill) | |
Developing capacities and IT infrastructure for distant and collaborative instructional support | |
Educating 21st-century information professionals: The UNC/Al-Akhawayn project for an information school in Ifrane | |
09:30-10:15 | The FirstBridge Experience at AUP - Engagement, Collaboration and Assessment (Location: AUBG Red room) |
Learning Communities: The American University of Paris Experience, a case study (Celeste Schenk, Provost, AUP) | |
Information Literacy Assessment and Freshman Learning Communities: how libraries can contribute to student success by collaborating with LC faculty, embedding meaningful literacy modules and assessing outcomes (Ann Borel, Academic Resource Center Director, AUP) | |
10:15 | Coffee break |
10:30-12:00 | Learning management systems: successful collaborations (Location: AUBG Red room) |
12:00-12:45 | Breakout Sessions |
14:15-15:00 | Wrap-up and closing (Location: AUBG Red room ) |
15:00 | Coffee break |
15:30-19:00 | Travel to Rila monastery. Museum, library visits. (Location: Rila monastery) |
19:00- 22:00 | Group dinner at restaurant “Varosha” (Location: “Varosha” ) |
Wednesday 28 May 2008 | |
09:00-17:00* | NITLE Workshop - Virtual Collaboration (Location: COS Lab 120, I floor |
As group processes for doing work gain currency in both education and business, new technology tools make it easier to collaborate locally and globally. From student group projects to intercampus courses to scholarly partnerships, virtual collaboration has found a place in the academic world. Technology tools enable groups to transcend the barriers of time and place. Easy access, however, hides some of the challenges that are inherent in teamwork and intensified by a mediating technology. This workshop examines uses for virtual collaboration on college campuses, explores appropriate electronic communication and planning tools, and considers the challenges of working with dispersed teams. Participants will leave with a plan to use virtual collaboration to advance projects for teaching and learning, scholarship or other campus needs. | |
09:00-17:00* | NITLE Workshop - Web-based Videoconferencing (Location: JMC Lab 121, I floor) |
While face-to-face interaction is one of the great benefits of attending or working at a small residential college, time and distance sometimes mean such interaction is not possible. In today’s global society, virtual interaction is becoming the norm. Web-based video-conferencing offers a technological solution that combines the ease of virtual communication with the benefits of face-to-face interaction. This hands-on workshop will consider how the features of Multipoint Interactive Videoconferencing (MIV) might be appropriate for pedagogical contexts, and when and how best to use MIV to help students learn (e.g., guest speakers or inter-campus courses). Participants will explore interactive video, audio, the collaborative whiteboard, and application sharing to see how faculty, college administrators, developers, and technologists can connect with each other and colleagues around the world, when face-to-face interaction is not possible. | |
10:00 -10:15 | Coffee break (in front of the Auditorium – First floor) |