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29 October 2012

2013 AMICAL Conference dates confirmed

We are pleased to announce that next year’s AMICAL Conference will be held 12-15 June 2013 at John Cabot University in Rome. THEMES AND TOPICSAs always, we will be trying to build a program supportive of collaborations at the level of library and information…

22 October 2012

Expanded scope for Small Grants now applicable through February 2013

AMICAL members: the temporarily expanded scope of AMICAL’s Small Grant program has now been extended through February 2013. Please see the Small Grant guidelines for more information.

24 September 2012

Mortenson Center Summer Associates Program: May 30 – June 25, 2013

The Mortenson Center’s programs (see announcement linked below) are a great professional development opportunity for mid-career librarians that are either newly-appointed directors or moving into roles of increasing managerial responsibility. Many AMICAL librarians…

18 September 2012

AMICAL sponsors member participation in SEFLIN Virtual Conference on Ebooks

Thanks to the initiative of Meggan Houlihan (American University in Cairo), AMICAL is sponsoring the participation of its members in the September 21 SEFLIN Virtual Conference, “eBooks: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future,” and organizing an online follow-up…

6 September 2012

AMICAL-AUC workshop on Collaborative Learning Technologies

OPEN TO FACULTY AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS AT AMICAL MEMBER INSTITUTIONS Date: 11-12 November 2012Location: American University in Cairo Attending? See the event page on AMICALconnect. Speakers and workshop leaders will include experts in instructional technology…

1 August 2012

Small Grant scope and budget guidelines expanded through December 2012

The scope of the AMICAL Small Grant program has been temporarily expanded to include a wider range of projects that support professional development and transformative improvements in library and information services, including faculty development related to information…

14 July 2012

AMICAL licensed resources - UPCC eBooks on Project MUSE

UPCC eBooks on MUSE A new source of scholarly ebook collections in the humanities and social sciences - current and backfiles AMICAL members are probably already aware of Project MUSE’s new venture into ebook distribution, UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE. MUSE…

30 April 2012

2012 AMICAL Conference materials now available

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…

11 April 2012

AUR co-hosts “Digital Omnivores” event

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…

11 April 2012

Social media on the 2012 AMICAL Conference

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:…