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News & commentary on AMICAL’s projects and activities
Nadine Aboulmagd & Jeff Gima · 17 December 2018
Survey of AMICAL members’ institutional approaches to digital literacies
What do “digital literacies” mean in your institution-level conversations about student learning outcomes?
What kind of human resources are in place at your institution to work toward digital literacy-related outcomes?
AMICAL invites member institutions to participate…
Jeff Gima · 23 October 2018
Small Grants for training: consortially strategic professional development
New Small Grants program guidelines have now been posted, launching the training-focused piece of this program. Applications are now open for these Small Grants for Professional Development (externally organized / staff exchanges / peer training) . The last day to…
Jeff Gima · 15 October 2018
AMICAL Consortium year in review: 2017–2018
July brought to a close the third and final year of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s $800,000 2015-2018 grant to the American University of Paris on behalf of AMICAL: “Promoting AMICAL Library Leadership, Faculty Collaboration and Digital Initiatives to Strengthen Liberal…
Gina Siesing · 21 June 2018
I am not the same: Reflections on AMICAL 2018
It might sound trite to declare it, but it’s absolutely true that my world has expanded through participating in AMICAL 2018. Kyrgyzstan and all the places between Philadelphia and Bishkek are now on my enhanced mental map, and I’m now happily aware of this phenomenal…
Jeff Gima · 3 June 2018
Connect with AMICAL at DHSI 2018
Attending the Digital Humanities Summer Institute this month? The AMICAL Consortium will be there too, and we may be interested in talking with you as a potential partner for our future initiatives related to the digital humanities.
We’re looking for colleagues who might…
Alex Armstrong · 4 May 2018
Participate in AMICAL 2018 online
Attendees have begun gathering in Bishkek for AMICAL 2018, the Consortium’s 15th Conference, hosted by the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).
The Program Committee has assembled a terrific program tied to the theme of “International liberal arts in a digital era:…
Jeff Gima · 29 January 2018
Mellon Foundation grants $1.1M for international digital liberal arts across the AMICAL Consortium
We’re proud to share this news just released from The American University of Paris, the founder and host of the AMICAL Consortium:
Mellon Foundation grants 1.1 Million USD to The American University of Paris for International Digital Liberal Arts across the AMICAL…
