AMICAL 2016
12–14 May · The American University of Rome
Program
Table of contents
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Printable version of the program (PDF)
The meetings of the Members Council and the committees are closed. They are only for their respective members.
Day 1 • Thursday, 12 May
08:30
Bus (Hotel → AUR)
Hotel
08:45–12:15
Check-in
09:00–10:20
Information Literacy Committee meeting
B206
09:00–10:20
Members Council
B204
09:00–10:20
Professional Development Committee meeting
B205
09:45
Bus (Hotel → AUR)
Hotel
10:20–10:40
Coffee break
AUR Garden
10:40–12:10
Doris Jones & Maha Shawki
Computer Lab
10:40–12:10
Digital Collections Committee meeting
B206
10:40–12:10
Sponsor presentations (OCLC, Innovative & BibLibre)
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Libraries’ IT needs and open source software Resources available.Paul Poulain
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OCLC QuestionPoint: A digital reference service Resources available.Gabriele Lunati
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Nabil Saadallah
Auditorium
12:10–12:20
Break
12:20–13:20
Rayane Fayed & David Joseph Wrisley
B206
12:20–13:20
Maximizing the value of OCLC membership: Effective use of specific RESPOND services at AMICAL libraries Resources available.
Jeff Gima, Cendrella Habre, Elisabetta Morani & Anchalee Panigabutra Roberts
B106
13:20–14:20
Lunch
Lunch Room
14:20–15:20
Radical & incremental: How to build a digital scholarship program in a liberal arts college library Recording available. Resources available.
Laurie Allen
Auditorium
15:20–15:40
Coffee break
AUR Garden
15:40–17:25
B204
15:40–17:25
Sponsor presentations (Hein Online, Springer Nature, Wiley)
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Elisa Corradi & Branka Mrljes
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HeinOnline: A global library at your fingertips Resources available.Shannon Hein
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Springer Nature: New content and solutions Resources available.Andrea Testa
Auditorium
15:40–16:30
Tracy Mitrano
B205
16:30–17:25
Michael Stoepel & Tatevik Zargaryan
B106
17:30
Bus (AUR → JCU)
AUR
17:45–19:00
Apéritif at John Cabot University
John Cabot University
19:00
Bus (JCU → Hotel)
JCU
Day 2 • Friday, 13 May
08:15
Bus (Hotel → AUR)
Hotel
08:30–10:00
Check-in
09:30–10:30
Small is beautiful: A study of ed-tech as if people mattered Recording available. Resources available.
Jim Groom
Auditorium
10:30–11:00
Coffee break
Auditorium
11:00–12:10
Community Idea Exchange
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Adaptive Learning: A tool that empowers personalized learning Resources available.Rayane Fayed & Giselle Pempedjian
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Aspire beyond the classroom: The ABC’s of AUBG freshmen Resources available.Krasimir Spasov
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Bissell Library in the digital humanities era Resources available.Evi Tramantza & Liza Vachtsevanou
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Erik Benson & Ivana Stevanovic
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Listen carefully and you will hear: Creative formative assessments Resources available.Maha Bali & Hoda Mostafa
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David Joseph Wrisley
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Not set in stone: Archiving the web at AUC and beyond Resources available.Ryder Kouba & Stephen Urgola
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Pre and post assessment of information literacy program at FCC: Some learning outcomes Resources available.Madiha Asghar & Farrukh Shahzad
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Prompts from the Arab world: A pedagogical and cross-cultural project Resources available.Maha Shawki & Iman Soliman
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Anchalee Panigabutra Roberts
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Skills-based multiple choice questions for information literacy instruction Resources available.Kathryn Vanderboll
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Stefano Bargioni
Building B - 2nd Floor
12:10–12:20
Break
12:20–13:10
Should EdTech have an ethos? Teaching technologies in a post-Snowden age Recording available. Resources available.
Maha Bali & Jim Groom
B304
12:20–13:10
Sponsor presentations (JSTOR & Project MUSE)
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JSTOR 20/20 Resources available.Colleen Campbell & Javanica Curry
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Project MUSE: The integration of book and journal content on a single platform Resources available.Ann Snoeyenbos
Auditorium
12:20–13:10
Christine Furno & Michael Stoepel
B106
13:10–14:10
Lunch
Lunch Room
14:10–15:30
Digital Pedagogy Committee meeting
B206
14:10–15:30
E-Resources Committee meeting
B106
14:10–15:30
Information literacy and student success: The faculty perspective Resources available.
Erik Benson, Alanna Ross, Ivana Stevanovic & Michael Stoepel
B204
15:30–15:50
Coffee break
Auditorium
15:50–17:20
Digital Scholarship Committee meeting
B206
15:50–17:20
Implementation of institutional repositories: LAU experience (LAUR) Resources available.
Omar Farhoud & Sawsan Habre
Computer Lab
15:50–17:20
Institutional Research & Assessment Committee meeting
B106
15:50–17:20
OCLC Programs Committee meeting
B205
15:50–17:20
Sponsor presentations (Zeutschel, EBSCO & YBP Library Services)
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Seymur Rasulov & Daniela Vitillo
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Your library’s treasures online? Resources available.Frank J Epple
Auditorium
17:30
Bus (AUR → Hotel)
AUR
19:00
Bus (Hotel → Open Colonna)
Hotel
19:15
Bus (Hotel → Open Colonna)
Hotel
20:00–23:00
All-conference dinner
Open Colonna
23:00
Bus (Open Colonna → Hotel)
Open Colonna
Day 3 • Saturday, 14 May
08:30–08:30
Bus (Hotel → AUR)
Hotel
08:30–09:30
Check-in
09:00–10:00
Making stone soup: Working together for the advancement of learning and teaching Recording available. Resources available.
Eric Lease Morgan
Auditorium
10:00–10:30
Unconference pitches
Auditorium
10:30–10:50
Coffee break
AUR Garden
10:50–11:40
Titia Van Der Werf
B204
10:50–11:40
Lightning Talks Recording available.
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Kim Fox
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Student-generated digital content as a way to practice research methods Recording available.Anguelina Popova
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The academic start-up incubator as a curriculum-integrated digital initiative Recording available. Resources available.Mohammed Ibahrine
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The LMS and the digital fluency of faculty Recording available.Aziza Ellozy
Auditorium
11:40–11:50
Break
11:50–12:50
Unconference sessions
TBA
12:50–13:50
Lunch
Lunch Room
13:50–14:40
The power of partnership: Integrative approaches to holistic professional development Resources available.
Aziza Ellozy & Hoda Mostafa
B205
14:40–15:00
Coffee break
AUR Garden
17:00
Bus (AUR → Hotel)
AUR
Thanks to our sponsors for making AMICAL 2016 possible.