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AMICAL 2013

Jun 12–15, 2013
John Cabot University
Conference
For AMICAL members only

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Program

Wednesday, 12 June

09:30–10:30
AMICAL Members Council meeting
Ex-Reference Room
09:30–10:45
Coffee reception
Sponsored by EBSCO
Lemon Tree Courtyard
10:45–11:00
Welcome & orientation session for days 1-2: Forum on library & information services
Elisabetta Morani
Aula Magna Regina
11:00–13:00
EBSCO (Ebooks) - Innovative (Sierra & Encore) - ProQuest (Ebrary) - Emerald
Gianluca Di Bella, Maryvonne Enjolras, Wendy Knox, Paola Piretta & Aine Rice
Aula Magna Regina
11:00–13:00
Faculty-library study meeting
Project members only
Ex-Reference Room
13:00–14:00
Lunch
Sponsored by EBSCO
Lemon Tree Courtyard
14:00–14:45
An introduction to WorldShare ILL
Katie Birch
Aula Magna Regina
14:00–14:45
Discussion: Information technologies and services at universities
Volin Karagiozov
GG1
14:45–17:45
Building digital collections with CONTENTdm
Carolyn Runyon
Library Lab
14:45–15:00
One year experience of using EBSCO Discovery Service
Ivett Molnar
Aula Magna Regina
15:00–16:00
Participating in the ECAR 2013 student study: Findings
Rosa Fusco, Asma Al-Kanan, Ekaterina Kombarova, Petros Korovesis, Ali Rahimi & Vicky Tseroni
Aula Magna Regina
16:00–16:15
Break
Sponsored by EBSCO
Lemon Tree Courtyard
16:15–17:45
Discussion: Free tablets to college students - The experience from the American university of Armenia
Irshat Madyarov
Ex-Reference Room
16:15–17:45
WorldShare ILL - Hands-on workshop
Katie Birch
Tiber Lab
17:45–19:00
Visit to AUR (American University of Rome)
AUR Auriana Auditorium

Thursday, 13 June

09:30–11:15
What faculty want: Panel report on AMICAL faculty use of libraries
Stella Asderi, Nancy Fried Foster, Jeff Gima, Galina Gorborukova, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Eleonora Moccia, Ivett Molnar, Elisabetta Morani, Livia Piotto, Safia Rafikova, Russell Scragg & Dimitris Tzouris
Aula Magna Regina
09:45–11:15
Technology in Team Based Learning (TBL)
Rayane Fayed
Tiber Lab
11:15–11:45
Break
Sponsored by Innovative
Lemon Tree Courtyard
11:45–12:45
Discussion: Cloud computing
GKG1
11:45–12:15
Following leads: Using faculty focus groups to spark creativity and enhance collaboration
Josiah Drewry & Michael Stoepel
Aula Magna Regina
11:45–12:45
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!: Incorporating Google Drive in your library and classroom
Abigail Appleton
Ex-Reference Room
12:15–12:45
Did you know your library can already do that? 101 amazing OCLC services and resources available to you through RESPOND
Arthur Smith
Aula Magna Regina
12:45–14:00
Lunch
Sponsored by Innovative
Lemon Tree Courtyard
14:00–14:30
Official Conference opening - ‘New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world’
Jeff Gima, Elisabetta Morani & Franco Pavoncello
Aula Magna Regina
14:30–15:30
Informing innovation: Contextual investigation for effective academic technology practice
Char Booth
Aula Magna Regina
15:30–15:45
Break
Sponsored by Innovative
Lemon Tree Courtyard
15:45–17:45
Presentations
  • A rubric approach to historical research
    Meggan Houlihan & Mate Nikola Tokic
  • Cross-campus collaboration for academic integrity
    Amanda B Click
  • Faculty-librarian partnership: A collaborative initiative at AUI
    Aziz El Hassani
  • Shaping the curriculum, advancing information literacy across the disciplines: How AUBG faculty and library staff collaborate on a new program
    Gergana Georgieva & Filitsa Sofianou Mullen
Aula Magna Regina
15:45–17:15
Technology showcases
  • Engagement challenge: Accepted
    Mounawar Abbouchi & H Giselle Pempedjian
  • Implementation of SubjectPlus in the AUCA Library
    Safia Rafikova
  • The X-CLASS factor: Using classroom management technology to enhance the library class experience
    Christine Furno
  • Using IT management tool as an enabler to the University mission
    Ali Rahimi
GG1

Friday, 14 June

09:30–10:30
The arts of freedom in a digital age
Gardner Campbell
Aula Magna Regina
10:30–11:00
Use of social media in higher education: Course design, student profile, perceptions, and attitudes in undergraduate science courses
Dimitrios Graikinis
Aula Magna Regina
11:00–11:15
Break
Sponsored by Springer and Statista
Lemon Tree Courtyard
11:15–13:15
Don’t suspend it, blend it!
Hossein Hamam
Ex-Reference Room
11:15–13:15
Presentations
  • Academic mini documentaries in the university curriculum - The “Cairo: Life and the city” project
    Robert Williams
  • Engage students in creative multimedia content production: A new model of faculty-IT-student collaboration in a learning intensive world
    Pandeli Glavani & Ahmad Zorkani
  • Learning with digital media: Bringing 21st century skills to the natives
    Aziza Ellozy & Hoda Mostafa
  • Multi-campus environmental research and media collaboration: Collective authorship and applied media development across campuses using wiki and new media technology
    Daniel Cosentino
Aula Magna Regina
13:15–14:15
Lunch
Sponsored by Springer and Statista
Lemon Tree Courtyard
14:15–15:30
Collaboration: An antidote for atomized academics
Kerstin Carlson
Ex-Reference Room
14:15–15:30
Discussion: Faculty-librarian collaboration
GKG1
14:15–15:30
Follow-up discussion on Char Booth’s presentation
GG1
14:15–15:30
Follow-up discussion on Gardner Campbell’s presentation
Aula Magna Regina
15:30–16:00
Break
Sponsored by Springer and Statista
Lemon Tree Courtyard
16:00–17:30
Discussion: Information literacy (1)
Aula Magna Regina
16:00–17:30
Discussion: Open educational resources
GKG1
16:00–17:30
learning about users in a library web design workshop
Nancy Fried Foster
Ex-Reference Room
16:00–17:30
Multimodal projects for 21st century learning
Aziza Ellozy & Hoda Mostafa
GG1
20:00–00:00
All-Conference dinner party
Sponsored by OCLC
Lemon Tree Courtyard

Saturday, 15 June

09:30–10:30
What traditional liberal arts education has to offer ‘MOOCs’: Information competency, interdisciplinary classrooms and active learning
Tracy Mitrano
Aula Magna Regina
10:30–11:00
Lightning talks
  • Collaboration in a student-centered learning environment
    Joe Khalife
  • New literacies and writing intensive courses
    Denis Akhapkin
Aula Magna Regina
11:00–11:30
Break
Sponsored by Emerald and ProQuest
Lemon Tree Courtyard
11:30–13:00
Presentations
  • Assessing the quality of online courses
    Rayane Fayed
  • To inspire or not to inspire, that is the question!
    Hossein Hamam
  • Tools for managing current awareness for professional development
    Madeline Mundt & Dimitris Tzouris
Aula Magna Regina
11:30–13:00
Tools for managing current awareness for professional development
Madeline Mundt & Dimitris Tzouris
Ex-Reference Room
13:00–14:00
Lunch
Sponsored by Emerald and ProQuest
Lemon Tree Courtyard
14:00–15:00
Discussion: Free and open access materials
GKG1
14:00–15:00
Discussion: Information literacy (2)
Ex-Reference Room
14:00–15:00
Discussion: Virtual collaboration
GKG3
14:00–15:00
Follow-up discussion on Tracy Mitrano’s presentation
GG1
15:00–15:30
Discussion groups report back
Aula Magna Regina
15:30–16:00
Closing of Conference
Aula Magna Regina

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