AMICAL 2013

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

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

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

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

Event info

Program

Wednesday, 12 June

Thursday, 13 June

Friday, 14 June

Saturday, 15 June