Events
Webinars, workshops, conferences and other events
AMICAL runs an annual conference on libraries, technology and learning at international American universities, hosted by a different of member institution each year. We also organise workshops and other events. Find out how to propose an online event.
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Teaching students how to evaluate AI platforms for academic research
The AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) is happy to announce our upcoming hands-on workshop, “Teaching students how to evaluate AI platforms for academic research”.
In this 90-minute workshop, participants will learn how to teach…
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May 19–29, 2025
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AMICAL 2025
AMICAL 2025, the consortium’s 22nd annual conference focused on libraries, pedagogy & academic technology at international American universities, will be held online 19-2, 2025.
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May 7–8, 2025
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American University of Armenia
Library Directors In-Person Meeting (May 2025)
AMICAL’s Leadership & Assessment Committee is organizing an in-person meeting for library directors with the theme of “Leadership in a technology-driven world.”
The meeting aims to help attendees understand the rapidly changing technological context of…
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NotebookLM in action: Practical applications for teaching and research
The AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) is happy to announce our upcoming hands-on workshop, “NotebookLM in action: Practical applications for teaching and research.”
This interactive session offers practical, step-by-step guidance on…
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Digital humanities projects in languages other than English
Join us for a 90-minute session to explore Digital Humanities projects across AMICAL in languages other than English!
Each speaker will present a project and discuss it in terms of the way it supports pedagogy or scholarship:
“Postcolonial…
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Balancing pros and cons of AI for teaching: A hands-on workshop with NotebookLM
In this workshop, we will look at Google NotebookLM and explore both the benefits and the challenges of incorporating it into your teaching.
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WMS Acquisitions refresher demo
This event was organized by AMICAL’s OCLC Committee in conjunction with OCLC. The meeting link has already been sent to library directors whose institutions subscribe to WMS.
We are pleased to invite you to a refresher session on the WMS Acquisitions Module.…
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Maximize your impact: Intro to research impact for faculty
This workshop will introduce the concept of research impact, showing why it matters for faculty members today more than ever.
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Mastering research impact: A workshop for librarians
Join this dynamic professional development workshop designed specifically for librarians.
This session will be presented by Fiona Glasgow, Scholarly Communications Librarian at the American University of Sharjah, who will share insights and expertise in…
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May 27 – Jun 6, 2024
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AMICAL 2024
AMICAL 2024, the consortium’s 21st annual conference focused on libraries, technology & pedagogy at international American universities, will be held online 27 May – 6 June.
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Campus-level responses to generative AI: An AMICAL panel & workshop
Join AMICAL colleagues for an event on developing campus-level responses to generative AI.
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Feb 13–21, 2024
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Mid-Year Forum 2024
AMICAL invites you to our third online Mid-Year Forum on 13–21 February 2024!
Led by AMICAL members or invited speakers, Forum sessions address timely issues in libraries, technology, and pedagogy.
This year’s sessions will focus on generative AI &…
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Scholarly publishing in transition
To celebrate International Open Access Week, join us for a presentation on the transition of the scholarly publishing market from a subscription-based system to open access.
Colleen Campbell (from the Max Planck Digital Library) will provide a brief history…
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Oct 2–12, 2023
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Open House
We’re thrilled to invite you to the AMICAL Open House, a two-week event series that’s all about connecting and getting inspired for the year ahead. You won’t want to miss this!
🗓️ When: 2–16 October 2023
🕒 Time: Various times, check the…
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Using ChatGPT and artificial intelligence tools in instruction to promote AI literacy
There has been a flood of news concerning ChatGPT in recent months. You may have heard some unfavorable news reports about it, such as how it may be used by students to plagiarize or how the content it generates may include errors…
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May 24–26, 2023
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Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
AMICAL 2023
AMICAL 2023, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held May 24–26 at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.
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From transactional to integral: Re-envisioning information literacy
Among the many legacies of academic libraries that continue to shape our daily practice, one-shot instruction sessions are perhaps the most baffling. Born out of necessity and demand, this model for teaching has continued to dominate the information literacy…
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Simplify your e-resource access with OCLC’s Hosted EZproxy
In this session, Omar Farhoud (Senior Library Services Consultant, OCLC), will showcase Hosted EZproxy. Despina Tsilimagkou (eResources & Web Services Manager, ACG) will also share their experience with this product.
EZproxy provides a simple, secure way for your…
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Engage students in social annotation with Hypothesis
Join Loree Buchan and Steven Wiltz as they introduce the Hypothesis annotation tool and demonstrate how social annotation can transform your classroom, making reading active, visible, and social.
Hypothesis is a collaborative social annotation tool that…
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AMICAL Keeps Current – Digital hegemonies: The localness of search engine results
In the first AMICAL Keeps Current event, led by Anguelina Popova (AUCA), we will discuss the article “Digital Hegemonies: The Localness of Search Engine Results”.
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Digital Liberal Arts at AMICAL – Looking at the year ahead
A 30-minute look at the year ahead for our digital liberal arts programs.
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Digital Liberal Arts at AMICAL – Looking at the year ahead
A 30-minute look at the year ahead for our digital liberal arts programs.
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Digital Oral History Institute
AMICAL is offering an online Digital Oral History Institute this summer (on June 21, 28, and July 5).
The Institute will consist of three interconnected workshops that together will offer introductory, but substantial, training in the methodology of oral…
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Jun 14–16, 2022
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AMICAL 2022
We are delighted to announce that AMICAL 2022, the consortium’s 19th annual conference, will be held online on 14–16 June.
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Doing digital things with texts
This event is part of a series on “Digital methods and tools in teaching and learning,” organized by the Digital Liberal Arts Programs committee.
Najla Jarkas, AMICAL’s Digital Liberal Arts Mellon Fellow, will be sharing her experiences with integrating…
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Library Directors Forum with R. David Lankes – From serving to saving
One might focus on what serving communities look like after the pandemic, but in truth those that we serve and our own colleagues are regularly dealing with trauma and stress. Land wars in Europe, widening ideological gaps, climate crisis, a growing distrust of…
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Habib University Makerspace: A multidisciplinary space for all
Makerspaces are a recent innovation in academic libraries. They are multi-disciplinary workspaces for students to create, collaborate, and engage with technology helping them with critical thinking and an opportunity to discover their interests in a thoroughly…
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Feb 9–10, 2022
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Mid-Year Forum 2022
For the second year, AMICAL is organizing an online Mid-Year Forum for its members. The event will take place 9–10 February 2022 and is open to all faculty and staff from AMICAL member institutions. There is no registration fee — event costs will be covered by…
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Discussion forum on textual analysis methods and tools
The Digital Liberal Arts (DLA) Programs committee is organizing a discussion forum on textual analysis, as a follow-up to Alex Wermer-Colan’s webinar on the same topic.
This event will revolve around an informal discussion among the following AMICAL…
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Tool Parade 2021: An overview of tools for online teaching and learning
In the context of emergency remote teaching, many educators are exposed to tools which can facilitate their work,and students’ learning. In this session, we will sort out and demonstrate a few useful tools for different aspects of the teaching and learning…
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Jun 21–24, 2021
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AMICAL 2021
AMICAL 2021 will take place 21–24 June, marking the consortium’s 18th annual meeting and conference, and the first to be held entirely online.
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Annotating with Hypothes.is
A majority of the courses offered online have course readings. In this workshop Nooruddin Merchant (Sr. Associate, Library and Education Programs, Habib University) will show how hypothes.is, a social annotation tool, could be used for active student engagement…
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Jan 13–14, 2021
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Mid-Year Virtual Forum 2021
Faced with the new and continuing challenges of another stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, AMICAL’s international liberal arts institutions have much to gain by facing these challenges together. AMICAL’s Mid-Year Forum provides just that opportunity, bringing…
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Building interactive learning games and quizzes for online engagement
This 75 minute interactive workshop will help you explore online interactive tools and learning games, discuss how to select and integrate relevant tools in the online classroom and LMS, and build your understanding of how these tools can facilitate assessing…
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Library tools during the pandemic: Sharing ideas and experience
This meeting of the Open Source Library Systems Interest Group, led by Omar Farhoud (LAU), will focus on free tools deemed helpful under the pandemic to ensure sustainability of library services. The session will start by a short demo of three software (Library Seat…
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Google Scholar and Dspace: Best practices
This webinar follows on the unconference session at AMICAL 2020 entitled “How to implement Google Scholar (GS) for institution repositories”.
Omar Farhoud (LAU) will instruct Library IT Admins, System Librarians, Archivists, Technologists on how to configure an…
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Information Literacy Journal Club: The essential elements of digital literacies
The February meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will meet on Tuesday 11 February at 12:00, Paris time (local time). It will be led by Nadine Aboulmagd from the American University in Cairo (AUA).
We will discuss the 8 elements of digital…
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Jan 15–18, 2020
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American University of Kuwait
AMICAL 2020
AMICAL 2020, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 15–18 January at the American University of Kuwait..
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About COUNTER and the code of practice
This webinar will help AMICAL members become aware of the services of COUNTER and to understand the models that are available. It will be presented by Lorraine Estelle, the Director of COUNTER, and is intended for librarians responsible for e-resources assessment.
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Information and digital literacies open meeting
Welcome back to a new academic year!
At the beginning of the Fall semester, the Information Literacy Committee and AMICAL digital literacy advocates Angie Popova, Nadine Aboulmagd, and Maha Bali got together. We would like to invite you to the first “Information…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (October 2019)
The next Information Literacy Journal Club will be on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. The session will be hosted by Tatevik Zargarayan from the American University of Armenia.
Before the meeting, please read Shaping the Future of Academic Libraries: Authentic Learning for…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (September 2019)
The Information Literacy Journal Club is back from summer vacation and our next meeting will be on Tuesday 10 of September 2019, at 12:00pm Paris time. The session will be hosted by Christine Furno (American University of Sharjah).
Before the meeting, please read…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (June 2019)
The next meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will be on Tuesday 25 June at 12:00pm Paris time. The session will be hosted by Vanessa Lawrence.
Before the meeting, please read Hype or Real Threat: The Extent of Predatory Journals in Student…
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IL lesson plans: Weapons of mass instruction
Librarians Livia Piotto, Manlio Perugini from JCU and Chris Furno from AUS will lead this online forum which will focus on IL lesson planning and implementation using specific examples. Highlights and challenges of IL lesson planning will be addressed.
Attendees can…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (May 2019)
The next meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will be on Tuesday 14 May at 11:00am Paris time. The session will be hosted by Chris Furno.
Before the meeting, please read Predictable Information Literacy Misconceptions of First-YearCollege Students…
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May 3–5, 2019
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American University of Beirut
AMICAL cohort to DHI-B 2019
As part of AMICAL’s 2018-2021 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for “Building Leadership and Capacity for Digital Liberal Arts across AMICAL”, a cohort of approximately 15 colleagues from member institutions will be given project support over a period of months…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (April 2019)
The next meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will be on Tuesday, April 9th, at 11am Paris time. The session will be hosted by Livia Piotto and Chris Furno.
Before the meeting, please read The Almost Experts: Capstone Students and the Research…
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Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2019
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American University in Cairo
AMICAL 2019
AMICAL 2019, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 29 March to 1 April at the American University in Cairo.
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Information Literacy Journal Club (March 2019)
The next meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will be on Tuesday 12 March at 11:00am Paris time . The session will be hosted by Livia Piotto and Chris Furno.
Before the meeting, please read Crossing the threshold: reflective practice in information…
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LibQUAL standardized survey for library assessment
The LibQUAL Survey Results webinar will provide a brief background on the survey components, customization process, and dimensions and will focus on survey results and how to interpret them. Amy Yeager and Angela Pappalardo will go over the notebook structure and…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (Feburary 2019)
The first meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club for 2019 will be on Tuesday 12 February at 11:00am Paris time. The session will be hosted by Ivana Stevanovic.
Before the meeting, please read Information Literacy as a Human Right, by Paul Sturges and…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (December 2018)
This meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Jasmina Najjar (AUB) with Vanessa Lawrence (AUC).
Before the meeting, please read “Fake news judgement: The case of undergraduate students at Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon”, by Maroun El…
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First Year Experience programs across AMICAL libraries
Organized by the Information Literacy Committee
Join us for the upcoming virtual forum: “First Year Experience programs across AMICAL libraries” on Tuesday, 11 December at 11:00 am (Paris time) (local time).
Attendees’ input from the ILC’s October meeting…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (November 2018)
This meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Vanessa Lawrence (AUC) & Tatevik Zargaryan (AUA)
Before the meeting, please read “Outcomes Assessment in Undergraduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Systematic Review”, by Allison…
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Information Literacy Committee open meeting
Dear AMICAL librarians teaching information literacy!
Welcome back to a new academic year. The Information Literacy Committee has been getting ready to hear from you!
On Tuesday, October 30, 11am (Paris time), please join us for this year’s “AMICAL Information…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (October 2018)
This meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Tatevik Zargaryan (AUA).
The article for discussion, which participants should read in advance, is: “Writing Information Literacy in First-Year Composition: A Collaboration among Faculty and…
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Information Literacy Journal Club (September 2018)
This meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Michael Stoepel (AUP) and Aziz El Hassani (AUI).
The article for discussion, which participants should read in advance, is: “A Roadmap for Assessing Student Learning Using the New Framework for…
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Jun 4–15, 2018
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AMICAL cohort to DHSI 2018
AMICAL is organizing coordinated participation by a member-cohort in DHSI 2018, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute.
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Backward design for digital project-course integration
In this 45-minute presentation Ashley Sanders Garcia will provide participants with a road map for planning a course that incorporates, or is built around, a digital humanities project based on the principles of “backward design.” This talk will cover the basics of…
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May 4–7, 2018
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American University of Central Asia
AMICAL 2018
AMICAL 2018, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 4–7 May at the American University of Central Asia.
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Strategies for teaching about fake news
AMICAL’s Information Literacy Committee is pleased to announce the upcoming virtual forum, “Strategies for teaching about fake news.” Jasmina Najjar (AUB) and Tara Keenan-Thomson (JCU) will share their teaching projects and experiences in how to get students…
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Mapping in the digital liberal arts: Models, methods, futures
In this webinar David Wrisley, Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi, will present some of the ways that making digital maps can enrich research and pedagogy in the liberal arts context.
We will look at examples of digital projects organized…
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Information Literacy Journal Club: Assessment
The second meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Vanessa Lawrence & Kathryn Vanderboll (AUC). The topic is “Assessment”. We will all read the article “Using the ACRL Framework to Develop a Student-Centered Model for Program-Level…
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JSTOR DDA pilot virtual forum
The E-Resources Committee invites the members of AMICAL’s Library Resources Buyers Group to a virtual forum about the JSTOR DDA pilot the consortium undertook in 2017. The meeting will be facilitated by Elisabetta Morani, the committee’s chair, and Javanica Curry,…
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Feb 25–27, 2018
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American University in Cairo
TALIX: Teaching and Learning Innovation Exchange
TALIX (Teaching and Learning Innovation Exchange) is an event focusing on teaching innovation and digital education, to be held on February 25-27, 2018 at the American University in Cairo.
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Information Literacy Journal Club: Outreach to faculty
The first meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will have “Outreach to faculty” as its topic.
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ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project: Q&A session 2
Informal Question & Answer sessions with the principal organizers of the ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project.
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ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project: Q&A session 1
Informal Question & Answer sessions with the principal organizers of the ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project.
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E-portfolios
A webinar discussing e-portfolios in our various institutions – how we define them, why we use them, different models of implementing them in courses and institutionally, and how we assess their effectiveness.
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Blended learning in AMICAL institutions
A webinar discussing blended learning in our various institutions – how we define it, why we do it, different models of implementing it in courses, and how we assess its effectiveness.
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May 17–20, 2017
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American College of Thessaloniki
AMICAL 2017
AMICAL 2017, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 17–20 May at the American College of Thessaloniki. Our theme will be “Centering on learning: Partnerships and professional development among librarians, faculty and technologists”.
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Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2017
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American University of Paris
Co-design: Integrating information literacy into your disciplinary course
A workshop on information literacy for teams of faculty and librarians, to be held spring 2017 at the American University of Paris.
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Mar 10–12, 2017
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American University of Beirut
DHI-B: Digital Humanities Institute – Beirut 2017
An event focused on providing digital humanities training, to be held 10-12 March 2017 at the American University of Beirut.
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Explore and create compelling eLearning experience with Adobe Captivate
Rrezarta Xhaferi will introduce us to the development of interesting and engaging e-courses using Adobe Captivate.
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Jan 26–27, 2017
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American University of Kuwait
Assessing and communicating library contributions to institutional priorities
A workshop on strategic and sustainable assessment for academic libraries, to be held 26-27 January 2017 at the American University of Kuwait.
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Digital collections: Where to begin?
Organised by the Digital Collections Committee, this webinar will cover the value of building digital collections, selection of holdings to be digitized, and a showcase of existing AMICAL institution’s digital collections.
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Podcasts in education
CORRECTION: In our initial announcement, the time was wrong. This webinar will take place at 8am Paris time, not 10am. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.
If you are looking for alternative ways to reach your students, engage them with your course, or if you…
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Nov 9–10, 2016
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Hypothes.is annotathon on digital literacies
A 2-day asynchronous annotation using Hypothes.is, led by Maha Bali and Nadine Aboulmagd from the American University in Cairo.
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What is a digital project?
Digital scholarship, one of the focal points of AMICAL’s recent Mellon grant, is often project-based and interdisciplinary. During this webinar Rayane Fayed & David Wrisley will present some characteristics of digital projects and take a quick glance at some exemplary…
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May 12–14, 2016
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American University of Rome
AMICAL 2016
The 13th AMICAL Meeting and Conference will be held at the The American University in Rome from May 12 to 14, 2016.
The theme will be “Libraries and digital initiatives”.
For more details, visit the Conference site.
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Mar 20–22, 2016
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American University in Cairo
Digital Pedagogy Lab Cairo: An AMICAL Institute
The international Digital Pedagogy Lab (DPL) institute comes to Cairo, facilitated by some of the leading and most compelling voices in the field, pushing at the edges of critical digital pedagogy. AMICAL members are invited to join the institute and get involved in…
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Jan 22–23, 2016
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John Cabot University
Evidence-based planning & decision-making in academic libraries
Like other academic libraries, AMICAL libraries face budget limitations and cutbacks while also managing shifts in teaching, learning, and communication technologies. In such an environment, it is risky and potentially costly to base plans and decisions on assumptions…
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Apr 27 – May 30, 2015
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American University in Bulgaria
AMICAL 2015
The AMICAL Consortium, together with the American University in Bulgaria, are pleased to announce that AMICAL 2015, our 12th Annual Meeting & Conference, will be held 27-30 May on the AUBG campus in Blagoevgrad.
The theme will be “Clearing thresholds: information…
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Setting up playgrounds for the digital humanities
In this webinar we will look at the general landscape of digital humanities around the world. We will explore digital humanities at the intersections between computational approaches to culture, knowledge design and curation, and scholarly networks. In particular, we…
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Threshold concepts and the ACRL Information Literacy Framework
The new ACRL Framework for Information Literacy has been inspired by threshold concepts, an emerging theory that urges instructors to engage students in the Big Ideas that guide their discipline. Threshold concepts represent a strikingly different approach to…
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May 14–17, 2014
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American College of Greece
AMICAL 2014
The 11th AMICAL Meeting and Conference was held at the American College of Greece from May 14 to 17, 2014.
The theme was “Student engagement and learning spaces”.
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Bring your A game: 10 tips for a great conference presentation
When: Wednesday 9 April 2014, 8:00-9:00am US central time (see local time conversion)
Speaker:John WattsInstruction and Liaison Librarian Webster University
About the webinar: see announcement
How to attend this webinar:
Test your system: As far in…
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Mar 21–22, 2014
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RIT Kosovo (A.U.K)
Engage students in creative multimedia content production
A 2-day International Workshop sponsored by AMICAL. Organized by The American University in Kosovo in collaboration with The American University in Cairo.
Student-centered teaching and learning is widely accepted as the most effective pedagogy to be used in Higher…
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Open educational resources in higher ed: The state of “open”
Invited Speaker: Audrey Watters (noted writer on higher ed learning technologies, author of blog Hack Education)
When: Monday, 25 November 2013, 9:00am US Eastern time (click to see your local time)Where: Online - Adobe ConnectMeeting link: [ View the webinar recording…
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Jun 12–15, 2013
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John Cabot University
AMICAL 2013
New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world
12-15 June 2013John Cabot University (Rome)
AMICAL’s annual conference is the one opportunity each year for AMICAL members to meet face to face with…
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May 27–31, 2013
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American University of Beirut
AMICAL-AUB workshop on RDA
An intensive 5-day workshop on RDA (Resource Description & Access), scheduled to take place at the American University of Beirut between May 27th and May 31st, 2013.
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Mar 8–9, 2013
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Lebanese American University
AMICAL-OCLC forum on “The challenges of discovery services”
Intended for: E-resource and other librarians from OCLC (RESPOND) member libraries who are currently or will soon be involved in the selection process for a discovery service, or those who are currently directly involved with the management of discovery services. Total…
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Jan 3–4, 2013
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John Cabot University
AMICAL Workshop: Faculty and the Library
Workshop with anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster on using ethnographic methods to identify how faculty members use any library for their own research, how they use the institutional library in their teaching, and what they expect and hope that their students could do…
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Nov 11–12, 2012
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American University in Cairo
AMICAL-AUC workshop on collaborative learning technologies
A workshop for learning exchanging best practices and innovative ideas for the use of videoconferencing and other collaborative learning technologies, in a participative group environment with colleagues from similar institutions.
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Apr 4–7, 2012
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American University of Sharjah
AMICAL 2012
The 2012 AMICAL Annual Meeting and Conference will be held 4-7 April at the American University of Sharjah.
Official conference sitePresentationsConference photos from AUS (including a hi-res copy of the group photo)ProgramDaily OverviewDaily Overview - print version…
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Apr 27, 2011
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American University of Beirut
AMICAL 2011
The eighth AMICAL meeting and Conference was held at the Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon) from April 27 to 30, 2011. The theme was “e-Content: Collecting, Managing, Promoting, Teaching.”
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Jan 4–5, 2011
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John Cabot University
Ethnographic Study Pilot Workshop 2
Workshop with anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster on ethnographic methods for studying student research behaviors in the context of library planning and design (Pilot Group 2).
See also: Ethnographic Study Pilot Workshop 1
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Jun 9–12, 2010
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Central European University
AMICAL 2010
The seventh AMICAL meeting and Conference was held at Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) from June 9 to 12, 2010. The theme was “Digital Assets and the Cloud: Building Digital Collections through Library, IT and Faculty Collaboration.”
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Oct 14–15, 2009
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American University of Sharjah
Ethnographic Study Pilot Workshop 1
Workshop with anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster on ethnographic methods for studying student research behaviors in the context of library planning and design (Pilot Group 1).
See also: Ethnographic Study Pilot Workshop 2
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May 21–24, 2009
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American University of Armenia
AMICAL 2009
The sixth AMICAL meeting was held at the American University of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia) from May 21 to 24, 2009. The theme was “The Learner’s Perspective — Adapting Information Services for Today’s Students.” It took place in parallel…
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May 25–28, 2008
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American University in Bulgaria
AMICAL 2008
AMICAL’s fifth annual meeting was held at the American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria) from May 25 to 28, 2008. The theme was “Learning from Each Other: Assessment and Collaborative Learning.” Conference description: “How can we…
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May 27–30, 2007
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Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
AMICAL 2007
AMICAL’s fourth annual meeting was held at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Morocco) from May 27 to 30, 2007. The theme was “Integrating library and IT services for better learning.” Sub-themes included “Collaboration on Technology-Enhanced…
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May 31 – Jun 3, 2006
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American University in Cairo
AMICAL 2006
AMICAL’s third annual meeting was held at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) from May 31 to June 3, 2006. The theme was “Integrated Learning: Collaboration with Faculty and Shareholders on Campus.” The meeting featured presentations, working…
Conference
Jun 1–3, 2005
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American University of Beirut
AMICAL 2005
AMICAL’s second annual meeting was held at the Lebanese American University (Beirut) from June 1 to June 3, 2005. The meeting did not have a formal theme, but was largely devoted to consortial work. Members discussed plans for the future and developed timelines…
Conference
May 7–9, 2004
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American University of Paris
AMICAL 2004
AMICAL’s “first planning meeting” was held at the American University of Paris (France) from May 7 to 9, 2004. The theme was “Exploring Consortial Possibilities between American International Colleges and Academic Libraries: Presentations and…
Conference