AMICAL 2020
15–18 January · American University of Kuwait
Schedule
Table of contents
Wednesday 15 January
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–09:15
Check-in
Check-in
09:15–16:45
Pre-conference workshop
Strategic approaches to the development of digital literacies Resources available.
Doug Belshaw
B202
10:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
10:45–11:00
Check-in
Check-in
11:00–16:45
Pre-conference workshop
Library leadership in the global context
Donna Scheeder,
Asma Al-Kanan,
Evi Tramantza,
Jorge Sosa
B201
17:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
Thursday 16 January
08:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–09:15
Check-in
Check-in
09:15–09:45
Plenary session
Opening session Recording available.
Auditorium
09:45–11:00
Keynote
The operating system of our lives: How we misunderstood the digital transformations Recording available.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Auditorium
11:00–11:30
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
11:00–16:15
11:30–12:30
Discussion
How does your digital pedagogy transform your students learning? Resources available.
Anguelina Popova
B202
11:30–12:30
Discussion
Information literacy practices at AMICAL institutions: First survey results and needs discussion Resources available.
Stella Asderi
B201
11:30–12:30
Workshop
Join us on a trip to Oxford: Follow up from the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School
Alessandra Grego
B208
12:30–13:30
Meal
Lunch
TBC
13:30–14:45
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
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Collaborating on learning space design
Heba Sayed -
Developing a collaborative corpus-builder platform for Urdu language OCR system: A multi-Institutional initiative Resources available.
Bushra Almas Jaswal, Muhammad Imtiaz Ahmed -
Digital technologies across universities: A collaboration of AUC and AUP faculty and students Resources available.
Martin Dege, Irene Strasser -
Digitizing students’ publications: Why it is important to an international liberal arts institution Resources available.
Gergana Atanasova, Nikolina Ivanova-Bell -
Documenting local cultures through digital storytelling in Pakistan
Muhammad Abdullah -
Fundamentals of online facilitation: A course for developing (online) teachers Resources available.
Nadine Aboulmagd -
Implementing project-based learning in liberal arts through digital apps Resources available.
Ekaterina Galimova -
Making history: The experience of building the first oral history project in Kuwait
Reem Al-Ali, Hana Kaouri -
New ways of teaching in MENA region
Shko Fuad -
One hundred years of lessons learned: How AUC’s university archives leveraged digital collections in service of our centennial Resources available.
Stephen Urgola -
Students as historians: Teaching students how to be researchers and creators in digital humanities Resources available.
Aijamal Sarybaeva
Library Ground Floor
14:45–15:15
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
15:15–16:15
Presentation
Integrating digital projects in the classroom: Presentations of projects at Franklin University Switzerland and Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane Resources available.
Derek Elliott,
Aziz El Hassani,
Clélie Riat,
Kate Roy,
Daniel Twumasi
B205
15:15–16:15
15:15–16:15
16:15–17:00
Unconference
Unconference pitches
Auditorium
17:15
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Museum)
19:00–21:00
Social event
Visit to the Bait Al Outhman museum
21:00
Transportation
Bus (Museum → Hotel)
Friday 17 January
08:30
Transportation
Bus for CIE presenters (Hotel → Campus)
08:45
Transportation
Bus for all attendees (Hotel → Campus)
09:00–10:15
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
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#AUCdiaries: An AMICAL Small Grant recap
Kim Fox -
Building a touch kiosk at your library
Hani Salem -
Creation and development of a digital humanities LibGuide Resources available.
Liza Vachtsevanou, Evi Tramantza -
Digital humanities course at AUCA: First steps and lessons learned
Kamilya Kadyrova, Jyldyz Bekbalaeva -
Digital records lifecycle: Challenges and possibilities of the AUC recordkeeping practices through the digital transformation of the university records management program
Maria Papanikolaou -
General education and developing data science competences
Dimitar Christozov -
Impact assessment of librarian-faculty collaboration to develop the digital literacy skills of a first-year composition class Resources available.
Emilienne Idorenyin Akpan -
Information literacy as liberal arts: Pilot course at AUCA
Jyldyz Bekbalaeva, Zhuzumkan Askhatbekova -
Library on a flash application (LOAF): Collaboration between ITU and the Library
Benson Ali -
Openness in institutional repositories: The cases of AUA and LAU
Tatevik Zargaryan, Rebecca Fares Salem -
What good did we do? Assessing impact with ACRL project outcome toolkit Resources available.
Livia Piotto
Library Ground Floor
10:15–11:15
Unconference
Unconference #1
Various
11:15–11:45
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
11:45–12:45
Participatory project meeting
Library Resources Buyers Group meeting Resources available.
Elisabetta Morani
B209
11:45–12:45
11:45–12:45
Workshop
The video diary as reflection: Engaging selfie culture in the curriculum to develop innovative learning and digital media skills Resources available.
Kwame Phillips
B209
11:45–12:45
Discussion
Training & peer support for DH and digital liberal arts projects: What’s working? What’s needed next?
Najla Jarkas
B201
12:45–13:00
Meal
Group photo
TBC
13:00–14:00
Meal
Lunch
TBC
14:00–15:00
Community Idea Exchange
Community idea exchange
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Assessing the role of academic support services in student success Resources available.
Mariya Antonova -
Assessment and learning: Transforming the course evaluation process online to improve data collection and decision making Resources available.
Petros Korovesis, Rosa Fusco -
AUCA pilot project: Documenting, demonstrating and assessing student learning with “Portfolium” Resources available.
Maya Sharsheeva, Anguelina Popova -
Faculty-librarian collaboration: A pilot project for using OER-based courses at Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane Resources available.
Rachid Zegrane, Said Ennahid -
Feedback for emerging writers: The good, the bad & the ugly
Julie Kolgjini, Laura Kelly -
Integrating a media literacy course in the curriculum of higher education institutions in Kyrgyzstan
Elira Turdubaeva -
Introducing digital methods in a social sciences course: Creating e-portfolios on Wikipedia on feminist activists and female politicians of Central Asia
Shirin Tumenbaeva, Aisuluu Namasbek kyzy -
Love triangle: A collaboration between Wikipedia, AUB libraries, and communication skills classes in teaching academic writing Resources available.
Abir Ward, Fatme Charafeddine -
Student-faculty research team collaboration in the liberal arts: Lessons learned from the GLCA-Library of Congress program Resources available.
David Tresilian, Michael Stoepel -
To transfer or not to transfer? Digital transformation and the exclusivity of higher education “offline” Resources available.
Ekaterina Kombarova -
Workflows in transformative open access agreements: CEU library’s first year Resources available.
Ivett Molnar
Library Ground Floor
15:00–15:30
Exhibit hour
Exhibit & refreshments
TBC
15:30–16:30
Unconference
Unconference #2
Various
16:30–17:00
Plenary session
Closing session
Auditorium
17:00
Transportation
Bus (Campus → Hotel)
18:30
Transportation
Bus (Hotel → Dinner)
19:00–22:00
Meal
All-conference dinner
22:00
Transportation
Bus (Dinner → Hotel)
Saturday 18 January
09:00
Transportation
Bus for Members Council (Hotel → Campus)
09:15–10:45
Meeting
Members Council meeting
Library - 1st floor
10:00–12:00
Social event
Sightseeing tour (morning)
10:30
Transportation
Bus for Coordinating Committee (Hotel → Campus)
10:45–11:15
Break
Coffee break
11:15
Transportation
Bus for Members Council (Campus → Hotel)
11:15–12:45
Meeting
Coordinating Committee meeting
Library Conference Room
16:00–18:00
Social event
Sightseeing tour (afternoon)
Thanks to our sponsors for making AMICAL 2020 possible.