Events

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

Join us for a 60-minute workshop that focuses on learning the technical skills needed to create a basic story in Twine using text, images, and visual design elements. This free and open-source tool can be used for creating digital, non-linear and int

This regular meeting series gives AMICAL Representatives a chance to connect with each other and to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortium. The series is organized by AMIC

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “InfoLit MeetUp” event. They are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. Nicoletta Romano and Manlio Perugini, both from John Cabot Univers

This talk is organized by AI@AUP for the AUP community, but participation is open to all interested members of the AMICAL Consortium. In this talk Stuart A. Selber, Professor of English at Penn State, addresses how institutions can respond thoughtful

AMICAL 2026, the consortium’s 23nd annual conference, will be held March 31 to April 2, 2026, at the American University of Sharjah.

While the AMICAL 2026 Conference had to be postponed, we’ve moved online several of its sessions that had a timely focus on consortial development. We’re calling this new event the Online Spring Summit. The Summit includes four sessions over three da

This is the third meeting of the OCLC Cataloging User Group. Omar Farhoud, Senior Account Manager at OCLC, will present a live demo on one of AI tools instances that is designed to make cataloging faster, smarter, and more efficient. The demonstratio

This is the third WMS User Group Meeting, organized by AMICAL’s OCLC Committee. Its purpose is to offer AMICAL colleagues who use OCLC’s WMS the opportunity to share practices and expertise, exchange ideas on issues of concern, and network.

The AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) is happy to announce the next AMICAL webinar entitled: “AI and Copyright Developments in the U.S.” This webinar will be run by Kristina (Kris) Martinez who is a copyright lawyer in the Unit

This regular meeting series gives AMICAL Representatives a chance to connect with each other and to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortium. The series is organized by AMIC

Join us for a presentation on the AI Aware Universities project. Matthew Whoolery (AU Bulgaria) and Kaitlin Lucas (Central European U) will present the project, which used deliberative democratic methods to build AI guidelines and policies through in

We are pleased to announce the second session in our event series, “Transparency of Student Writing in the AI Era: Trends and Tools”. This session will focus on the tool Draftback. Draftback is a Chrome extension that allows instructors to replay a G

This regular meeting series gives AMICAL Representatives a chance to connect with each other and to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortium. The series is organized by AMIC

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

We are pleased to announce a new series of events under the theme “Transparency of Student Writing in the AI Era: Trends and Tools.” This series explores emerging practices and technologies that help educators better understand, support, and assess s

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for library directors at AMICAL member institutions (or another librarian with leadership responsibilities delegated by the library director

The AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) is happy to announce the upcoming hands-on workshop, “Collaborative Rubric Design: Evaluating AI Platforms for Academic Research”. In this session, participants will start working with the

Join us for a session on the pedagogical uses of Twine, a free, open-source tool for creating non-linear stories and games. The session will include presentations from the following speakers, followed by Q&A and discussion: Kaitlin Lucas (she/her), A

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “InfoLit MeetUp” event. They are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. The Information Literacy Interest Group invites Information Litera

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

This is the second meeting of the OCLC Cataloging User Group.

A refresher demo focusing on OCLC's WMS License Manager, led by Jodie Walker.

This is the second WMS User Group Meeting, organized by AMICAL’s OCLC Committee. Its purpose is to offer AMICAL colleagues who use OCLC’s WMS the opportunity to share practices and expertise, exchange ideas on issues of concern, and network.

This regular meeting series gives AMICAL Representatives a chance to connect with each other and to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortium. The series is organized by AMIC

Join the Campus-Level AI Initiatives Interest Group (CLAII IG) for a presentation and discussion with Brent Anders (Director of the Sovorel Center for Teaching & Learning, and a Lecturer/Researcher at the American University of Armenia) on AI and sen

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

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for library directors at AMICAL member institutions (or another librarian with leadership responsibilities delegated by the library director

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.

This talk is organized by AI@AUP for the AUP community, but participation is open to all interested members of the AMICAL Consortium. Join us as we examine evidence-informed paradigms and methodologies for addressing plagiarism and academic integrity

This is the first WMS User Group Meeting, organized by AMICAL’s OCLC Committee. Its purpose is to offer AMICAL colleagues, who use OCLC’s WMS, the opportunity to share practices and expertise, exchange ideas on issues of concern, and network. The reg

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

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

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 guidan

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

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 Switzerlan

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for library directors at AMICAL member institutions (or another librarian with leadership responsibilities delegated by the library director

In this workshop, we will look at Google NotebookLM and explore both the benefits and the challenges of incorporating it into your teaching.

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

This is the monthly meeting of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

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

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

The next AMICAL Keeps Current event will be led by Fadia M Alakhras (Reference and Instruction Librarian at the American University of Kuwait), Michael Stoepel (User Services Librarian at the American University of Paris), and the AMICAL Information

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for library directors at AMICAL member institutions (or another librarian with leadership responsibilities delegated by the library director

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

This is the first of a series of monthly meetings of the Campus-level AI Initiatives Interest Group. Participation is for group members only.

Join this meeting to learn about the available formats in the AMICAL 2025 Call for Proposals and how to submit a strong proposal. We will also answer any questions you may have. If you’d like to receive feedback on your proposal, we encourage you to

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “InfoLit MeetUp” event (previously called “Virtual Tuesdays”). InfoLit MeetUp events are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. These conv

This workshop will introduce the concept of research impact, showing why it matters for faculty members today more than ever.

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for library directors at AMICAL member institutions (or another librarian with leadership responsibilities delegated by the library director

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

The next AMICAL Keeps Current event will be led by Fadia M Alakhras (Reference and Instruction Librarian at the American University of Kuwait), Stella Asderi (Supervisor of Academic Liaison Librarians at the American College of Thessaloniki), Rebecca

This event by the American University of Paris is organized for its own faculty and staff but has been generously opened to all interested AMICAL participants. This inaugural talk in the AI@AUP Speakers series will explore the current and historical

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

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “InfoLit MeetUp” event (previously called “Virtual Tuesdays”). InfoLit MeetUp events are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. These conv

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping each other wi

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.

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

This event is organized by the OSUN Library Resources Program and generously made available to AMICAL members. Evidence-based practice (EBP) in academic librarianship is embedded in the way we approach our work. An EBP project might be a yearlong stu

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “Virtual Tuesdays” event. Virtual Tuesdays events are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. These conversations are participant driven: a

Join this meeting to ask any questions you may have about the AMICAL 2024 Call for Proposals, and receive advice on how to submit a stronger proposal.

Join AMICAL colleagues for an event on developing campus-level responses to generative AI.

Join this meeting to ask any questions you may have about the AMICAL 2024 Call for Proposals, and receive advice on how to submit a stronger proposal.

Join this meeting to ask any questions you may have about the AMICAL 2024 Call for Proposals, and receive advice on how to submit a stronger proposal.

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

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 & p

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping each other wi

AMICAL Keeps Current is an event series for discussing a recent publication (such as articles, book chapters, presentation recordings, webinars, etc.), selected by a different committee or interest group each month. Members may also suggest publicati

The Library Directors Forums are organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee as a regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping each other wi

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to another “Virtual Tuesdays” event. Virtual Tuesdays events are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. These conversations are participant driven: a

This event is organized by the OSUN Library Resources Program and generously made available to AMICAL members. In this webinar, two academic librarians will share how generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are disrupting and innovating

AMICAL Keeps Current is an event series for discussing a recent publication (such as articles, book chapters, presentation recordings, webinars, etc.), selected by a different committee or interest group each month. Members may also suggest publicati

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

Organized by the OSUN Library Resources Program and made available to AMICAL members. Open Educational Resources (OER) not only promote student success by lowering textbook costs for students, they also have the potential to increase accessibility, d

Organized by the OSUN Library Resources Program and made available to AMICAL members. The word ‘open’ means many things to many people, but it is always about who gets to participate and who gets to decide. It is, fundamentally, about valuing the ‘wh

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

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 schedule belo

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to the first of this year’s “Virtual Tuesdays” event series. Virtual Tuesdays events are informal conversations on information literacy topics important to AMICAL members. These conversations a

AMICAL’s OCLC Committee in conjunction with OCLC has organized an event series offering updates about the Arabization and Arabic searching project, data sync, and resource sharing. Presenters: Nikolina Ivanova-Bell (Library Director, American Univers

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 ("hallucinations").

AMICAL’s OCLC Committee in conjunction with OCLC has organized an event series offering updates about the Arabization and Arabic searching project, data sync, and resource sharing. Presenters: Paul Shackleton (Metadata Operations Manager, OCLC), with

These forums, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, are part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping eac

The release of ChatGPT has generated significant academic and professional interest and instigated a vibrant discussion on the opportunities offered and challenges posed by powerful and readily accessible generative AI reshaping teaching and learning

AMICAL’s OCLC Committee in conjunction with OCLC has organized an event series offering updates about the Arabization and Arabic searching project, data sync, and resource sharing. Presenter: Omar Farhoud (Senior Library Services Consultant, OCLC) Ba

AMICAL 2023, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held May 24–26 at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

These forums, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, are part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping eac

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

AMICAL Keeps Current is an event series for discussing a recent publication (such as articles, book chapters, presentation recordings, webinars, etc.), selected by a different committee or interest group each month. Members may also suggest publicati

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to our Small Grant program or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice. If we end up with lots

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to our Small Grant program or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice. If we end up with lots

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

Open research embodies the idea of making research more transparent and efficient and advances research collaboration. It promotes open access to research results, data, protocols and other aspects of the scientific process. It is recognized by UNESC

These forums, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, are part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping eac

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to the “Virtual Tuesdays” series of events. The objective of these events is to facilitate informal conversations about information literacy topics, including sharing ideas and best practices a

This is the second of a two-part workshop series on digitally mapping literary spaces led by Najla Jarkas, AMICAL’s Digital Liberal Arts Mellon Fellow. You may attend both or just one of the workshops. This session on will carry on from where we left

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This is the first of a two-part workshop series on digitally mapping literary spaces led by Najla Jarkas, AMICAL’s Digital Liberal Arts Mellon Fellow. You may attend both or just one of the workshops. This session offers hands-on training on digitall

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

Attend this meeting if you have questions about submitting a proposal to AMICAL 2023 or applying to the Project Incubator. AMICAL staff will be on hand to talk through your ideas, answer questions and provide advice.

Attend this meeting if you have questions about submitting a proposal to AMICAL 2023 or applying to the Project Incubator. AMICAL staff will be on hand to talk through your ideas, answer questions and provide advice.

AMICAL Keeps Current is an event series for discussing a recent publication (such as articles, book chapters, presentation recordings, webinars, etc.), selected by a different committee or interest group each month. Members may also suggest publicati

These forums, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, are part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping eac

This is the second of a two-part workshop series on computer-assisted textual analysis led by Najla Jarkas, AMICAL’s Digital Liberal Arts Mellon Fellow. You may attend both or just one of the workshops. This session on will carry on from where we lef

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to the second “Virtual Tuesdays” series of events. The objective of these events is to facilitate informal conversations about information literacy topics, including sharing ideas and best prac

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

This is the first of a two-part workshop series on computer-assisted textual analysis led by Najla Jarkas, AMICAL’s Digital Liberal Arts Mellon Fellow. You may attend both or just one of the workshops. This session will offer hands-on training on thr

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and part

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 t

Do you teach writing or a course with a writing component? Are you a writing center director or tutor? Then this online event is for you. Join us for an open discussion about the different ways tutors and teachers provide feedback and guidance to hel

These forums, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, are part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The forums are normally structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping eac

This is the second of a two-part workshop on storytelling and digital timelines with TimelineJS. This session on TimelineJS carries on from where we left the training in the previous workshop to pedagogical applications of the tool in the classroom.

Open Access (OA) publishing offers authors, readers, libraries, and other institutions the best way to realize the scholarly goals we as academics aspire to espouse. I will draw on my time at Lever Press to highlight the benefits of publishing your b

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”.

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to the Digital Oral History cohort program. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice. If we end up with lots of participants (or questions),

This is the first of a two-part workshop on storytelling and digital timelines with TimelineJS. This session offers hands-on training on a timeline-based digital tool, TimelineJS, which allows users to collaboratively incorporate interactive, media-r

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

A 30-minute look at the year ahead for our digital liberal arts programs.

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Interest Group invites you to the first of this year’s “Virtual Tuesdays” series of events. The objective of these events is to facilitate informal conversations about information literacy topics, including sharing ideas

A 30-minute look at the year ahead for our digital liberal arts programs.

The AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee invites you to its informal information literacy conversations entitled Virtual Tuesdays. The objective is to facilitate conversations and share ideas and best practices about current information

​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 history. It will be facilitated by Brooke Bryan.

​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 history. It will be facilitated by Brooke Bryan.

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

Second of two workshops offered in June 2022 for the members of the Digital Collaborations cohort. Ellen Holmes Pearson and Jeff McClurken will discuss techniques for collaborative teaching in both asynchronous and synchronous environments. Topics in

We are delighted to announce that AMICAL 2022, the consortium's 19th annual conference, will be held online on 14–16 June.

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and par

First of two workshops offered in June 2022 for the members of the Digital Collaborations cohort. Jeff McClurken and Ellen Holmes Pearson will offer templates and advice for creating syllabi that incorporate digital assignments in a variety of ways,

The next meeting of the Information & Digital Literacy Journal Club will be led by Araz Markosian (American University of Armenia) and Fadia Al Akhras (American University of Kuwait). We will discuss the article “Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for

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 integrat

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

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This event is part of a series on digital methods and tools in teaching and learning, with a focus on “Library roles in the Digital Liberal Arts.” This talk will be given by Mackenzie K. Brooks, Associate Professor & Digital Humanities Librarian at W

The Digital Collaborations cohort program aims to foster and support collaborations across AMICAL institutions on digital projects or assignments that are integrated into coursework. It promotes the development and exchange of expertise in digital sc

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and par

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education emphasizes the importance of students as creators within the information environment, not just consumers. This theme runs throughout all of the frames, but is most forthright in Informat

This is the third in our series of online events on “Digital methods and tools in teaching and learning.” This talk will be given by Kristen Mapes the Assistant Director of Digital Humanities at Michigan State University. There are many ways that dig

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This meeting is organized by the Leadership & Assessment Committee together with the OCLC committee, as part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. We will be hosting Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Director of Library Trends and User

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

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This meeting, organized by AMICAL Staff together with AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and par

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

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, is part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The meeting will be structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping each oth

This meeting, organized by AMICAL's Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortiu

Information literacy instruction has gone through several phases at the Lebanese American University (LAU). Based on LAU libraries' strong belief that the information literacy skills are deemed necessary not only for the students’ academic success bu

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

This is the second talk in a series of online events on “Digital methods and tools in teaching and learning,” organized by the Digital Liberal Arts Programs committee. Event description Brooke Blackmon Bryan will discuss projects from the Oral Histor

The next Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club will be led by Fadia Al Akhras (American University of Kuwait). We will discuss the article “Undergraduates’ Use of Google vs. Library Resources: A Four-Year Cohort Study”, written by Carol Perru

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

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

This meeting, organized by AMICAL staff and the Leadership & Assessment Committee, is part of our regular event series for AMICAL library directors. The meeting will be structured around active discussion and interaction designed for helping each oth

The Digital Liberal Arts Programs Committee will be hosting a series of online events on “Digital methods and tools in teaching and learning.” The first of these is the following talk by Alex Wermer-Colan, the Digital Scholarship Coordinator at Templ

A webinar series organized by OCLC for the members of AMICAL's RESPOND program. Presenters: Annie Charlton, Team Manager, Customer Projects, OCLC; Joanne John, Senior Customer Support Analyst, OCLC. Your users rely on your catalog to find and access

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

A webinar series organized by OCLC for the members of AMICAL's RESPOND program. Presenters: Annie Charlton, Team Manager, Customer Projects, OCLC. No one library can maintain a collection with everything that users could possibly need. With WorldShar

This meeting, organized by AMICAL's Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortiu

Due to a technical issue, this event, which was originally scheduled for September 22, was moved to October 5. You will need to register again for this new date. Apologies for the inconvenience! The next Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club

A webinar series organized by OCLC for the members of AMICAL's RESPOND program. Presenters: Jill Cantrell, Team Manager, Customer Support, OCLC. Your users rely on your cataloging to find and access your resources but keeping up with recently purchas

A webinar series organized by OCLC for the members of AMICAL's RESPOND program. Presenters: Jill Cantrell, Team Manager, Customer Support, OCLC; Joanne John, Senior Customer Support Analyst, OCLC. The speed of research is continuing to increase, and

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

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 le

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.

This meeting, organized by AMICAL's Coordinating Committee and the Leadership and Assessment Committee, combines two of our regular event series into a single forum this time for: AMICAL Representatives — to discuss issues related to their role in su

The next Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club will be led by Krasimir Spasov (American University in Bulgaria). We will discuss the article “Critical discourse analysis as a reflection tool for information literacy instruction: A case study

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

Knowledge Unlatched (KU) is an initiative that since 2012 works together with Libraries and Institutions to expand the scope of open access scholarly content, making them available for any and all readers around the world. In this webinar, Wilson de

This meeting, organized by AMICAL's Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortiu

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

In place of the March iteration of our Library Directors Forum, we’re organizing this online discussion aimed especially at library directors, to follow up on the recent webinar series from ACRL, Open Educational Resources and Affordability. We’ll be

Join us to learn about last spring’s faculty and library collaboration at the American University of Armenia! As institutions quickly had to pivot to online teaching last year, librarians at AUA updated their in-person course content to suit the onli

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

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to one of our programs (Small Grants, Digital Liberal Arts Cohort, etc.) or how you can participate in AMICAL activities. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedba

The next Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club will be led by Araz Margossian (American University of Armenia). We will discuss the article “Visualizing oral histories: A lab model using multimedia DH to incorporate ACRL framework standards i

This meeting, organized by AMICAL's Coordinating Committee, is part of a regular series that provides a forum for Representatives’ to discuss issues related to their role in supporting their institution’s membership and participation in the consortiu

The RESPOND (Resource Sharing Program for Network Discovery) program is a joint effort on the part of AMICAL and OCLC to create new opportunities for resource discovery by library users at AMICAL institutions. Through this, your library becomes a mem

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

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, br

We recently inaugurated bi-monthly meetings for library directors and AMICAL Representatives, with the focus and audience alternating each month: one month: Library Directors’ Forum, focusing on discussion and peer consultation related to issues at t

Join the AMICAL Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) for our virtual forum: “Ready-made online instruction: Lessons learned from Credo IL Core.” In the context of the pandemic, asynchronous online instruction has attracted a momentum of

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

In this Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club meeting, Michael Stoepel from the American University of Paris (AUP) and Christine Furno from the American University of Sharjah (AUS) will continue the conversation about the 2013 white paper pub

The next Information and Digital Literacy Journal Club meeting will be led by Michael Stoepel from the American University of Paris (AUP) and Christine Furno from the American University in Sharjah (AUS). The proposed reading is a 2013 white paper pu

Many educators are utilizing podcasts in the classroom, and others are exploring the possibility. This creative academic output is the ideal showcase for student work with a bonus of boosting their confidence in finding their voice on topics they are

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

This meeting is the first in what we hope will be a series of regular meetings specifically for AMICAL library directors, organized by the Leadership and Assessment Committee. The meeting will provide a forum for library directors to help each other

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 softwa

An informal sharing out by AMICAL members on lessons learned from the Digital Pedagogy Lab, OLC Innovate conference, and our own Liberating Structures workshops, and experiences applying those lessons to the classroom. This session is intended for th

This workshop by AUC’s Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) is organized for their own faculty, but has been generously opened up to all interested AMICAL participants. Note: Although this is a repeat of an earlier workshop, different structures wi

Welcome back to the Fall 2020 semester! The Information Literacy Initiatives Committee (ILIC) invites AMICAL members interested in information literacy to join for a new semester online gathering and discussion. The upcoming session will review curre

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

This workshop by AUC’s Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) is organized for their own faculty, but has been generously opened up to all interested AMICAL participants. The workshop will introduce you to Liberating Structures, a collection of alter

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying to the Digital Liberal Arts cohort program. Members of the Digital Liberal Arts Program Committee will be on hand to answer any questions you have about the program and to provide advice for pr

During this intensive workshop, you will experience high-engagement techniques of working alone and in groups in a synchronous manner, using Zoom and breakout rooms. All of these techniques (Liberating Structures) can be used for making your online c

During this intensive workshop, you will experience high-engagement techniques of working alone and in groups in a synchronous manner, using Zoom and Breakout rooms. All of these techniques (Liberating Structures) can be used for making your online c

In March and April 2020, the AMICAL community initiated various conversations about virtual teaching during COVID-19. The Information Literacy Initiatives Committee contributed to this conversation with the virtual forum: Teaching IL Virtually: Your

This opportunity is a Director’s Initiative in support of online teaching and learning across member institutions. Colleagues at all of our institutions have recently been confronting the need to develop capacity for online instruction, and the need

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 c

Dear AMICAL colleagues, Continuing our series of forums intended to help AMICAL members to draw on their collective wisdom in facing the challenges of COVID-19, this event aims to bring our library directors together for a session of peer consulting.

The Information Literacy Journal Club will meet on Thursday 14 May at 12:00, Paris time (local time). It will be led by Michael Stoepel from the American University of Paris (AUP) and Krasimir Spasov from the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG). W

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

Part of AMICAL’s forum series on continuity during COVID-19. Three panellists from three different AMICAL institutions will present briefly and reflect on their practises related to teaching (or not teaching) information literacy virtually in the cur

In our fifth forum series on continuity during COVID-19 we look at the “new normal” of our work: working from home, in isolation from students, colleagues and without on-campus resources, while supporting ourselves and our families. This discussion w

Evi Tramantza and Asma Al-Kanan, library directors of the American College of Thessaloniki and the American University of Kuwait, respectively, will co-host an online forum about AMICAL libraries leadership during COVID-19. Attendance is restricted t

Part of AMICAL’s forum series on continuity during COVID-19. Jasmina Najjar (Communication Skills Instructor, American University of Beirut) will facilitate a conversation on issues related to writing courses and courses with a writing component. Wha

Anguelina Popova, Director of AUCA's Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology, will facilitate a conversation focused on pedagogy during COVID-19. As a springboard into this topic, she’ll discuss various scenarios for online teaching she has develo

The number of AMICAL institutions suspending, or preparing to suspend, face-to-face classes in response to COVID-19 is growing. We’re all struggling to organize the best response we can, learning as we go in navigating this new territory. Join us Wed

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 digita

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

AMICAL 2020, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 15–18 January at the American University of Kuwait..

Librarian Manlio Perugini from JCU will lead this online forum entitled “Freshmen above and beyond: library workshops as an alternative to the first-year programmes”. This discussion is aimed to understand whether and how library workshops can be a p

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-resourc

This webinar will introduce library directors, as well as staff responsible for library assessment, to ITHAKA’s Faculty and Student Surveys. Christine Wolff-Eisenberg, Manager of Surveys and Research at ITHAKA S&R, will present these services and tal

The December meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will meet on Tuesday 10 December at 12:00, Paris time (local time). It will be led by Tatev Zargaryan from the American University of Armenia (AUA). We will discuss an experiment that the

The November meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will meet on Tuesday 12 November at 12:00, Paris time (local time). It will be led by Maha Bali from the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo (AUC). The top

Attend this meeting if you have questions about applying for a Small Grant. AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback and provide advice for preparing your applications. If we end up with lots of questions, we’re happy

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

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: Authent

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

If you have questions about applying for a Small Grant, attend this meeting. Members of AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback, provide advice for preparing your applications, etc. No need to sign up, just follow th

If you have questions about applying for a Small Grant, attend this meeting. Members of AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback, provide advice for preparing your applications, etc. No need to sign up, just follow th

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 i

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 addresse

If you have questions about applying for a Small Grant, attend this meeting. Members of AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback, provide advice for preparing your applications, etc. No need to sign up, just follow th

If you have questions about applying for a Small Grant, attend this meeting. Members of AMICAL staff will be on hand to answer questions, listen to your feedback, provide advice for preparing your applications, etc. No need to sign up, just follow th

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-Year

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 ove

In this webinar, Brandon Locke will present a method of rethinking digital humanities projects in the classroom as extensions of traditional liberal arts and information literacy goals. Through partnerships between disciplinary faculty, librarians, a

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

AMICAL 2019, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 29 March to 1 April at the American University in Cairo.

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 practi

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

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

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”

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 me

In this session, attendees will learn how to provide subject access to non-English materials in the language of the script and how to link the non-English term to external sources via linked data techniques. This will allow users to search the catalo

In recent years, digital mapping technology has made itself more available through easy to navigate technology which can often be acquired at low or no cost. Because of this development now more than ever the visualizations you can create with these

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 All

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 I

A meeting of the Open Source Library System Interest Group, convened by Omar Farhoud (AUB). In order to attend the meeting you must register, by clicking on the link below. The meeting will be conducted using Zoom, which may require installation. Tes

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 Fa

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 F

The next meeting of the Information Literacy Journal Club will be led by Vanessa Lawrence & Kathryn Vanderboll (AUC). We will all read the article “Transformative? Integrative? Troublesome? Undergraduate student reflections on information literacy th

AMICAL is organizing coordinated participation by a member-cohort in DHSI 2018, the Digital Humanities Summer Institute.

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 cove

AMICAL 2018, our next annual meeting and conference, will be held 4–7 May at the American University of Central Asia.

The third meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club teams up with AMICAL's Digital Pedagogy Committee. It will be led by Maha Bali (AUC) & Michael Stoepel (AUP). The topic is AMICAL Reflections on the “NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brie

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

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 projec

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-

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 J

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.

The first meeting of the AMICAL Information Literacy Journal Club will have “Outreach to faculty” as its topic.

Informal Question & Answer sessions with the principal organizers of the ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project.

Informal Question & Answer sessions with the principal organizers of the ACRL-AMICAL “Library partnerships in international liberal arts education” project.

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.​

AMICAL’s Information Literacy Committee will share how our AMICAL colleagues engage and keep abreast of the latest trends in information literacy.

Organized by the Information Literacy Committee Dear AMICAL librarians teaching information literacy! During the last AMICAL conference in Thessaloniki, we had discussions on how to improve conversations among us which could be beneficial to us as pr

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.

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”.

A workshop on information literacy for teams of faculty and librarians, to be held spring 2017 at the American University of Paris.

​An event focused on providing digital humanities training, to be held 10-12 March 2017 at the American University of Beirut.

Rrezarta Xhaferi will introduce us to the development of interesting and engaging e-courses using Adobe Captivate.

A workshop on strategic and sustainable assessment for academic libraries, to be held 26-27 January 2017 at the American University of Kuwait.

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.

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

A 2-day asynchronous annotation using Hypothes.is, led by Maha Bali and Nadine Aboulmagd from the American University in Cairo.

A virtual forum organised by AMICAL’s Information Literacy Committee AMICAL’s Information Literacy Committee is pleased to announce the upcoming virtual discussion forum, Thinking beyond the one-shot: Embedding the Framework for Information Literacy

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

OCLC has organised a series of free webinars specifically for AMICAL members. The webinars will introduce the services that are included in the RESPOND package. This training will cover the following services that are included in the RESPOND package:

OCLC has organised a series of free webinars specifically for AMICAL members. The webinars will introduce the services that are included in the RESPOND package. This training will cover the following services that are included in the RESPOND package:

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.

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

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 decisi

December 15: A one hour online forum to continue our conversation with the AMICAL community about information literacy at our institutions.

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

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.

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 ap

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". Resources Conference SiteProgram Proposal Instructions and Form Registration Financial

When: Wednesday 9 April 2014, 8:00-9:00am US central time (see local time conversion) Speaker: John Watts Instruction and Liaison Librarian Webster University About the webinar: see announcement How to attend this webinar: Test your system: As far in

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

Roger Schonfeld will talk about Ithaka's faculty and now student surveys of library expectations, and how they might be adapted for AMICAL institutions; Nancy Foster will talk about ethnographic methods for studying library communities and how we mig

The high cost and lack of availability of commercial print textbooks is a major concern to both students and their parents. To address these concerns, the Provost's Office and the University Libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst launch

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 Connect Meeting link: [ View

New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world 12-15 June 2013 John Cabot University (Rome) AMICAL's annual conference is the one opportunity each year for AMICAL members to meet face to face wit

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.

An online discussion about information literacy programs at our institutions.

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 discov

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 s

I would like to invite ALL AMICAL members to participate in the Embedded Librarians: Integrating IL Instruction at the Point of Need follow-up discussion! During this session, we will be discussing practical solutions to embedding problems and best p

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.

Don't forget, AMICAL will be hosting a follow-up to the e-books virtual conference tomorrow, November 6, 2012, at 12pm (Paris time)! Prepare for this discuss by testing your adobe Connect connection: https://meet80509000.adobeconnect.com/common/help/

Greeting AMICAL Members! I'm happy to announce that the Association of College and Research Libraries has agreed to work with AMICAL and offer their online learning classes for a reduced price. To pilot this partnership, we are offering all AMICAL in

Advanced training session on metadata management in LUNA, intended for coordinators of AMICAL's LUNA implementation.

A 1.5 hour introductory presentation and discussion with OCLC's Amy Lytle (Portfolio Implementation Manager, WorldCat Local/WorldCat knowledge base), to demonstrate how WorldCat Local works, and help trial libraries work through some of the issues wi

For those who expressed interest in this webinar but were unable to attend on 29 May: A repeat session on June 4 (9am US Eastern Time) has kindly been proposed by Nancy Harm of LUNA. If you wish to attend, please add your name here: http://www.doodle

A follow-up to the earlier General Overview webinar, this session will focus on using the Insight client software (Studio, Inscribe, and Insight) to create, edit and publish digital collections. Those interested in attending should sign up here. Webi

1-hour overview of the LUNA platform being used for the AMICAL Digital Library pilot. Learn what LUNA offers users for discovering and using digital collections - and get a brief look at what LUNA offers staff for managing collections.

The 2012 AMICAL Annual Meeting and Conference will be held 4-7 April at the American University of Sharjah. Official conference site Presentations Conference photos from AUS (including a hi-res copy of the group photo) ProgramDaily Overview Daily Ove

A two-day information literacy workshop led by Susan Barnes Whyte and Jean Caspers.

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."

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

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."

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

Three half-day CONSER-SCCTP serials cataloging workshop at the American College of Thessaloniki.

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 with the an

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 work t

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 Informat

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 gr

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 develope

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 Worksho