Just launched: AMICAL 2016 website and Call for Proposals

Libraries, scholarship and pedagogy are all becoming increasingly digital, even — at a slower but increasing pace — in the humanities. How can libraries partner with instructional designers and faculty to

• use digital tools and methods for humanities scholarship?
• thoughtfully incorporate digital tools and resources into teaching?
• develop digital collections that serve, and perhaps arise from, student’s learning and research?

What are the specific challenges — and opportunities — of collaborating on these digital initiatives in AMICAL members’ international-American educational environments?

AMICAL 2016: “Libraries and digital initiatives”

Join us 12-14 May as we confront these questions at the 2016 AMICAL Annual Meeting & Conference.

Invited speakers will inspire and provoke us:

• Laurie Allen (Assistant Director for Digital Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania)
• Jim Groom (Co-founder, Reclaim Hosting)
• Eric Lease-Morgan (Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Notre Dame)

And AMICAL members will share their own expertise and questions, as we grapple with digital initiatives and other issues shared across our consortium.

How can I participate?

Attend. Faculty and staff at AMICAL member institutions are eligible to attend the conference in person. Anyone is welcome to attend online the keynotes and other live-streamed sessions. Find out more about how to attend, and note that registration opens 4 March, via the AMICAL 2016 website, for in-person attendance.

Propose a session. AMICAL members are encouraged to propose a session for the conference program (deadline: 21 February).