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20 September 2013

Presentations from the 2013 AMICAL Conference now available

Slide shows and other materials from presentations at the last AMICAL Conference are now publicly available here on AMICALnet.org, linked from the 2013 AMICAL Meeting and Conference page under Presentations. Also posted there is the daily program (presentation titles link…

20 September 2013

Strong participation by faculty in the 2013 AMICAL Conference

The 2013 AMICAL Conference saw greater participation by faculty than ever before, the result of a conscious effort by the consortium to engage faculty together with librarians and technologists in improving information services and curricular resources. In addition to…

4 June 2013

Photos from the AUB-AMICAL RDA Workshop

Judging from attendee comments, the AUB-AMICAL RDA Workshop was a glowing success! AMICAL thanks organizer Kaoukab Chebaro, AUB Libraries Director Lokman Meho, Fatmeh Charafeddine, and all those that helped bring the workshop together. Photos from the event have been…

28 May 2013

American University of Beirut & AMICAL offer workshop on RDA

From AUB Libraries News: The AUB Libraries and the American International Consortium of Academic Libraries (AMICAL) are jointly organizing a week-long (May 27-31st, 2013) workshop on RDA, the Resource Description and Access new cataloging standard which is currently being…

17 May 2013

Guidelines for AMICAL Small Grant Awards updated

The Guidelines for AMICAL Small Grant Awards have just been updated to reflect the renewed grant support for AMICAL from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, running through July 2015, and decisions by the AMICAL Coordinating Committee on the allowed scope and maximum amount…

24 April 2013

AMICAL Conference update: Public conference site launched

The official public site has now been launched for the 10th Annual AMICAL Conference: New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world Note that the Conference Hub on AMICALconnect, which has the latest and most…

5 April 2013

Financial support available to AMICAL members attending the 2013 Annual Conference

Thanks to our grant from the Mellon Foundation, AMICAL is again able to provide a significant amount of support to help AMICAL members attend our Annual Conference. Because of the conference location, however, the cost of supporting attendance is particularly high this…

3 April 2013

AMICAL Conference registration open - draft program available

Registration is now open for the 10th Annual AMICAL Conference (John Cabot University, 12-15 June 2013)! AMICAL members are invited to visit the Conference Hub for further details about the event, including the registration link and draft program.

28 March 2013

Spotlight on AMICAL Librarians: Hasmik Galstyan (AUA) leads national copyright review project for Armenia

Hasmik Galstyan (Head of Reference and Circulation Department, AGBU Papazian Library, American University of Armenia) leads EIFL-sponsored project to review Armenia’s Law on Copyright and Related Rights “to ensure that the new law meets the real needs of…

11 March 2013

April 3 webinar: Info Lit at AMICAL Institutions

Info Lit at AMICAL Institutions - An Online Conversation about Visions and Realities When: 3 April 2013, 11:30-13:00 Athens time (see event time converted for your location) Where: Online, using Collaborate Who should attend? All AMICAL members - in particular…