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Jeff Gima · 30 September 2016
How to propose a funded — or free — AMICAL event
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Here’s one of the things I like most of all to see AMICAL supporting: professional development events that are created on members’ own initiative and for the benefit of the entire consortium.
The AMICAL Conference is largely built out of member contributions as well, but…
Jeff Gima · 21 September 2016
Small Grants - September 2016 update
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Latest funded activities
Responses were sent out Monday to the latest group of applications for AMICAL’s Small Grant Program. Of the three applications received, we accepted the following two:
Actively Engaged by Design: Visual Literacy for University Faculty and…
Jeff Gima · 15 September 2016
AMICAL 2017 at the American College of Thessaloniki
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This post was edited to reflect the change of event dates to 17-20 May 2017.
I’m excited to share the news that our next annual meeting and conference, AMICAL 2017, will be held 17-20 May at the American College of Thessaloniki.
Our theme will be “Centering on…
Alex Armstrong · 27 August 2016
AMICAL logins are now unified
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We’re happy to announce that we’ve unified the logins across the main AMICAL site and AMICAL Connect, our community forum.
Up until now, each system required a separate login. Now, when AMICAL members login to this site, they’ll be granted access to AMICAL Connect as well.…
Alex Armstrong · 28 July 2016
In case you missed it: AMICAL 2016
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AMICAL 2016, our annual conference, wrapped up almost three months ago. Since then many of the participants have been busy writing blog posts and gathering other material from the event. Here is a thorough collection:
Blog posts
Invited workshop leader Laurie Allen…
Laurie Allen · 11 July 2016
Reflecting on AMICAL 2016
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My experience at AMICAL was overwhelmingly fantastic, and fantastically overwhelming.
I have tried many times to reflect with some clarity about the many strands of learning that were going on for me at AMICAL. And I still feel like there’s too much for me to really…
Titia van der Werf · 31 May 2016
A story about the spirituality of libraries
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At the AMICAL 2016 conference last month, I heard an inspiring story about the cyclical destruction and revival of libraries. Dr. Richard Hodges, President of the American University of Rome, began his welcome message as follows: “Unlike what many of you may believe, you…
Jeff Gima · 19 May 2016
The AMICAL 2016 program: the library, the digital, and the human
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The following post is adapted from opening remarks given last week at AMICAL 2016, our consortium’s annual meeting and conference.
This year’s AMICAL Conference is the first time that we’ve tied the theme of the event directly to the Mellon Foundation grant that is…
Alex Armstrong · 10 May 2016
Attending AMICAL 2016 virtually
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AMICAL 2016 is finally upon us!
Even if you aren’t able to attend the onsite event, you can still participate online. (And if you are attending, you can share this with a colleague who may not know about AMICAL yet!)
The online options are:
Watch the live streamed…