The AMICAL Conference: Libraries, technology and learning at international American universities. Learn more ›
This year’s AMICAL Conference will give special focus to information literacy, and in particular to new conceptual frameworks for information literacy in the context of international American universities.
The program will also cover a broad range of other topics related to libraries, technology and learning, with sessions ranging from conceptual talks to hands-on workshops to unconference sessions created during the event.
Each day one of our invited speakers will lead us to approach the conference theme with fresh insight.
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Anne-Marie Deitering
Franklin A. McEdward Professor for Undergraduate Learning InitiativesOregon State University Libraries & PressIt takes a campus: Creating research assignments that spark curiosity and collaboration
In this workshop, we’re going to think about the big picture — the cognitive, affective, and practical conditions that affect how our students approach research and inquiry and the cognitive, affective and practical skills they need to be successful with those assignments.
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Nancy Fried Foster
Senior AnthropologistIthaka S+RWhat faculty want: Panel report on AMICAL faculty use of libraries
learning about users in a library web design workshop
Learning how to do research in a community of scholarship
In this talk, Nancy Foster will describe the work practices of faculty members and propose a framework for understanding how students learn these practices.
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Lori Townsend
Learning Services CoordinatorUniversity of New MexicoNegotiating thresholds: Conflict and transformation in the liminal space
In this presentation Lori Townsend will discuss the origins of the threshold concepts theory, how they work, and examples of possible threshold concepts for information literacy.
Find out about the people who are coming together in this year’s conference.
Won’t be able to attend? Plan to join us online. Selected sessions will be webcast live.
After the conclusion of the conference, we'll provide edited recordings on our YouTube channel.
The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) will be hosting this year’s conference at their Skaptopara Campus in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
