The Digital Book World Conference + Expo

Scheduled for January 15-17 at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City, the Digital Book World Conference + Expo was developed in partnership with Mike Shatzkin, Michael Cader and Publishers Launch Conferences. Digital Book World will help you learn how to build a better business model, hire or train the right staff, improve discoverability, identify new opportunities and, most importantly, improve the profitability of your overall publishing operation. Digital Book World is owned and operated by leading ecommerce and content provider, F+W Media, Inc...

Creating a Culture of Innovation in your Library and Community

“…Come to this webinar for an active and lively discussion on how to find innovative ideas, how to connect with the people to help make them happen, and how to get buy-in and support for your ideas. There is a lot to be learned from other libraries’ examples and experiences.

Date: January 23 2013
Start time: 1:00 Eastern / 10:00 Pacific

Presented by: Heather Braum, Digital & Technical Services Librarian at the Northeast Kansas Library System, blogger at www.heatherbraum.info, and 2010 Kansas Library Association’s New Professional of the Year.  Register to attend

2013 AMICAL Annual Meeting and Conference
John Cabot University, Rome 12-15 June 2013

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2013

Who should attend?
AMICAL’s annual conference is the one opportunity each year for AMICAL members to meet face to face with colleagues from all the other American international universities in AMICAL, to discuss shared problems and solutions, and to hear from some of the most influential leaders in library and information services. Librarians, IT staff, instructional technologists and designers, and faculty members – as well as anyone concerned with information services and their role in teaching and learning at AMICAL institutions – are all encouraged to attend.

Dates (Pre-Conference + Conference)
There will be two pre-conference workshop days (12-13 June), focusing on practical aspects of information services, followed by two main conference days (14-15 June) of presentations and discussions, exploring the conference theme and other topics relevant to AMICAL members.

Conference Theme

The 2013 Conference program is being shaped around the broad theme of:
New media, new literacies, new models: Library-IT-Faculty collaboration in a learning intensive world

Topics will range from technology-enabled inter-institutional teaching partnerships, to working with faculty to re-envision and deliver library and information services, information and media literacy, and other learning-focused information issues…

 

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