Jeff Gima, AMICAL Director AMICAL Conference 2011

Who are AMICAL’s members? Institutions Criteria  Bachelors degree programs (or higher)  Accredited in U.S.  Liberal arts curriculum  Not for profit Levels:  Full Members  Affiliate Members  Consortial Partner Institutions

Who are AMICAL’s members? Individuals  Librarians  IT and instructional technology staff  Faculty members  Administrators

Where are AMICAL members located?

When was AMICAL created?  2004  initial planning meeting at AUP  letter of intent to cooperate

When was AMICAL created?  2006  Membership agreement + Operational guidelines

Why was AMICAL created? AMICAL’s mission: to advance learning, teaching and research through the collaborative development of library and information services and curricular resources at member institutions.

How does AMICAL do its work?  Funding  Mellon Foundation: core operating expenses + programs  Member fees: additional expenses + workshops  Administrative work  Hosted at American University of Paris  1 grant-funded employee (Director)  Collaborative work  Annual conferences  Workshops  Virtual collaboration: , Skype, etc.

What does AMICAL do?  Consortial purchasing (of databases and library services)  Staff and faculty development  OCLC-RESPOND library services  Consulting on library/IT/curricular goals  Collection of comparative data (benchmarking) on libraries, IT services, technology in the curriculum