1. AMICAL Administrative & Planning Activities 2005-2006 Jeff Gima American University of Paris AMICAL Administrator & Treasurer AMICAL 4 th Annual Meeting Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane 2006

2. Consortial Needs Survey

3. Professional development - goals Improving core library services89% Integrating service units (library/IT/etc.) on campus to improve teaching and learning 83% Using technology to improve teaching and research 83% Relationship-building among faculty, librarians and IT staff 78% Improving management and leadership of academic information services 78%

4. Consortial Needs Survey (2) Professional development - activities Learning via workshops/presentations/etc. about best practices in core skill areas for librarians 83% Broadening staff’s professional education in library and information science 83%

5. Consortial Needs Survey (3) Electronic resources Reducing the cost for your institution of access to electronic resources 83%

6. Consortial Needs Survey (4) New technologies in libraries and learning Learning about applications of new technologies to libraries and learning 83% Learning about new/useful library technologies (all types) 78%

7. Consortial Needs Survey (5) Information literacy instruction Learning how to integrate better information literacy with academic coursework and learning communities 78%

8. Consortial Needs Survey - Themes  Professional development, for the improvement/promotion both of core library services and of integration of academic information units  Cost reduction is the main reason for targeting consortial licensing of e-resources  Learning about new library and learning technologies is an important goal  Sharing resources for information literacy instruction is more important than broader curricular collaboration at this point

9. Consortial Needs Survey – 5-year Goals  Followed above themes, except:  Library resource sharing not among highest priorities, but a majority expectation as indicator of consortial “success”

10. Formalizing consortial structure

11. Governance Documents  Governance Committee drafted Membership Agreement Operational Guidelines  Adopted December 2006  17 institutions signed as Charter Members February 2007

12. New Committees  Sustainability Committee  Nominating Committee Harvey Varnet, American University of Kuwait (Chair) Maria Szlatky, Central European University Jayme Spencer, American University in Cairo

13. Mellon Foundation renews support  Encouraged by formalization & renewed commitment to consortium by members  2007-2008 Grant to support: Annual conferences Professional development Administrative support  Grants committee to be formed

14. New Organizational Partnerships

15. Organizational partnerships  NITLE: Special International Affiliates  Mellon Foundation advisory support via Susan Perry On-site consultation Coordination of Staff exchanges  SOLINET (Southeastern Library Network)  AMIGOS Library Services

16. Communicating AMICAL’s Work

17. Communications  ICOLC Europe 2006  IFLA 2007  AMICALnet

18. Sustainability Commitee

19. Sustainability Committee Goals Enable AMICAL to meet goals set for itself Distribute load fairly Ensure sufficient stability for planning Explore other revenue sources

20. Sustainability Committee Models considered Sliding scale based on FTE & World Bank indicators Sliding scale based on institutional budget Flat fee

21. Sustainability Committee Members 1. Karen Bohrer, American College of Thessaloniki 2. Houeida Charara, Lebanese American University 3. Kathy Ray, American University of Sharjah 4. Harvey Varnet, American University of Kuwait 5. Jeff Gima, American University of Paris (ex-officio as treasurer)

22. ILL/DD & RESPOND

23. RESPOND Committee ILL/DD Committee Jeff Gima (AUP) Cendrella Habre (LAU) Sawsan Habre (LAU) Kamal Jaroudy (LAU) Elizabeth Morani (JCU) Aida Naaman (LAU) Maria Szlatky (CEU) plus: Bughdana Hajjar (LAU) Billiana Alexandrova (AUBG)

24. RESPOND Committee ILL/DD Committee Jeff Gima (AUP) Cendrella Habre (LAU) Sawsan Habre (LAU) Kamal Jaroudy (LAU) Elizabeth Morani (JCU) Aida Naaman (LAU) Maria Szlatky (CEU) plus: Bughdana Hajjar (LAU) Billiana Alexandrova (AUBG)

25. RESPOND - Implementation  WorldCat Resource Sharing (Fall 2006)  Sitewide access to WorldCat (Jan 2007)  Batchload of local catalog records into WorldCat (Jan-June 2007)  AMICAL Group Catalog launched (May 2007)  OCLC Cataloging Services (Summer 2007)  WorldCat Collection Analysis (Summer-Fall 2007)

26. AMICALcat: The AMICAL Group Catalog