AMICAL Consortium
The American International Consortium of Academic Libraries (AMICAL) is an association of 29 American-style universities located in 22 countries. It was founded in 2004 by the American University of Paris, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[1]
Mission
"AMICAL is an international consortium of American-model, liberal arts institutions of higher learning located outside the United States. Our mission is to advance learning, teaching and research through the collaborative development of library and information services and curricular resources at member institutions. AMICAL is committed to sharing information and technologies across national and linguistic borders, using English as the primary language for consortial work."[2]
Members
- Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (Ifrane, Morocco)
- American Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy)
- American College of Greece (Deree) (Athens, Greece)
- American College of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
- American University in Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria)
- American University in Cairo (New Cairo, Egypt)
- American University in Kosovo (Prishtina, Kosovo)
- American University of Afghanistan (Kabul, Afghanistan)
- American University of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia)
- American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon)
- American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
- American University of Iraq in Sulaimani (Sulaimani, Iraq)
- American University of Kuwait (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
- American University of Nigeria (Yola, Nigeria)
- American University of Paris (Paris, France)
- American University of Rome (Rome, Italy)
- American University of Sharjah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
- Ashesi University College (Berekuso, Ghana)
- Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)
- Effat University (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Forman Christian College (Lahore, Pakistan)
- Franklin University Switzerland (Lugano, Switzerland)
- Habib University (Karachi, Pakistan)
- Haigazian University (Beirut, Lebanon)
- IAU College (Aix-en-Provence, France)
- John Cabot University (Rome, Italy)
- Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Saint Louis University Madrid Campus (Madrid, Spain)
- Smolny College (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
External links
Notes
- ^ Gima, Jeff Hiroshi; Smith, Arthur E. (2007). "The OCLC-AMICAL RESPOND project: Leveraging WorldCat to connect international American universities" (PDF). World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council. Durban, South Africa.
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