Sarah Hutton Gives Keynote Address at 19th Annual AMICAL Consortium Conference

Sarah Hutton, interim dean of the UMass Amherst Libraries, gave a keynote address at the 19th annual AMICAL Consortium Conference, held June 14-16, 2022.

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Hutton’s presentation on June 15, “Space and Place to Inspire: Facilitating Student Communities and Success with Physical and Digital Learning Spaces,” discussed the transformation and assessment of physical and digital library spaces “to keep up with and ahead of an ever-changing academic landscape and to continue supporting holistic student learning.” After the keynote, Hutton led a workshop, “Conducting Assessments to Create Spaces and Places to Inspire in Academic Libraries,” where participants looked at how to incorporate space and place planning and assessment into their respective institutions.

AMICAL, an international consortium of 28 American‐modeled institutions in 20 different countries, is a cooperative organization for advancing learning, teaching and research through the collaborative development of library, technology and curricular resources at member institutions. AMICAL’s membership is composed almost entirely of non‐profit U.S.‐accredited colleges and universities, following American models in their curricular organization and their staff’s professional environment, but located in Europe, Central and Southern Asia, the Middle East and Africa.