Category Archives: Spring 2016

Issue 239

From the Editors

Spring time in Chicago. Hooray!  We’ve had snow and rain, and it’s been very cold, but I have seen shoots of leaves and flowers blooming, so we’re leaving behind the old and bringing in the new.  Like the weather, the CALL Bulletin is changing. This is my last column as co-editor and the end of my three-year term as co-chair of the Bulletin Committee.

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Lyonette Louis-Jacques, CALL Bulletin Co-Editor, 2013-2016

I have enjoyed shepherding our AALL award-winning newsletter to its hybrid WordPress blog and PDF formats. Since the format change with the Fall 2014 CALL Bulletin issue, we’ve had over 15,000 views, with a peak of 2,149 views in January 2016. The art in CALL libraries and Chicago International theme issues were very popular as well as our AALL in Philly supplemental  summer issue. And a project that I started with co-editor Lindsey Carpino and Bulletin Historian, Annie Mentkowski, is coming to fruition. We are going to get the CALL Bulletin content archived in and accessible via HeinOnline. Stay tuned! Continue reading From the Editors

President’s Letter

Dear Colleagues,

Another year for CALL has ended and a new Board will take over soon. It has been a great honor being your President and working with so many of you to ensure that CALL provides value to its members. Thank you for your support this past year!

CALL’s success is due to the dedication and commitment of so many of our members. I would like to thank the Executive Board members (Margaret Schilt, Todd Ito, Diana Koppang, Stephanie Crawford, Robert Martin, and Konya Moss) for their time and dedication to CALL. These 6 amazing people are true leaders and great representatives for CALL. Continue reading President’s Letter

CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – December 2015

2015-2016 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website.

  • AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.)
  • December 8, 2015 8:45 a.m.

Board Members Present

  • Julie Pabarja
  • Todd Ito
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Robert Martin
  • Margaret Schilt
  • Diana Koppang
  • Konya Lafferty Moss

Continue reading CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – December 2015

CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – January 2016

2015-2016 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website.

  • AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.)
  • January 19, 2016 8:45 a.m.

Board Members Present

  • Julie Pabarja
  • Todd Ito
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Robert Martin
  • Margaret Schilt
  • Diana Koppang
  • Konya Lafferty Moss

Continue reading CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – January 2016

CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – February 2016

2015-2016 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website.

  • AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.)
  • February 9, 2016 8:45 a.m.

Board Members Present

  • Julie Pabarja
  • Todd Ito
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Robert Martin
  • Margaret Schilt
  • Diana Koppang
  • Konya Lafferty Moss

Continue reading CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – February 2016

CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – March 2016

2015-2016 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website.

  • AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.)
  • March 8, 2016 8:45 a.m.

Board Members Present

  • Julie Pabarja
  • Todd Ito
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Robert Martin
  • Margaret Schilt
  • Diana Koppang
  • Konya Lafferty Moss

Continue reading CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – March 2016

November 2015 Business Meeting Round-Up

CALL held its November Business Meeting at Wildfire Chicago restaurant, 159 W. Erie, on November 19, 2015. President-Elect Todd Ito called the meeting to order at noon and welcomed the slate of candidates for the 2016-2017 Board as well as the new CALL members. Recently joining CALL are Trezlen Drake and John Pickett of Northwestern University’s Pritzker Legal Research Center, and Peter Kaiser of Bloomberg BNA.

Vice-President Todd Ito at Nov. 2015 CALL Business Meeting

Continue reading November 2015 Business Meeting Round-Up

February 2016 Business Meeting Round-Up

CALL held its February Business Meeting at Nacional 27, 325 W. Huron Ave., on February 25, 2016. President Julie Pabarja called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. She thanked the Meeting Committee Co-Chairs, Eugene Giudice and Larissa Sullivan – who unfortunately were unable to attend the meeting. There were seventy-six registered attendees for the meeting. Continue reading February 2016 Business Meeting Round-Up

Things I Wish I’d Learned in Library School

Photo of Stacia Stein
Stacia Stein

Determined to eke out every last bit of knowledge from my library school experience, I’ve been asking my colleagues and fellow CALL members if there was anything they wished they would have learned in library school. Meanwhile, I’ve also been combing through job descriptions for clues, and reflecting on my own education and what I perceive as its gaps and its successes. Continue reading Things I Wish I’d Learned in Library School