At the May 2017 CALL Business meeting, CALL celebrated its 70th Anniversary. The Archives Committee assisted the anniversary committee with information about CALL and photos for display at the May meeting. In addition to supplying this information, there were also some inquiries for archival materials and an in-person visit. Continue reading Archives Committee Annual Report
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Bylaws Committee Annual Report
No revisions or amendments were proposed or adopted to the Chicago Association of Law Libraries Bylaws in 2016-2017. The Chair confirmed with the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Bylaws Committee Chair that no AALL Bylaws amendments or revisions have been proposed or adopted which would require CALL Bylaws harmonization.
Submitted,
Gretchen Van Dam
Chair
CALL Bulletin Committee Annual Report
The 2016-17 Bulletin Committee consisted of co-editors Juanita Harrell, Philip Johnson, and Scott Vanderlin and committee members Emily Barney, Susan Berg, Tami Carson, Debbie Ginsberg, Annie Mentkowski, Stacia Stein, and Clanitra Stewart Nejdl. Our board liaison was Lindsey Carpino. After our November Business Meeting, Susan and Tami volunteered to join the committee in order to help with editing work.
Corporate Memory Committee Annual Report
The 2016-2017 Corporate Committee was comprised of Betty Roeske (Chair), Judy Gaskell, Diana Koppang, Heidi Kuehl, Christine Morong, and Susan Siebers. The Committee was inactive this year because documents were not available for us to review.
I would like to thank the Committee members for volunteering for the Committee.
Membership Committee Annual Report
Chair: Therese Clarke Arado
As of May 2017, CALL had over 230 members. An exact number is not available as the renewal process for the new CALL year began and I had not pulled a report just prior.
The CALL Directory was produced once this year, in May. Corrections/updates are made by the Membership Committee. Then, the update is posted by the Internet Committee on CALL’s website. Members are also able to look at directory information via Wild Apricot, however the PDF online provides additional information. The organization index will be added shortly. Continue reading Membership Committee Annual Report
Nominations & Elections Committee Annual Report
The 2016-2017 Nominations & Elections Committee was Margaret Schilt, Chair, Sally Holterhoff, Stephanie Crawford, Robert Martin, Maribel Nash.
The 2016-2017 Nominations & Elections Committee solicited nominations and conducted the election of Vice President/President Elect, Secretary and one Director for the CALL Board of Directors for 2017-2018. Continue reading Nominations & Elections Committee Annual Report
Placement and Recruitment Committee Annual Report
Co-Chairs: Gretchen Van Dam and Jessie LeMar
Committee Members: Anita Calderon, Valerie Kropf, Karl Pettitt, and Stacia Stein
The Committee held one in-person meeting and one teleconference meeting during 2016-2017.
This year, the Committee continued work on initiatives started during the previous year. One of the primary responsibilities of the Committee is the posting of new law library positions on both the CALL website and on various local library and law school job boards. To improve the postings, we worked with other committees to update the job posting submission form on the CALL website to include additional school job boards in the posting options.
Continue reading Placement and Recruitment Committee Annual Report
Public Relations Committee Annual Report
The 2016-2017 was comprised of Joanne Kiley (chair), Deborah Ginsberg, Sean Rebstock, Emily Barney, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Donna Tuke, Scott Vanderlin, and Sharon L. Nelson.
Accomplishments:
The Public Relations Committee maintained its presence on social media. Actions included live tweeting at each CALL Business Meeting, including capturing photos of the guest speakers, thanking sponsors, and collecting key highlights from the guest speakers’ speeches. The Committee tweeted announcements about events, as well as opportunities for advocacy and continuing education. Lyo Louis-Jacques also posted announcements on CALL’s Facebook page and re-tweeted the live tweeting at CALL Business meetings. The Committee announced the publication and availability of the issues of the CALL Bulletin on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Archives Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Archives Committee was Therese Clarke Arado and Annie Mentkowski (co-chairs) and Sharon Nelson. Continue reading Archives Committee 2016 Annual Report
Bulletin Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 CALL Bulletin Committee was Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Lindsey Carpino, and Scott Vanderlin (co-editors), EmilyBarney, Debbie Ginsberg, Juanita Harrell, Philip Johnson, Annie Mentkowski (Bulletin Historian), Jill Meyer, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl, Stacia Stein, LeighAnne Thompson, and Donna Tuke. Continue reading Bulletin Committee 2016 Annual Report