Bulletin, Winter 2021

From the Editors

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A retro-active welcome to 2021! Please forgive us for this belated issue, 2021 started with a bang. To mark the speedy passage of time, we offer what we can in this issue.

Included are the President’s Message from Lindsay Carpino and the Executive Board Meeting minutes for November, December, and January.

If you attended or not, you can read summaries of both the lively December Trivia Night and the first CALL Media Club: The Little Paris Bookshop.

We also welcome the incoming Executive Board Members: Scott Vandelin, Sarah Andeen, and Carrie Port. We hope you enjoy this Winter edition of the CALL Bulletin!

Winter 2021

President’s Message

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I hope everyone did their best to stay warm over the extra cold winter! As I write this message, the snow continues to fall. It has been a year since our last in-person business meeting in February, but CALL continues to keep our members engaged. We hosted a successful virtual business meeting on February 18, 2021 with speaker Robert Ambrogi. Ambrogi spoke about the Essential Role of the Law Librarian. We had 63 members join via Zoom. Continue reading President’s Message →

Winter 2021, Meetings

February Business Meeting

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Our February business meeting convened on February 18 over Zoom and had 53 CALL members in attendance.

President Lindsey Carpino opened the meeting by reminding attendees that the CALL election is going on until March 15 and that this month the community service has arranged for CALL to support the DuSable Museum of African American History (more on these in the committee announcements below).

She also thanked our speaker Robert Ambrogi, noting that outside of a remote meeting it would be difficult to schedule a meeting with him present. Vice President Jamie Sommer introduced Mr. Ambrogi, who is a long-time expert on legal technology, practice, and ethics. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief of LexBlog.com and writes a technology column for Above the Law. Continue reading February Business Meeting →

Winter 2021, CALL Executive Board, Nominations & Elections

Congratulations to the Incoming Board Members

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Please congratulate me in welcoming our newly elected CALL Board:

Vice President/President-Elect

Scott Vanderlin, CALL VP/President Elect 2021-2022

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Secretary

Sarah Andeen

Director

Carrie Port, CALL Director 2021-2022

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We will congratulate you officially at our May Business Meeting.

I would like to thank the Nominations & Elections Committee for putting together a wonderful slate: Joe Mitzenmacher (Chair), Julie Melvin, Eugene Giudice and Todd Ito.

Thank you to those who were nominated:

Shari Berkowitz Duff (Vice President/President-Elect), Mike McMillan (Secretary) and Patricia Scott (Director). We appreciate your willingness to serve CALL.

 

Winter 2021, Meetings

Trivia Night Review

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The meetings committee hosted a holiday online trivia night on December 17, 2020. Ten excited and hopeful teams participated. Tanya Carlson, Konya Moss, Jessie LeMar, and Sandy Qiu of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom were the winning team with an assist from their families.

Jillian Baker hosted the trivia night and wowed us with her inventive questions. There were music hints to all the questions and the rounds consisted of pop culture, back to school, random questions, and two picture rounds featuring movies and license plates.

The Final 2 Questions are listed below. For fun see if you know the answers.

  • Children Books: Released in 1987, what book was the result of more than two years of detailed work by illustrator Martin Handford, and spent 93 weeks in the number one spot on the New York Times Best Sellers List?
  • Geography: Which US State has the most natural lakes?

The Meetings Committee is excited to host more events in the future.

Winter 2020, Grants & Chapter Awards

Highlights from IALL Annual Course in Sydney

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Yaama.* A CALL grant facilitated my attendance at the 38th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) held in Sydney, Australia, October 27-30. “Law Down Under: Australia’s Legal Landscape” drew 132 delegates (attendees) from 21 countries with 48% being first-time delegates.

*The Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW, Australia. Continue reading Highlights from IALL Annual Course in Sydney →

Spring 2025

Web Accessibility and Community

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When planning this CALL Bulletin issue, the committee discussed “community” as a potential theme, one that resonates with many aspects of our work in law libraries as well as our participation together as CALL. If you spend time on web accessibility, “community” might seem like a synonym for “audience,” and to a certain extent, it should be: after all, we want to make our online presence accessible so that our users can benefit. But “community” is not just the “why” for accessibility; it’s also part of the “how.”  We can best improve web accessibility by making the most of our communities, both communities of practice and the communities our law libraries serve.

Continue reading Web Accessibility and Community →

Spring 2025

Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annoucements

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Chapter Registration Grant Opportunity for the 2025 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference – Deadline April 30, 2025

This year, AALL is pleased to offer your Chapter the opportunity to participate in the Chapter Registration Grant for the 2025 Annual Meeting & Conference, July 19-22 in Portland.

Continue reading Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annoucements →

Spring 2025

President’s Message

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Hello, CALL, and happy spring!

I recently met with a UIC faculty member from outside of the law school to discuss his research and how he might find law review articles related to a couple of early 20th century cases. It was a nice opportunity to connect with someone outside of the law school, hear about some fascinating research, and share some resources that we law librarians might take for granted but would be rather helpful and otherwise unfamiliar to someone who’s new to legal research.

Continue reading President’s Message →

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