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May 2016 Business Meeting Round-Up
CALL held its May Business Meeting at Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse, 25 West Kinzie Avenue, on May 12, 2016. President Julie Pabarja called the meeting to order at noon and welcomed new CALL members–Anita Calderon (Michael Best & Friedrich) and Sarah Andeen (Chapman & Cutler).
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Corporate Memory Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Corporate Memory Committee was Betty Roeske (chair), Frank Drake, Judy Gaskell, Diana Koppang, Christine Morong, and Susan Siebers.
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September 2016 Business Meeting Round-Up
CALL held its first business meeting of the 2016-2017 year at Nacional 27, 325 West Huron Street, on September 15, 2016. There were 81 registered attendees. President Todd Ito called the meeting to order at noon and welcomed new CALL members: Tom Duggan (Thomson Reuters) Elaine Knecht (Barclay Damon, LLP) Jennifer Koertge (Brinks Gilson &…
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Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Grants and Chapter Awards Committee was Margaret Schilt (chair), Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Patricia Sayre-McCoy, Elizabeth Schubert, and Clanitra Stewart-Nejdl.
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Transitions: A Life’s Journey
If there is one constant in life, it is change. We change daily, starting with daily physiological changes (nails grow, hair grows, cells generate and die off) to personal changes (changes in relationships, changes in where we live) to changes that effect many people (political changes, economic changes). We also change professionally. We call these…
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Continuing Education Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Continuing Education Committee was Carolyn Hersch and Jesse Bowman (co-chairs), Tom Keefe, David Rogers, Jamie Stewart, Simone Srinivasan, and Sharon Nelson. During the 2015-2016 year, the CALL Continuing Education Committee organized and hosted three events.
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Tax Deductions for Law Librarians: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By their very nature, law librarians are intellectually curious. Of course, that’s a good thing as law librarians need to keep abreast of new developments in constantly changing areas of law and the technology that is used to deliver information. There are opportunities for continuing education at the national, regional, and local levels. At the…
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Government Relations Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015-2016 Government Relations Committee was Clare Hoyt and Joe Mitzenmacher (co-chairs), Justin Franklin, Tom Gaylord, Sally Holterhoff, and Matt Timko.
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CALL Awards Representative Mike Quigley Legislator of the Year
In August, CALL leadership visited the offices of Representative Mike Quigley to award him Legislator of the Year on the basis of his “outstanding leadership and commitment to open access to government information.” Rep. Quigley has represented the 5th Congressional District of Illinois since August, 2009 and is well known for his commitment to open…
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Meetings Committee 2016 Annual Report
The 2015–2016 Meetings Committee was Eugene Giudice and Larissa Sullivant (co-chairs), Sara Baseggio, Todd Hilmer, and Jill Meyer. The committee planned four meetings for the 2016 – 2016 year. Dates, locations, number of attendees, and profit and loss for each meeting is shown in the following table: