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CALL Executive Board Meeting, May 2015
Note: To access complete Minutes from this meeting, visit the Board Minutes page on the CALL website AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) May 12, 2015 9:00 a.m.
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May 2015 Business Meeting Round-Up
CALL held its fourth and final business meeting of the year on May 14, 2015 at Wildfire Chicago, 159 W. Erie. One hundred and nine members registered for the meeting. President Margaret Schilt opened the meeting by recognizing the continuing and new Executive Board members: Julie Pabarja, Incoming President Stephanie Crawford, Treasurer Robert Martin, Director…
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JoAnn Hounshell Receives Agnes and Harvey Reid Award
The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors JoAnn Hounshell with the 2015 Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship. JoAnn Hounshell has been committed to serving law librarianship and law libraries for over 25 years. She is well known to CALL, having served on the Board three times. She has been…
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2015 CALL Award Honorees
Each May, CALL recognizes individuals and institutions that have made significant contributions to the Association and profession. This year’s CALL honorees represent the best of what librarianship brings to the legal community. The following awards were presented at the May 14 CALL Business Meeting. Award for Outstanding In-House Publication Honoree: Sean Rebstock Agnes and Harvey Reid Award…
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Sean Rebstock Wins In-House Publication Award
Sean Rebstock of DLA Piper was honored with the 2015 CALL Award for Outstanding In-House Publication for Managing My eBrief, a video for attorneys that is useful, creative, well-designed, and fulfills its intended purpose. Managing My eBrief is a five-minute video, created using Camtasia Studio 8 software, which concisely explains to DLA Piper attorneys how…
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Mary Lu Linnane Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors Mary Lu Linnane with the 2015 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award. In her 40 plus years of service to the profession and professional associations, Mary Lu Linnane has served on committees and in leadership roles almost too numerous to mention. She began her career in 1974…
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Lorna Tang Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors Lorna Tang with the 2015 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award. Lorna Tang retired from the D’Angelo Law Library on June 30, 2015, after 38 years as a law librarian. She began her law library career at the D’Angelo Law Library (then called the University of Chicago…
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CALL Institute Day – May 21, 2015
The CALL Continuing Education Committee hosted a successful Institute Day program on May 21, 2015 and would like to thank Thomson Reuters for agreeing to act as a sponsor. The theme of this year’s program was “Charting a Path to Management: Skills to Take Your Career to the Next Level.” The purpose of Institute Day…
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Legal Research on the Go: Mobile Apps
Legal research apps seem to be gaining momentum. A majority of vendors are now offering their own mobile app for busy researchers on the go. Research apps can be Apple- or Android-focused, free with your subscription, or vary in price. Legal research apps tend to fall under the following categories: Research Current Awareness/News Litigation Transactional…
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The Judith M. Wright Fellowship: Honoring a Legacy, Advancing the Profession
At its May 2013 Business Meeting, the Chicago Association of Law Libraries awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to Judith M. Wright. This professional recognition was but the first of several bestowed on Ms. Wright upon her retirement after forty years of service as a librarian at the University of Chicago, including thirty-three years as law…
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