CALL Bulletin

  • Library Research Guides: Best Practices

    Library Research Guides: Best Practices

    Many librarians have a set of research guides that they are responsible for keeping up to date, but finding time to devote to this important task can be extremely difficult. As libraries migrate to LibGuides 2.0, many are using this opportunity to study their users’ preferences, implement new policies, and completely refresh their research guide collection. If your…

  • 2015 Law Repositories Conference: Shaping the Future

    In the last week of March 2015, I had the opportunity to attend the first ever Law Repositories Conference, made possible by a grant from AALL/Bloomberg Continuing Education Grants Program, and by the sponsorship of LIPA (Legal Information Preservation Alliance) and Bepress.  The official title of the conference was “Law Repositories: Shaping the Future,” and…

  • 2014-2015 Meeting Schedule

    2014-2015 CALL MEETING SCHEDULE Executive Board Meetings For 2014-2015 the Board will meet the second Tuesday of every month. Specific dates are: • Tuesday, August 19, 2014 • Tuesday, September 9, 2014 • Tuesday, October 14, 2014 • Tuesday, November 11, 2014 • Tuesday, December 9, 2014 • Tuesday, January 13, 2015 • Tuesday, February…

  • The ABA TECHSHOW: Where Lawyers and Technology Meet

    The ABA TECHSHOW: Where Lawyers and Technology Meet

    Since living in Chicago, I have been fortunate to attend the ABA TECHSHOW Expo every year. As a technology librarian, the Expo portion of the TECHSHOW is always a thrill for me; I enjoy getting to try out new devices and equipment, speak to vendors, and learn about the latest and greatest technology products and…

  • CALL Member Leaders in AALL and SLA

    CALL Member Leaders in AALL and SLA

    As CALL’s new Executive Board begins their term on June 1, I would like to recognize CALL members who will be taking on leadership roles within AALL and SLA in 2015-2016.  Their commitment to these associations and our profession is a great reflection on them as individuals and on CALL.  CALL wishes them great success…

  • AALL Honors CALL’s Sally Holterhoff with 2015 Gallagher Award

    AALL Honors CALL’s Sally Holterhoff with 2015 Gallagher Award

    Congratulations, Sally!  I am proud to announce that The American Association of Law Libraries will be awarding Sarah (Sally) G. Holterhoff the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award — AALL’s highest honor. Sally is associate professor of law librarianship and government information/reference librarian at the Valparaiso University Law School Library.  The Gallagher Award acknowledges those individuals…

  • Annual Reports: Archives Committee

    Co-Chairs:  Therese Clarke Arado and Annie Mentkowski Members: Sharon Nelson and Patricia Sayre-McCoy Board Liaison:  Maribel Nash

  • Annual Reports: Bulletin Committee

    The CALL Bulletin Committee had a very productive year. Our wonderful CALL volunteer committee members successfully moved the Bulletin to a new WordPress format and published four issues in a timely fashion. We found a Bulletin Historian. And we won the 2015 AALL Excellence in Marketing Award for Best Newsletter!

  • Annual Reports: Community Service Committee

    The annual report from the Community Service Committee, submitted by Jessica LeMar, Co-Chair of the committee. The committee met once in August 2014 to designate the recipients of our in-kind and monetary donations. At this meeting we also designated members of the committee that would be in charge of taking the lead in organizing the…

  • Annual Reports: Continuing Education Committee

    Co-Chairs: Sam Wertime, Scott Vanderlin (replaced by Meg Ebersole – November 2014) Members: Sam Wertime; Eugene Giudice; Heidi Kuehl; Sharon Nelson; Philip Johnson, Diana Koppang, Meg Ebersole and Scott Vanderlin Board Liaison: Jamie Sommer