CALL Bulletin

  • MAALL 2014: Fast Forward in the Windy City

    This October, law librarians gathered in Chicago to “fast forward.” The Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) kicked off its annual conference in Chicago on October 5th, and thanks to the CALL Grant and Chapter Awards Committee, I was able to attend. MAALL 2014 was only my second conference, so I was not really sure…

  • The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations – a Special Halloween CALL Workshop

    On Wednesday, October 29, CALL hosted a special Halloween workshop. Diana Koppang of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP lectured on the “Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations.” CALL members learned how to use social media websites to hunt down hard-to-find people.

  • AALL Management Institute 2015

    The AALL Management Institute will take place on March 26-28, 2015 at the Hotel Palomar located at 505 North State Street in Chicago. The registration fee is $575 and the deadline to register is February 2, 2015. You can reserve your room at the Hotel Palomar until March 4, 2015. The Management Institute will be facilitated…

  • Fall 2014 – Letter From the Editors

    Dear colleagues, Yes indeed, there have been some changes around here at the CALL Bulletin! We are delighted to unveil our new online format, which promises to make your contributions easier to find and link to, in a display that we hope you will find attractive, all at a lower cost for our membership. We’re…

  • From the Editors

    This Winter 2015 CALL Bulletin issue is the second issue in the new blog format. In this issue, we tell you about the 2015-16 candidates for CALL offices. The issue is also bursting with interesting feature articles, regular, and new columns.  We have contributions from all the members of the CALL Bulletin Committee as well as other CALL-eagues. First up,…

  • Fall 2014 President’s Letter

    By Margaret Schilt, D’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago mduczyns@uchicago.edu Dear CALL members, The leaves begin to change and the weather shifts to cooler temperatures, just in time for many of our students to buckle down and focus on their classwork for the autumn semester or quarter. Business seems to pick up for everyone after…

  • Would You Like To Play CALL-er I.D.?

    Would You Like To Play CALL-er I.D.?

    By Scott Vanderlin, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law svanderlin@kentlaw.iit.edu For those of you who were not able to attend this year’s AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio, CALL once again had a respectable showing in the ever-important Chapter Showcase section of the Exhibit Hall.  This is prime real estate, and The CALL PR/Internet Committee has made it…

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    This is the President’s letter for the Winter 2015 issue of the CALL Bulletin, and this year that appellation is surprisingly and painfully appropriate.  Winter has indeed come early.  But then so have changes and opportunities brought to our membership by the hard work of CALL members and committees. The CALL Bulletin’s hard work on…

  • CONELL at San Antonio

    CONELL at San Antonio

    By Lindsey Ann Carpino, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science lcarpin2@illinois.edu As I began to explore the idea of attending my first AALL Annual Meeting & Conference in San Antonio, many of my mentors informed me of the Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL). My mentors shared their positive…

  • Forget the Alamo: Four Busy Days in San Antonio

    By Joanne Kiley Thank you, Chicago Association of Law Libraries and Grants Committee, for the opportunity to attend a AALL conference. Here is where I disclose something shameful. I had not attended a AALL conference since 2002 (and had only attended one other major association conference from 2002 to 2014). I know, terrible. Much has…