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CALL Continuing Education Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

The Continuing Education Committee sponsored three successful presentations this year past. They were:

  • Nailing Your AMPC Proposal – Tips from the Trenches (webinar, September 17th, 2019)
  • The Occasional Intellectual Property Law Researcher (webinar, December 5th, 2019)
  • What’s New and Improved in Free and Low-cost Legal Research (May 21st, 2020)

Continue reading CALL Continuing Education Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – May 2020

Tuesday May 12, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.; Conference Call

Board Members Present: Jessie LeMar, Lindsey Carpino, Joe Mitzenmacher, Julie Swanson, Jesse Bowman, Megan Butman, and Philip Johnson

Board Members Absent: None

Significant Actions: The board decided that the membership renewal deadline should be extended to June 30 in light of current health and financial circumstances.

Guests: Incoming board members Tom Keefe, Mandy Lee, and Jamie Sommer

Treasurer’s Report (Section IV)

  • Harris Bank Balance as of April 13, 2020: $13,113.81
  • Net income as of April 13, 2020 – ($110.00)
  • Membership numbers to date – 212

2020 Agnes and Harvey Reid Honoree: Diana Koppang

The Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship is presented annually to librarians who have provided outstanding service to the chapter during the previous year or for contribution to law librarianship.

The 2020 Winner is Diana Koppang.  Please learn more about Diana and help us wish her a well deserved congratulations! Continue reading 2020 Agnes and Harvey Reid Honoree: Diana Koppang

CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

Committee members: Joe Mitzenmacher (chair), Sally Baker, Debra Denslaw, Shari Duff, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, and Leslie Strauss.

This year’s Grants and Chapter Awards Committee was charged with selecting grant recipients based on established criteria for CALL members to attend professional meetings and selecting recipients for the chapter awards based on nominations from CALL colleagues. Continue reading CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

CALL Nominations and Elections Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

The CALL Nominations and Elections Committee had a very successful year. We were able to find nominees for all of the open positions: Vice President/President-elect, Treasurer, and Director. We were probably a month behind last year’s schedule with our call for nominees, but this did not seem to affect the nomination process. Despite our good luck with a late call for nominations, I think future Nominations and Elections Committee chairs should let the call for nominations start early and go long. Continue reading CALL Nominations and Elections Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

CALL Placement and Recruitment Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

The committee was Chaired by Diana Koppang. The committee members were Julie Pabarja, Debbie Rusin, and Debra Denslaw and Sandy Qiu.

The Placement & Recruitment committee met twice during the 2019/2020 year. The committee pursued a number of initiatives to recruit new members to CALL and develop the Association’s outreach to students and new members. Nineteen jobs were posted to the CALL website and advertised on the CALL Listserv. Continue reading CALL Placement and Recruitment Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report