Author: Stacia
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President’s Message – Summer 2025
Hello CALL-leagues! I hope this finds you all deep in the thralls of all sorts of fun summer activities. Maybe you are reading this while enjoying a cup of coffee outside in the morning sun, or while on vacation at the beach, or in the mountains. Wherever you are reading this, I would like to…
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🔮 Horoscope for Law Librarians: July & August 2025
(As interpreted through the stars… AI…and maybe a few outdated legal treatises.) Overall Celestial Vibe: This summer, Mercury’s tango with Saturn (your favorite rule-follower) brings a delightful surge of structure, clarity, and, and cosmic caffeine. Jupiter encourages big-picture thinking, so don’t be surprised if you’re suddenly inspired to reorganize your OneDrive and your life. ♋…
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Archives Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Chair: Joe Mitzenmacher Committee members: Therese Clarke Arado David Heusel Kristen Naik Sally Wise Committee Projects The 2024-25 CALL Archives Committee handled three projects. First, we updated our Committee Charge to reflect the current CALL Strategic Plan and to (finally) account for the relocation of the Archives to Loyola University Chicago. Second, we were part…
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Bulletin Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
The CALL Bulletin has published three of the four 2024-25 issues up to the writing of this report (Issues 257-259) with the Summer issue forthcoming. The committee included Stacia Stein (co-editor), Caitlin E. Archer-Helke (co-editor), Rachel Ford, and Susie Seibert. The Summer 2025 Issue is scheduled to be published June 30. The Spring 2025 Issue was published…
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Community Service Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
In 2024-2025, the Community Service Committee was chaired by Leah Whitesel. The members of the committee were Jim Fortsas, Kristen Naik, and Julie Melvin. Volunteer Opportunities We successfully coordinated the following three volunteering opportunities from September 2024 to March 2025: September 2024: Montrose Beach Clean Up with the Alliance for the Great Lakes November 2024: …
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Continuing Education Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Committee Co-Chairs Katrina Perez and Sam Wertime Past Chair: Shari Berkowitz Duff Committee Members Therese Arado Jesse Bowman Rachel Ford Frank Young The Continuing Education Committee had another successful year, sponsoring two presentations during the 2024-25 CALL year. The committee tried to identify topics that would interest all our members, whether they work for private…
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Diversity & Inclusion Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Members: Todd Ito, Sarah Reis, Matt Timko Board Liaison: Philip Johnson This year, the committee took on the task of determining if and how to adjust the committee charge to ensure that future iterations of the committee are well-positioned to carry out their work. Because this committee did not have a chair this year, Philip…
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Government Relations Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
REPORT SUMMARY: This report summarizes the activities of the GRC in 2024 – 2025 and plans for 2025 – 2026. 2024 – 2025 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES I wish to thank the CALL board for the opportunity to serve as GRC chair this year. This opportunity has provided me with the opportunity to better understand some of…
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Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Chair: Mandy Lee Members: Therese Clarke-Arado Sheri Lewis Lyonette Louis-Jacques Julie Pabarja Jamie Sommer This year the Committee worked with 2 grantee recipients and honored 6 CALL members with our 4 annual awards. We proposed and received Board approval to establish a new award, Rising Star Award, to be presented annually to recognize and celebrate…
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Meetings Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
Liaison: Jill Meyer Co-Chairs: Susan Berg Keith Klein Members: Jesse Bowman Carrie Port Amy Tomaszewski Frank Young Committee Accomplishments The committee coordinated four business meetings: two virtual and two in-person. The meetings were well-attended and showed an upward trend in registrations from last year. Anecdotal feedback on the meetings was uniformly positive. 2024-2025 Meetings September…