Category Archives: 2015 Issues

Spring 2015, Continuing Education

Raise Your Profile and Communicate Your Value Through LinkedIn

Nathan Rosen
Nathan Rosen

January 29, 2015 marked a first for the CALL Continuing Education Committee. For the very first time, a CALL Continuing Education program was broadcast to attendees through a webinar.  Lawyer, librarian, and LinkedIn guru, Nathan Rosen presented  “Raise Your Profile and Communicate Value through LinkedIn: A CALL Personal Enrichment Webinar” from New York City to the CALL community.

The webinar was made possible through the generosity of the law firm of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, which agreed to tech host the program. For future educational programs, the use of webinars will allow the Continuing Education Committee to tap into a deeper pool of prospective speakers and reach a larger CALL membership audience.

For those who were unable to access or attend the webinar, the recording of Nathan Rosen’s program is available through the CALL website.

The presentation topic touched on a subject important to many CALL members: how to get the most out of your LinkedIn profile. The speaker, Nathan Rosen, began his presentation by discussing how to use LinkedIn as a professional marketing brochure.  His top 5 tips for developing powerful LinkedIn profiles were:

  1. create a compelling profile
  2. craft settings
  3. connect to people you know
  4. contribute
  5. congratulate others.

Nathan also discussed using LinkedIn as a search tool to research possible new connections and companies. Once possible new connections were identified, he described best practices for reaching out to them.  I especially found his advice for obtaining recommendations and endorsements to be invaluable.

The impression I came away with at the end of Nathan’s presentation was that powerful, successful LinkedIn profiles are not built in a day. Slow and steady progress through connecting with others, sharing content, and careful editing of one’s profile will lead to LinkedIn success. I felt motivated and excited after hearing Nathan’s presentation to get working on my Linked-In profile, as I’m sure other CALL members did too!

Spring 2015

ABA TECHSHOW 2015

The ABA Techshow, www.techshow.com , will be held here in Chicago at the Hilton Chicago on Michigan Avenue from April 16-18, 2015. As they have in the past, the American Bar Association (ABA) is offering discounted registration to CALL members. Registration is $750/$950 for ABA members; CALL members may register at the paralegal rate, which is  $550.  Marisol Massini of the ABA advises that CALL members  may “…go ahead and register online, call ABA customer service to register over the form, or download a form from the website and mail it in.”

Spring 2015

MAALL Annual Meeting 2015

Kansas City Skyline, Copyright Zach Werner under Creative Commons
Kansas City Skyline, Copyright Zach Werner under Creative Commons

Mark your calendars for the 2015 Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) Annual Meeting. This meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, MO on October 22-24.  This year’s theme is “Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City.” The details for this Annual Meeting are forthcoming.

For future updates, check the MAALL 2015 website, follow MAALL on Twitter ( @MAALLibraries), or monitor the conference hashtag:   #MAALL15

If you would like to submit a program proposal, you can do so until April 3, 2015. If you have any questions about the process or have any suggestions, you can send these to the Education Committee at : maall.education@gmail.com. You can find out more about MAALL and how to become a member here.

Spring 2015

CALL Member Activity at the AALL 2015 Conference in Philly

The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) holds its 108th Annual Meeting & Conference (Twitter hashtag #AALL15) in Philadelphia, July 18-21, 2015. The theme is “The Power of Connection”. Many CALL members will attend, with several participating as speakers, moderators, or coordinators of educational programs. CALL members will chair or attend meetings of councils, committees, caucuses, and special interest sections (SISes), while others will attend meetings for CALL and AALL officers.

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Winter 2015, CALL Executive Board

CALL Executive Board Meeting, September 2014

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.)
September 9, 2014 9:00 a.m.

Board Members Present:

  • Maribel Nash
  • Robert Martin
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Clare Willis
  • Jamie Sommer
  • Julie Pabarja
  • Margaret Schilt

Board Members Absent: none

Guests:

  • Kevin McClure and Lyonette Louis-Jacques, co-chairs Bulletin Committee
  • Debbie Ginsberg and Kara Young, co-chairs Public Relations Committee
  • Jessie Lemar and Valerie Kropf, co-chairs Community Service Committee

Summary:

Treasurer’s report (Section IV):

  1. Harris Bank balance as of August 31, 2014: $28,273
  2. Net Income, August 31, 2014: ($2.073.92)
  3. Membership numbers as of August 31, 2014: 242 (8 new members, 234 renewals)

Significant Actions:

The Board approved the CALL budget for 2014-2015. VII. New business, a. (See also the Addendum to these minutes).

Policy: The CALL Bulletin will be henceforth published in an online, WordPress format.

Winter 2015, CALL Executive Board

CALL Executive Board Meeting, October 2014

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.)
October 11, 2014 9:00 a.m.

Board Members Present:

  • Maribel Nash (via conference call)
  • Robert Martin
  • Stephanie Crawford
  • Clare Willis
  • Jamie Sommer
  • Julie Pabarja
  • Margaret Schil

Board Members Absent: none

Guests:

  • Frank Drake, chair Bylaws Committee (via conference call)
  • Betty Roeske, chair Corporate Memory Committee
  • Annette Cade and JoAnne Kiley, co-chairs Placement and Recruitment Committee

Summary:

Treasurer’s report (Section IV):

  1.           Harris Bank Balance as of September 30, 2014: $29,988.36
  2.           Net Income, September 30, 2014: $1,854.95
  3.           Membership numbers as of September 30, 2014: 245 (9 new members, 236 renewals)

Significant Actions:

The Board amended the CALL budget for 2014-2015.  VII. Old Business, b. and VIII. New Business, c.  (See also the Addendum to these minutes).

Winter 2015

November 2014 Business Meeting Round-Up

CALL held its second Business Meeting of the year at Tortoise Club, 350 N. State St. on November 20, 2014.  President Margaret Schilt called the meeting to order at noon and praised the Meetings Committee for finding a great new venue.  Margaret then welcomed several new members.

Donated books & live version of the new Bulletin

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Winter 2015, Elections

CALL 2015-16 Slate of Candidates

The Bulletin is pleased to present your 2015-16 slate of candidates. The candidates’ names are linked to PDF copies of their biographies and statements, which can also be viewed in the members’ area of the CALL website.

The election will begin on February 13, 2015 and end at midnight March 15, 2015.

To see the bios and statements, login to the CALL website first.

Candidates for Vice President / President-Elect:

Todd_Ito Joe_Mitzenmacher
Todd Ito 
University of Chicago		 Joe Mitzenmacher
Loyola University Chicago

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Winter 2015

Digital Voices: Devices that Speak & Listen

mikeDid you know that you can have your computer read text out loud to you? Or that you can read to your computer and it will type what you say? You can, and neither of these features require special programs. Both are built into features that you already have on your computer (they are also built into your phones, too – see the linked instructions on enabling these features on iOS devices).

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Winter 2015

Empirical Legal Studies: A Brief Overview

Over the past two decades, empirical legal studies (ELS) has become an increasingly hot research and teaching field in law schools. ELS involves the use of data and statistics to analyze and understand the law, predict judicial behavior, and explore the interactions of law and economics. With its deep connection to the social sciences, ELS thus requires a very different set of skills and competencies from the strongly humanistic orientation of traditional legal studies.

But as empirical analysis becomes increasingly relevant to the study and practice of law, legal information professionals in all settings can benefit from a basic familiarity with the field and with the types of questions to which it applies.

This short piece is designed to provide law librarians who have no previous experience with ELS with a lay of the land and some of the basic resources for newcomers to the field. It is based on my work as a practicum student at the University of Chicago’s D’Angelo Law Library, where I worked on creating finding aids and research guides for ELS research. Continue reading Empirical Legal Studies: A Brief Overview →