Category Archives: 2015 Issues

Summer 2015

May 2015 Business Meeting Round-Up

CALL held its fourth and final business meeting of the year on May 14, 2015 at Wildfire Chicago, 159 W. Erie.  One hundred and nine members registered for the meeting.

Members who have volunteered with CALL stand during Margaret’s call for participation
Margaret Schilt opened the meeting
Future, Current and Past AALL Presidents in attendance at CALL Meeting
CALL Donations were generous, as usual

President Margaret Schilt opened the meeting by recognizing the continuing and new Executive Board members:

  • Julie Pabarja, Incoming President
  • Stephanie Crawford, Treasurer
  • Robert Martin, Director
  • Todd Ito, Vice-President and President-Elect
  • Diana Koppang, Secretary
  • Konya Lafferty, Director

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Agnes & Harvey Reid Award, Summer 2015, Grants & Chapter Awards

JoAnn Hounshell Receives Agnes and Harvey Reid Award

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The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors JoAnn Hounshell with the  2015 Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship.

JoAnn Hounshell has been committed to serving law librarianship and law libraries for over 25 years.  She is well known to CALL, having served on the Board three times.  She has been elected both Treasurer (2004-06) and Director (1998-99).  Most recently, she served as Vice President/President/Past President (2011-14). Continue reading JoAnn Hounshell Receives Agnes and Harvey Reid Award →

Summer 2015, Grants & Chapter Awards

2015 CALL Award Honorees

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Each May, CALL recognizes individuals and institutions that have made significant contributions to the Association and profession. This year’s CALL honorees represent the best of what librarianship brings to the legal community. The following awards were presented at the May 14 CALL Business Meeting.

Sean Rebstock with CALL Award for Outstanding In-House PublicatiAward for Outstanding In-House Publication Honoree:

JoAnn Hounshell

 

Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contributions to Law Librarianship Honoree:

Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees:

photo by Emily Barney
photo by Emily Barney

 

Summer 2015, Outstanding In-House Publication, Grants & Chapter Awards

Sean Rebstock Wins In-House Publication Award

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Sean Rebstock with CALL Award for Outstanding In-House PublicatiSean Rebstock of DLA Piper was honored with the 2015 CALL Award for Outstanding In-House Publication for Managing My eBrief, a video for attorneys that is useful, creative, well-designed, and fulfills its intended purpose.

Managing My eBrief is a five-minute video, created using Camtasia Studio 8 software, which concisely explains to DLA Piper attorneys how to use the law firm’s eBrief platform, from signing in, adding and organizing sources, and setting email alerts.

Making the video clearly required detailed planning and precise choreography of scripting, audio, and visual screenshots. The video is easy to follow for users who may not be familiar with the eBrief tool.

Summer 2015, Lifetime Achievement Award, Grants & Chapter Awards

Mary Lu Linnane Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors Mary Lu Linnane with the 2015 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award.

In her 40 plus years of service to the profession and professional associations, Mary Lu Linnane has served on committees and in leadership roles almost too numerous to mention.

She began her career in 1974 as Head of Cataloging at the Lewis University Law Library (now Northern Illinois University (NIU)).  In 1979 she took the same position at the DePaul Law Library and a year later she became the Head of Technical Services later adding Associate Director.  She stayed in that position until her retirement in June 2014. Continue reading Mary Lu Linnane Receives Lifetime Achievement Award →

Lifetime Achievement Award, Summer 2015, Grants & Chapter Awards

Lorna Tang Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors Lorna Tang with the 2015 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award.

Lorna Tang retired from the D’Angelo Law Library on June 30, 2015, after 38 years as a law librarian. She began her law library career at the D’Angelo Law Library (then called the University of Chicago Law Library) in 1977 as a law cataloger and has been an outstanding technical services librarian ever since. In 1980 she became the Cataloging Supervisor and in 1984 became the Associate Law Librarian for Technical Services. Continue reading Lorna Tang Receives Lifetime Achievement Award →

Summer 2015, Continuing Education

CALL Institute Day – May 21, 2015

The CALL Continuing Education Committee hosted a successful Institute Day program on May 21, 2015 and would like to thank Thomson Reuters for agreeing to act as a sponsor. The theme of this year’s program was “Charting a Path to Management: Skills to Take Your Career to the Next Level.” The purpose of Institute Day was twofold: to identify and learn about the skills needed to further one’s career.

CALL Institute Day 2015 with Steve Hughes

To accomplish this, the Continuing Education Committee brought in speaking and presenting expert, Steve Hughes, from Hit Your Stride, to discuss ways to become more effective communicators. Continue reading CALL Institute Day – May 21, 2015 →

Summer 2015

Legal Research on the Go: Mobile Apps

Legal Apps

Legal research apps seem to be gaining momentum. A majority of vendors are now offering their own mobile app for busy researchers on the go.

Research apps can be Apple- or Android-focused, free with your subscription, or vary in price.

Legal research apps tend to fall under the following categories:

  • Research
  • Current Awareness/News
  • Litigation
  • Transactional
  • Productivity

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Summer 2015

The Judith M. Wright Fellowship: Honoring a Legacy, Advancing the Profession

Judith Wright
Judith Wright

At its May 2013 Business Meeting, the Chicago Association of Law Libraries awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to Judith M. Wright. This professional recognition was but the first of several bestowed on Ms. Wright upon her retirement after forty years of service as a librarian at the University of Chicago, including thirty-three years as law library director.

Ms. Wright’s legacy as a peer and mentor is known to many in our profession nationally and locally in the CALL community.  Judith cared deeply about her colleagues and about the future re-generation of law librarianship. As a befitting tribute to her career, the University of Chicago Law School established the Judith M. Wright Fellowship. Continue reading The Judith M. Wright Fellowship: Honoring a Legacy, Advancing the Profession →

Summer 2015

Library Research Guides: Best Practices

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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 library is going through this process, or you are simply planning on using the (relatively) calm summer months to update your research guides, here are ten best practice tips to keep in mind.

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