Category: Summer 2016
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From the Editors
The summer has wound down, so we’re happy to present you with the summer 2016 issue of the CALL Bulletin. And what a summer it was. Hosting the AALL Annual Meeting in Chicago gave many of us the chance to extend the collegiality and hospitality that we as CALL members enjoy on a regular basis.…
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President’s Letter
Dear colleagues, The impending arrival of fall brings about a time to reflect on the summer that has passed. Most notably, in July, the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference gave us the opportunity to share our great city of Chicago with law librarians from around the country and even as far…
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – April 2016
Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) April 19, 2016 8:45 a.m. Board Members Present Julie Pabarja Todd Ito Stephanie Crawford Robert Martin Margaret Schilt Diana Koppang Konya Lafferty Moss
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – May 2016
Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) May 10, 2016 8:45 a.m. Board Members Present Julie Pabarja Todd Ito Stephanie Crawford Robert Martin Margaret Schilt Diana Koppang Konya Lafferty Moss
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – June 2016
Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) June 14, 2016 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja Konya Lafferty Moss Tom Gaylord Lindsey Carpino Diana Koppang
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – August 2016
Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) August 9, 2016 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja Konya Lafferty Moss Tom Gaylord Lindsey Carpino Diana Koppang
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The After Party
Ok, so we have not had an actual party . . . yet. However, we are celebrating the completion of construction in the DuPage County Law Library! The self-help center is open and being used by our pro se patrons. We now have six additional computers that are available to the public. The additional computers…
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Leadership Library
For this issue’s Leadership Library, I would like to recommend listening to a segment on The New Yorker Radio Hour dedicated to a unique book on leadership. Elizabeth Samet edited an anthology of readings on leadership. The anthology has an unusual range of authors (from Zadie Smith to Machiavelli), and that is because Samet is…
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Grantee Report from Rare Book School
I attended the Rare Book School course, Law Books: History and Connoisseurship, at Yale Law School, June 5-10. The course was taught by Mike Widener, Rare Book Librarian at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School and Professor Douglas Lind, a legal historian and director of the Southern Illinois University Law Library. The class…
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TechBuzz: Report on #CALIcon16 in Atlanta
What’s the buzz? After a hiatus, Heidi Kuehl, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, and Therese Clarke Arado are excited to be returning to the regular column scene with the re-emergence of the CALL Bulletin TechBuzz column. The return of the column brings you a wonderful re-cap of the CALI Conference for Law School Computing by guest columnist Margaret…