Category: 2019 Issues
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UELMA Update: An Interview with Jacob Jost, Illinois Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions
Five years ago, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) was signed into Illinois law. Our state was the 11th one to enact this uniform law; at this point it has been enacted in 21 states (Texas, most recently) plus the District of Columbia. Starting in 2016, the official online versions of Illinois Supreme and…
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Keith Ann Stiverson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Chicago Association of Law Libraries honors Keith Ann Stiversion with the 2019 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award. When Keith Ann retired in 2018, it marked the end of a decades-long career that spanned roles, geography, and countless revolutions in the way information is distributed. Through it all, Keith has remained, as…
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CALL Archives Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report
The 2018-2019 CALL Archives Committee was comprised of Committee co-chairs Matt Timko and Brittany Adams, as well as Committee members Anne Danberg, Pat Sayre-McCoy, and Clanitra Stewart Nejdl. Board Member Annie Mentkowski served as liaison. The main effort and accomplishment of the Committee for this year was relocating the Archives from Northern Illinois University, which…
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AALL Grant Recipient Report – Anne Hudson
This summer, from July 13-16th I was able to attend the AALL annual meeting and conference in Washington, D.C. thanks to a CALL travel grant. The theme of this year’s conference was Capitalizing on our Strengths and I believe the programs offered this year lived up to that theme.
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – September 2019
September 10, 2019 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present: Jessie LeMar, Lindsey Carpino (phone), Joe Mitzenmacher, Julie Swanson, Jessie Bowman, Megan Butman, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: Meetings co-chairs Eugene Giudice and Carrie Port (phone), and Membership chair Todd Ito (phone) Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): Harris Bank Balance as of…
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2020-2021 CALL Executive Board Nominations
The Nominations and Elections Committee is proud to announce your slate of candidates for the next executive board election. Candidates’ backgrounds and personal statements will be posted in the members’ only area of the CALL website in the next two months.
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Letter from Editors
In this final issue of the 2018-2019 CALL session, we take the time to consider our accomplishments as a community and what we hope to achieve in the 2019-2020 session. Each of our 14 committees submitted their reports. This year our committees introduced seasonal happy hours, sponsored or co-sponsored six educational presentations, relocated our archives,…
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Work Life Balance: What’s That?
I, like many professionals, have at certain times been swept up in the concept of work-life balance. Unfortunately, this is such an anomalous state of being, that I’ve struggled to determine whether such a thing exists.
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President’s Letter
Dear Colleagues, It seems like just last week we were kicking off the new year with our first meeting at Wildfire, and here we are, already lacing up our boots and digging out our mittens to head out to Ditka’s for the November Business Meeting. Winter is officially upon us. While many of us wish…
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From the Editors
Welcome to this rather short, but very important Fall 2019 issue of the CALL Bulletin. Inside you will find the regular business information of CALL, including a recap of the September 2019 Business Meeting as well as the complete slate of candidates for the 2020 CALL Board. Anne Hudson, recipient of a CALL grant, reviews…
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