Category: Fall 2020
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November Business Meeting – David Schwartz and Adam Pah from SCALES-OKN
November 19, 2020 Business Meeting at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom Our November Business Meeting had 59 attendees. President Lindsey Carpino opened the meeting by welcoming new members and introducing our sponsor, Thomson Reuters. Blythe McCoy discussed the various COVID-19 and civil rights resources that Thomson Reuters has made available to researchers. She also discussed Thomson…
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September Business Meeting – Grace Pai, Director of Advancing Justice–Chicago
Our September Business Meeting was attended by about 70 CALL members. President Lindsey Carpino opened the meeting by thanking outgoing board members (Jessie LeMar, who is now Past President, Joe Mitzenmacher, and Jesse Bowman) and welcoming the board members that joined in May (Vice President/President-Elect Jamie Sommer, Treasurer Tom Keefe, and Director Mandy Lee). Lindsey…
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Pritzker Legal Research Center
At the Pritzker Legal Research Center (PLRC), we currently maintain a frontline onsite presence of two circulation staff per weekday. Bibliographic staff observe a similar rotating onsite schedule, and librarians provide instruction and reference support remotely. This evolved from a limited onsite circulation schedule that began in mid-June and ran through July, during which one…
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Member News
Here are some of the wonderful accomplishments, contributions, and activities that our fellow CALL members have been up to: Heidi Kuehl, Director of the Northern Illinois University David C. Shapiro Law Library, received the Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award from the AALL Foreign, Comparative, and International Law (FCIL) SIS. Julienne Grant, Reference Librarian/Foreign and…
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2021-2022 Executive Board Candidates
The CALL Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the election of the Board of Directors for the 2021-2022 CALL year: Vice President/President-Elect Shari Berkowitz Duff …
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – August 2020
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:30 a.m. Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: None Treasurer’s Report (Section IV) The financial report is pending an in-person meeting at the bank to transfer account information to Tom. Membership…
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CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – October 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 8:30 a.m. Board Members Present: Lindsey Carpino, Jamie Sommer, Tom Keefe, Megan Butman, Mandy Lee, Jessie LeMar, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: Clare Willis (Membership Committee), Jesse Bowman (Community Service Committee), Todd Hillmer & Debbie Ginsberg (Continuing Education Committee) Treasurer’s Report (Section IV) We have…
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President’s Message
CALL Members, As we gathered around the Thanksgiving table this year, whatever that “virtual table” may have looked like this year. I am sure we all thought about what we are thankful for even through this challenging year. Maybe it was food on the table, a warm home or virtual family time. I am thankful…
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Special Feature: COVID 19 Library Practices
This year has been tremendously difficult for everyone, both personally and professionally. The uncertainty and severity of the pandemic led many libraries to make drastic decisions to cut services, hours, or close their doors altogether. The trajectory of the spikes in the outbreak made the factors in these decisions change day to day, sometimes hour…
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Chapman Cutler LLP Law Library
Last March, a few days before the lockdown ordered were issued, the Chicago office of Chapman found itself suddenly working from home. We had someone in our building test positive and out of an abundance of caution, we were all instructed to work from home. That was the last time many people have been in…
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