Category: Government Relations
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CALL Welcomes the Free Law Project
On March 19th, 2026, CALL’s Government Relations Committee welcomed Jessica Frank to discuss the Free Law Project’s mission, their tools, and their future projects. Since 2010, the Free Law Project has been using technology to increase access to case law, federal docket information, and provide open-source tools to make legal research more accessible. As librarians,…
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Government Relations Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
REPORT SUMMARY: This report summarizes the activities of the GRC in 2024 – 2025 and plans for 2025 – 2026. 2024 – 2025 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES I wish to thank the CALL board for the opportunity to serve as GRC chair this year. This opportunity has provided me with the opportunity to better understand some of…
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Government Relations Brings Public Libraries to the Fore with CALL Webinar
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the CALL Government Relations Committee welcomed public librarians from around Illinois and the AALL Government Relations Committee Chair for a virtual panel. The panel focused on challenges public libraries face and the advocacy efforts at state and national levels to counter them. Amanda McKay from the Effingham Public Library, David…
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Government Relations Bringing Librarians Together
The Government Relations Committee is moving forward with plans to bring a webinar on advocacy and other issues facing our colleagues in public libraries, including ways in which law librarians can help advocate for public libraries and librarians.
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Stay tuned for more from the Government Relations Committee!
The Government Relations Committee is hard at work to curate programs and information of use to librarians in Illinois. Stay tuned for exciting opportunities, including the following: A special guest appearance from Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias at the May CALL meeting A webinar on effective advocacy for libraries and libraries…
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Government Relations Committee 2022-2023 Annual Report
Chair: Sarah Walangitan Members: Sally Hoterhoff Joe Mitzenmacher Sarah Reis Board Liaison: Mandy Lee
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CALL Government Relations Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report
Chair: Sarah Reis Members: Sally Holterhoff, Jeffrey Meyerowitz, Joe Mitzenmacher, Sarah Walangitan Board Liaison: Mandy Lee Committee Charge: Government Relations Committee keeps apprised of government activity pertaining to libraries and information policy by staying informed of the work of the AALL Government Relations Committee and the Government Relations Office. Shares updates with the CALL community…
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CALL Government Relations Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report
Chair: Sarah Reis Members: Eugene Giudice, Sally Holterhoff, Joe Mitzenmacher, Mary Ellen Murphy, Sarah Walangitan Board Liaison: Mandy Lee Committee Charge: Government Relations Committee keeps apprised of government activity pertaining to libraries and information policy by staying informed of the work of the AALL Government Relations Committee and the Government Relations Office. Shares updates with…
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CALL Government Relations Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report
The Government Relations Committee was Eugene Giudice, Sally Holterhoff, Sarah Reis, and Sarah Walangitan (chair). The Board Liaison was Joe Mitzenmacher. The GRC met via conference call on 9/6/2019. The Chair met with the Board on 1/13/2020.
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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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