CALL Bulletin

Contributor: Brittany Nichole Adams

  • CALL Archives Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report

    The 2021-2022 CALL Archives Committee was comprised of Committee co-chairs Brittany Adams and Lucy Robbins, as well as Committee members, Claire Toomey Durkin and Joe Mitzenmacher.  We tried to find material for the 75th anniversary, but due to a lack of staffing at our libraries and other difficulties, it could not be completed.  The COVID pandemic continued…

  • Grantee Report: Law Books: History &; Connoisseurship Rare Books School

    Grantee Report: Law Books: History &; Connoisseurship Rare Books School

    This summer, thanks to a CALL grant, I was able to take Law Books: History & Connoisseurship, a course held through the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. The course, which was held remotely, took place from August 1-6 and was team taught by Mike Widener, recently retired from the Lillian Goldman Law…

  • CALL Archives Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report

    Co-Chairs: Lucy Robbins, Brittany Adams Members: Patricia Scott, Joe Mitzenmacher, Matt Timko Due to the pandemic, the archives could not be accessed or updated for most of the year. There is no report this year.

  • CALL Archives Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report

    The 2019-2020 CALL Archives Committee was comprised of Committee co-chairs Brittany Adams and Lucy Robbins, as well as Committee members, Patricia Scott, Jill Meyer and Matt Timko.  Joe Mitzenmacher served as board liaison. The CALL archives were moved back to the city from Northern Illinois University to Loyola University Chicago.  The main effort this year was…

  • 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…

  • Planning an Exhibit: How to Make Exhibits and Displays That Work

    Planning an Exhibit: How to Make Exhibits and Displays That Work

    When I began my position just over two years ago, I was tasked with implementing an exhibit program at the Pritzker Legal Research Center. Different libraries handle exhibits in different ways. Some have an exhibit committee with an schedule looking years in advance; others simply plan for exhibits as opportunities arise. I found myself somewhere…

  • Archives Come Back to Loyola

    Archives Come Back to Loyola

    After 10 years at the Northern Illinois University (NIU) College of Law, the CALL archives have returned to the Chicago city limits. The archives—which include administrative records, publications, and photographs from CALL events over the years—will now return to the library at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Making the round trip, the archives…