Contributor: Lindsey Carpino

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    As I write my final president’s letter, I cannot help but be proud of what we accomplished in a very challenging year. While I am sad that I did not get to see your faces in person at our business meetings, executive board meetings, continuing education events and countless social events, we persevered.

  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    I hope everyone did their best to stay warm over the extra cold winter! As I write this message, the snow continues to fall. It has been a year since our last in-person business meeting in February, but CALL continues to keep our members engaged. We hosted a successful virtual business meeting on February 18,…

  • President’s Message

    President’s Message

    Hi CALL Members, As I write my first President’s letter, the whole world has changed since our last business meeting in February. While we have been sheltering in place for the last few months, some of us may have discovered a few hidden talents we may never know we had. I hope we can all…

  • CALL Mentorship & Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) 2018-2019 Report

    This year the Mentorship & Leadership Development Committee focused on cultivating mentorship through informal brown-bag gatherings, providing support for our members by reviewing program and article submissions (thank you Heidi and Debbie), and welcoming new members at CALL Business Meetings (thank you Mandy and Sally). We encouraged new members to apply for grants and attend…

  • 2019 Recap: Mentoring & Leadership Development Events

    2019 Recap: Mentoring & Leadership Development Events

    The Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) has been busy!  Here is some of the great work already completed by the Committee: MDLC launched a new page on the CALL website under Members Information – this page includes upcoming events, the mentorship form, key contacts and more. The Professional Development Encouragement subcommittee (Lyonette Louis-Jacques and…

  • Modern Mentorship

    Modern Mentorship

    The Mentorship and Leadership Development Committee (MDLC) recently hosted a mentorship brown bag event at Chicago-Kent College of Law on Thursday, January 24, 2019. With the demands of work, professional development, and our personal lives, it can be challenging to add mentorship to your task list. Because of this, we decided to invite our newer…

  • Staying Current Together at the MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL, and CALL Joint Annual Meeting

    Staying Current Together at the MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL, and CALL Joint Annual Meeting

    We presented on the topic of current awareness at the MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL, and CALL Joint Annual Meeting on October 19, 2017. We thought it was important to offer the perspective of a firm, academic, and government librarian to reflect the needs of an audience with diverse constituencies. With the buzz around “fake news,”…

  • Joint Annual Meeting 2017

    Joint Annual Meeting 2017

    MAALL, LLAW, MichALL, MALL, and CALL Joint Annual Meeting October 19 – 21, 2017 Milwaukee, Wisconsin MAALL, together with several local chapters (LLAW, MichALL, MALL, and CALL), is hosting its Annual Meeting at the Milwaukee Marriott Downtown on October 19-21. The Annual Meeting has great programs planned and will feature a poster session. CALL members…

  • CALL Bulletin Coming Soon to a Database Near You . . .

    CALL Bulletin Coming Soon to a Database Near You . . .

    It has taken nearly two years, but we are proud to announce that in late February the archive of the CALL Bulletin will be available on HeinOnline’s Law Library Shelf. The unveiling of the collection was timed to coincide with CALL’s 70th Anniversary. The archive dates back to 1952, and moving forward every new issue of the…

  • Bulletin Committee 2016 Annual Report

    The 2015-2016 CALL Bulletin Committee was Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Lindsey Carpino, and Scott Vanderlin (co-editors), EmilyBarney, Debbie Ginsberg, Juanita Harrell, Philip Johnson, Annie Mentkowski (Bulletin Historian), Jill Meyer, Clanitra Stewart Nejdl, Stacia Stein, LeighAnne Thompson, and Donna Tuke.