Contributor: Todd Ito

  • Placement and Recruitment Annual Report 2022-2023

    The 2022-2023 CALL Placement & Recruitment Committee was comprised of Co-Chairs Todd Ito and Diana Koppang, and Joanne Kiley. Carrie Port was the Board Liaison. Committee Tasks:  The committee started the year by meeting to discuss the committee charge and the initiatives in the CALL Strategic Plan assigned to this committee to handle.

  • CALL Nominations and Elections Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Chair: Todd Ito Members: Scott Burgh, Stephanie Crawford, Konya Moss, Jamie Sommer, and Jamie Stewart CALL Election The Committee started seeking nominations for candidates to run for Director, Secretary, and Vice President/President Elect in August 2018 via the CALL listserv and recommendations from the Board and Committee members. The Committee identified members who would be…

  • CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2017-2018 Annual Report

    The 2017-2018 Grants and Chapter Awards Committee was charged with selecting grant recipients based on established criteria for CALL members to attend professional meetings and selecting recipients of the chapter awards.

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    At the May CALL business meeting, we officially celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, and it was wonderful to see so many members come out, from those who were attending their first CALL meeting to those who have been members for decades. Thank you to the Meetings…

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    Dear colleagues, The impending arrival of fall brings about a time to reflect on the summer that has passed. Most notably, in July, the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference gave us the opportunity to share our great city of Chicago with law librarians from around the country and even as far…

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    The year 2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries. Anniversaries such as this allow us the opportunity to reflect on the history of this organization and its accomplishments and where we are today. One transformational change that has occurred since 1947 is the rise of the internet,…

  • President’s Letter

    President’s Letter

    Dear CALL colleagues, One of the most commonly observed phenomena about professional work in the 21st century is the increasing specialization of different jobs, and that is certainly something we have seen in our law librarian community, even within individual law libraries and organizations. However, despite this increasing specialization, there are still things we share…