CALL Bulletin

Contributor: Annie Mentkowski

  • 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…

  • Behind the Scenes at AALL – Grantee Report

    Behind the Scenes at AALL – Grantee Report

    This past meeting I had the privilege of serving on the local arrangements committee as the registration co-chair along with Joe Mitzenmacher. I was excited to help show off the Windy City to out-of-town AALL members from around the country, but I also had no idea about the level of detail that went into planning…

  • Archives Committee 2016 Annual Report

    The 2015-2016 Archives Committee was Therese Clarke Arado and Annie Mentkowski (co-chairs) and Sharon Nelson.

  • CALL Bulletin HeinOnline Update

    CALL Bulletin HeinOnline Update

    We have been in contact with Dick Spinelli from HeinOnline. Mr. Spinelli has agreed that the CALL Bulletin would be a good fit for the Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf. We are hoping to get our CALL Bulletin content added to the Spinelli shelves by CALL’s 70th Anniversary in 2017. We have digitized issues back…

  • Chicago Ethnic Foods Map

    Chicago Ethnic Foods Map

    You will never go hungry in the city of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood offers a diverse and eclectic dinning experience. Click on the Chicago Ethnic Foods Map (.pdf) link to download an infographic featuring  a sampling of restaurants that represents Chicago’s ethnic diversity.  

  • MAALL 2015 Program – Everything’s Up to Date: Preparing Practice-Ready Students

    MAALL 2015 Program – Everything’s Up to Date: Preparing Practice-Ready Students

    On October 22, 2015, Lindsey Carpino and Annie Mentkowski presented “Everything’s Up to Date:  Preparing Practice-Ready Law Students.”  (The inaugural CALL “What’s Buzzin’?” brown bag event functioned as the dress rehearsal for their MAALL 2015 presentation – if interested, the summary of the notes are here). The MAALL presentation can be viewed in its entirety…

  • 2015 CALL Committee Roundup

    2015 CALL Committee Roundup

    The Committee Roundup is a new CALL Bulletin featured column where all of our committees will provide a update for us each issue to let us know what they are working on. In this issue, the committees focused on their goals for the upcoming year. Archives Committee Goals: Co-Chairs: Therese Arado and Annie Mentkowski Members: Sharon Nelson…

  • What’s Buzzin’?

    What’s Buzzin’?

    What’s Buzzin?, a new brown bag series designed to foster more collaborative relationships between firm, government and academic librarians debuted on September 11, 2015, at DLA Piper.  This was the first of what is sure to be many informal discussions and exchanges of ideas among CALL colleagues.  Julie Pabarja, Lindsey Carpino and Annie Mentkowski led…

  • Annual Reports: Archives Committee

    Co-Chairs:  Therese Clarke Arado and Annie Mentkowski Members: Sharon Nelson and Patricia Sayre-McCoy Board Liaison:  Maribel Nash