Contributor: Jamie Sommer
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CALL Nominations and Elections Committee Annual Report 2023-2034
The Nominations and Elections Committee sought nominations for the 2024-2025 CALL Executive Board: Director, Treasurer, and Vice-President/President-Elect via the CALL listserv. The slate was announced on the CALL listserv. Voting took place February 26, 2024 thru March 22, 2024. The committee worked with Chris Siwa from AALL Headquarters to set up the online election, and…
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Claire Toomey Durkin & Bill Schwesig – 2023 Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Honorees
The Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award is presented annually to a librarian for an outstanding lifetime achievement in law librarianship. The 2023 Honorees were Claire Toomey Durkin and William “Bill” Schwesig.
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Emily Byrne – 2023 Outstanding In-House Publication Honoree
The Outstanding In-House Publication Award is given to an individual or group who created in-house library materials (print or online) that are user and staff oriented, are relevant for law libraries, and are outstanding in quality. Emily Byrne, Chapman and Cutler LLP Each year, the library at Chapman and Cutler celebrates National Library Week with daily…
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Shari Berkowitz Duff and Jessie LeMar – 2023 Agnes and Harvey Reid Honorees
The Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship is presented annually to librarians who have provided outstanding service to the chapter during the previous year or for contribution to law librarianship. This year the honorees are Shari Berkowitz Duff and Jesse LeMar:
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Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annual Report 2022-2023
Chair: Jamie Sommer Members: Sheri Lewis Lyonette Louis-Jacques Kristen Naik This year the Committee worked with 2 grantee recipients and honored 5 CALL members with our 3 annual awards.
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2023-24 CALL Award Winners
The CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s CALL awards. Please join me in congratulating our honorees:
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New Members of Executive Board – 2022-2023
Thank you to the Nominations and Elections Committee for putting together the wonderful slate of candidates and for verifying the election results. Additional thank you to all the candidates – we appreciate your willingness to serve CALL. Please join me in welcoming our newest CALL Board members:
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President’s Letter
As my term as CALL president comes to an end and I reflect on the past year I find myself wondering how it went by so quickly, but also how we were able to accomplish so much in only 12 months. I have no answer to how we can slow down time, but I do…
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President’s Letter
Happy New Year! Or perhaps Happy Lunar New Year is more appropriate as we are already into the 2nd month of 2022 but we are just now welcoming the Year of the Tiger. In the zodiac tradition, the tiger symbolizes bravery and courage, and my new year wish for you is that this year brings…
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President’s Letter
Greetings CALL Colleagues, As I sit down to write this, I see snowflakes in the forecast for the upcoming week, which means that the brief but glorious period of fall in Chicago is quickly transitioning into the colder, darker days of winter. Fortunately, it also means that the holidays are approaching and for many people…