Contributor: Jean M. Wenger
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CALL Strategic Planning Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report
The 2021-2022 Special Committee members were Julie Pabarja, Matt Timko, Clanitra S. Nejdl, Jessie LeMar, Jean M. Wenger (chair), and Carrie Port (Board Liaison). The Special Committee worked with the CALL Executive Board to revise and update CALL’s Strategic Plan to incorporate the Direction: Policy Implementation and Structural Review, with goals focused on diversity and…
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CALL Bylaws Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report
The 2019-2020 CALL Archives Committee was comprised of Committee Co-Chairs Patricia Sayre-McCoy and Jean Wenger The Bylaws Committee met once during the 2019/2020 CALL year. There were no updates to the Bylaws for the current year and so no amendments were drafted or voted upon. The Committee Chairs were engaged in the CALL leadership activities…
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CALL Corporate Memory Committee 2019-2020 Annual Report
The 2019-2020 Committee members were chair Jean Wegner, Susan Siebers, Betty Roeske, and Heidi Kuehl. Phillip Johnson, CALL Secretary, was the Board liaison. Susan needed to withdraw from the Committee mid-year. We appreciate and acknowledge her longstanding dedication to CALL and our corporate memory.
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Highlights from IALL Annual Course in Sydney
Yaama.* A CALL grant facilitated my attendance at the 38th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) held in Sydney, Australia, October 27-30. “Law Down Under: Australia’s Legal Landscape” drew 132 delegates (attendees) from 21 countries with 48% being first-time delegates. *The Gamilaraay language word for hello used in Northern NSW, Australia.
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A Gavel and Our Connections to History
Renovations can uncover many surprises – some unexpected, some forgettable, and then some with historical significance. A renovation at the Cook County Law Library (CCLL) uncovered all three of the above. However, one surprise led me on a quest into the history of CALL and AALL.
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See the World from the 29th Floor: The FCIL Collection at Cook County Law Library
“I need the law of … Turkey and Argentina and Japan and Qatar.” To meet the legal research needs of the legal profession, county residents, and businesses engaged in the global community, the Foreign and International Law Division at the Cook County Law Library (CCLL) contains legal information resources from jurisdictions around the world. In…
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Art on the 29th Floor
Artwork from the Cook County Law Library The Cook County Law Library has an ongoing collaboration with the Illinois Artisans Program of the Illinois State Museum to display the work of juried artists in the Law Library. The Illinois Artisans Program provides venues for Illinois artisans to display and promote their work. Artisans work in…
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Cook County Law Library Marks a Milestone
The Cook County Law Library has provided public access to legal information and research services to the members of the local community since its establishment in 1963. On September 26, the Cook County Law Library celebrated 50 years of service to the legal profession and larger community and rededicated the Law Library to another 50…