Tag: Featured
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Stay tuned for more from the Government Relations Committee!
The Government Relations Committee is hard at work to curate programs and information of use to librarians in Illinois. Stay tuned for exciting opportunities, including the following: A special guest appearance from Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias at the May CALL meeting A webinar on effective advocacy for libraries and libraries…
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CALL Executive Board 2024-2025
The Nominations and Elections Committee sought nominations for the 2024-2025 CALL Executive Board: Director, Secretary, and Vice-President/President-Elect via over the CALL listserv. The slate was announced on the CALL listserv. Slate Vice President/President Elect Jill Meyer Manager, Legal Information Services, Dykema Gossett Therese Clark Arado Interim Directory of the Law Library and Professor, Northern Illinois…
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AALL: Welcome to Chicago! Recommendations from Local CALL Members.
With the AALL conference being held in Chicago this year, we wanted to showcase local recommendations for things to do, places to eat, and more! Downtown Hidden Gems Milton Lee Olive Park, recommended by Sarah Reneker Andeen “The Milton Lee Olive Park is a small gem of a park right on the Lakefront near Navy…
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CALL Trivia Night
CALL will be hosting a trivia night during the AALL Annual Meeting. Sunday July 21st 8:30-10:30 Timothy O’Toole’s622 N. Fairbanks Ct.Chicago, IL 60611 There will be trivia from Quizmaster Dave and drinks. Compiled by Stacia Stein
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CALL at AALL: Sessions with CALL Member Speakers
While you’re planning your schedule at the 2024 AALL Conference, consider attending these fascinating sessions featuring CALL members! Our members will be presenting, moderating, or speaking at several sessions on a wide range of topics, from GenAI to mentoring to state court dockets and much more. Some of the sessions run at the same times,…
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Coming Soon: CALL YouTube channel
The CALL Archives Committee has been working with the CALL Board on making our past video presentations (such as CALL Continuing Education events) available to CALL members without the use of a passcode. We are exploring the possibility of posting our videos on YouTube with a “private” listing and then posting them on a page…
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May 2024 Business Meeting
CALL held its May 2024 Business Meeting at Wildfire, 159 W. Erie St., on Thursday, May 16, 2024. President Mandy Lee welcomed two new members to the meeting: Ross Prolic and Ian Williams. Mandy also gave a quick review of CALL highlights for the past year, including regular no-host lunch and happy hour meet-ups, community…
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September Business Meeting with Steven Schwinn
CALL held its September 2023 Business meeting at Maggiano’s on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. President Mandy Lee welcomed three new members to the meeting: Andrew Ellison, Kathleen Mance, and Rachel Tomei. Meeting Speaker Vice-President/President Elect Philip Johnson introduced our speaker, Steven D. Schwinn, professor of law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law,…
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It Was All About AI…..Or Was it? – AALL 2023 Grantee Report
I wish to start this article by thanking the 2022–2023 Grants and Awards Committee for providing me with resources to attend this year’s conference. I would encourage all CALL members to avail themselves of the opportunity that the Grants and Awards Committee offers each year to help subsidize attendance at the annual AALL conference. This…
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President’s Letter
Dear Chicago Association of Law Libraries Members, At the Chapter Presidents’ Training during the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference in Boston this past July, our chapter stood out among chapters for our strategic plan. Not only was our plan well-thought and clearly articulated, the mere fact that we had a strategic…