Tag: Social Media

  • Public Relations Committee 2022-2023 Annual Report

    Chair: Jesse Bowman Members: Shari Berkowitz Duff Philip Johnson Lyonette Louis-Jacques This year, the Public Relations (PR) Committee’s major accomplishment was the creation of a CALL Discord server.

  • CALL Public Relations Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Committee: Liaison: Jesse Bowman, jesse.bowman@law.northwestern.edu Co-chairs: Sharon Nelson, slnelson@niu.edu Donna Tuke, dmtuke@gmail.com Members: Lyonette Louis-Jacques Shari Berkowitz Duff Matt Timko Debbie Ginsberg Social Media Accounts: Twitter: @CALLChicago Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CALLChicago/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3417602/

  • Visual Literacy & Fake News

    Visual Literacy & Fake News

    We’ve all heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Have you ever taken a moment to ask why? If pictures affect us differently than text, how can we use the power of pictures to enhance our communication? On the other hand, how can we make sure we aren’t being manipulated? Librarians are experts…

  • Sixty Tech Tips at MAALL Joint Meeting

    Sixty Tech Tips at MAALL Joint Meeting

    Modeled on the 60 tips in 60 minutes presentations we’ve attended at the end of the annual ABA TechShow each year, Debbie Ginsberg and I created a round-up of our favorite websites, tips, apps, browser extensions and more. We hope you find helpful tips for your work below, whether they match your routine tasks  or…

  • Following CALL on Social Media!

    Following CALL on Social Media!

    CALL’s Public Relations Committee is working to keep members informed about important updates from CALL: CALL on Twitter: @callchicago CALL on Facebook: @CALLChicago Do you have content that should be shared on these accounts? Send links, info to Jesse Bowman on the PR committee and he’ll help get it out!

  • Public Relations Committee 2016 Annual Report

    The 2015-2016 Public Relations Committee was Deborah Ginsberg, Sean Rebstock, and Beth Schubert (co-chairs), Emily Barney, Britnee Cole, Ella Delaney, Debbie Ginsberg, Carolyn Hersch, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Joanne Kiley, David Pauwels, Scott Vanderlin, and Sharon L. Nelson.

  • 2015 AALL Meeting Recap (CALL Grantee Report)

    2015 AALL Meeting Recap (CALL Grantee Report)

    Much of my participation in the 2015 AALL Annual Meeting has already been fully documented in the 2015 Summer Supplement Issue I helped publish live during the conference. In this post I’ve also collected resources for the two sessions I presented in and compiled notes for some of the conference sessions I attended with links to the videos you…

  • November 2014 Business Meeting Round-Up

    November 2014 Business Meeting Round-Up

    CALL held its second Business Meeting of the year at Tortoise Club, 350 N. State St. on November 20, 2014.  President Margaret Schilt called the meeting to order at noon and praised the Meetings Committee for finding a great new venue.  Margaret then welcomed several new members.

  • Facebook: Who’s in Control?

    As librarians, we’re well aware of the impact relevancy algorithms have in search results. This year Facebook’s relevancy ranking – otherwise known as the “Top Stories”  in your news feed  – has come under a lot of public scrutiny. Facebook uses your actions – clicks, likes, comments – to choose what content you see, along with other…

  • The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations – a Special Halloween CALL Workshop

    On Wednesday, October 29, CALL hosted a special Halloween workshop. Diana Koppang of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP lectured on the “Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations.” CALL members learned how to use social media websites to hunt down hard-to-find people.