Ninety-one people attended CALL’s first business meeting of the year, September 23, 2010. The meeting, sponsored by Law Bulletin, was held at Lloyd’s Chicago. The guest speaker was CALL member Deborah Ginsberg. She introduced CALL’s entry into social media. CALL President Heidi Kuehl introduced new members Katelin Anderson, Loren Turner and Sarah Glassmeyer. Vice President/ President Elect Juli Jackson introduced and thanked Law Bulletin for their sponsorship of the meeting and LexisNexis for donating the gift cards.
Debbie Ginsberg, Educational Technology Librarian at Chicago-Kent, spoke about incorporating social media into CALL. Debbie explained how Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be used not just for personal reasons, but by organizations to market to potential members, to keep current members informed, and to provide additional member services. Debbie also introduced CALL’s social media plan.
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Dear CALL Members,
By the time this issue reaches you, we will be at or near the end of another calendar year. For many of us, this quiet time offers a period of rebirth and reflection marked by new vows and new learning opportunities. It is in that spirit that we offer the2011 Winter CALL Bulletin. For this issue we decided to pause and focus upon what is new in terms of legal resources in our common jurisdiction, Illinois.
This issue offers arrange of perspectives on recent changes in the world of Illinois legal research and what law librarians today are currently working on. Jean M. Wenger from Cook County Law Library offers her thoughts on what county law libraries do today and on what their future might hold. Borrowing from his work for the Illinois State Bar Association, Tom Gaylord offers look at some recent changes to Illinois official government website. Michael Robak weighs in with an insightful article on researching Illinois workers’ compensation claims.
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Event held at and sponsored by LexisNexis, 70 West Madison St. # 2200, Chicago. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The cost for this event is $25 for either the morning or afternoon session only, $45 for the entire day. All participants are invited to attend a luncheon provided by LexisNexis which will include an optional presentation by LexisNexis as well. Lunch is included in the price of the event. The event is limited to 50 attendees and the CALL No-Show Walk-In policy will be in effect. Preregistration is required and can be completed via Survey Monkey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CVBGXTN. Registration ends on May 16, 2011. For more information, see http://new.chicagolawlib.org/the-continuing-education-committee-invites-you-to-2011s-call-institute-day-trademark-copyrights-and-patents-what-you-dont-know-fri-may-20-2011/.
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Registration is now open for the May 18, 2011, CALL Business Meeting: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CHGNFWQ
- Registration: 11:30 PM; Lunch: 12:00 PM
- Location: Osteria Via Stato, 620 N. State St.
- Cost: $25
Speaker: Ronald E. Wheeler, Jr., Director of the Library, University of San Francisco School of Law and Board Director, American Association of Law Libraries, will be updating CALL members on new developments at AALL.
The Community Service Committee will be hosting a book drive to benefit Open Books. For questions regarding donations, please contact Gwen Gregory at ggregory@jmls.edu.
Your registration must be received by May 11, 2010.
Reminder: Registration is NOT complete until you click on the Submit button.
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