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Issue 242- Winter 2017 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 ISSUE 242- WINTER 2017 ♦♦♦ From the Editors – by Juanita Harrell, Philip Johnson, and Scott Vanderlin………………………………………….2 President’s Letter – by Todd Ito…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Executive Board Meeting Minutes Summaries (Nov. 8th, 2016; Dec. 13th, 2016; Jan. 10th, 2017; Feb. 14th, 2017) – by Diana Koppang…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 ♦♦♦ Featured Article HOLY COW! A Parallel History of Law Librarians and the Chicago Cubs – by Prof. Frank Houdek………….9 ♦♦♦ Committee News CALL Bulletin Coming Soon to a Database near You – by Annie Mentkowski and Lindsey Carpino………..15 Switching Library Settings Recap – by Jesse Bowman…………………………………………………………………………….16 Advocacy Update with AALL’S Emily Feltren – by Joe Mitzenmacher…………………………………………………….17 ♦♦♦ Miscellaneous 2016-2017 CALL Meeting Schedule…………………………………………………………………………………………...............18 Page 1 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 FROM THE EDITORS JUANITA HARRELL, PHILIP JOHNSON, and SCOTT VANDERLIN Hello, CALL, and happy spring! February marked the 70th anniversary of CALL’s creation, and Todd reflects on this a bit in his President’s Letter. Note that we will have more on this occasion, which will be celebrated at the May Business Meeting, in our next issue. This winter issue is relatively slim, but we are more than delighted to present the featured piece, which is a true corker. Professor Emeritus Frank Houdek of SIU offers us an entertaining and engaging parallel history that covers the coincidence of last year’s return of the AALL Annual Meeting to Chicago and the Cubs’ momentous World Series victory. We hope it is a palate cleanser of sorts as well as an apropos lead-in to MLB opening day and warmer weather ahead. We also cover association business, including executive board meeting recaps in addition to some committee news items. Happy reading! Philip Johnson Co-editor, CALL Bulletin Page 2 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 PRESIDENT’S LETTER TODD ITO The year 2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries. Anniversaries such as this allow us the opportunity to reflect on the history of this organization and its accomplishments and where we are today. One transformational change that has occurred since 1947 is the rise of the internet, which radically changed the way we do research. Indeed, in thinking about CALL’s 70th anniversary, I was greatly aided by the recent addition of digital versions of back issues of the CALL Bulletin to the online resource HeinOnline. Unfortunately, we have not been able to locate the first eight issues of the Bulletin, so I could not examine the very first issue, but there are mentions of CALL’s founding in contemporaneous issues of Law Library Journal, which are also available in HeinOnline. The Law Library Journal articles and later issues of the Bulletin show that despite all the changes that have occurred in our profession in the last 70 years, the mission of the organization has remained largely the same. Writing in Law Library Journal in 1948, CALL’s second president, Charles A. McNabb, stated that CALL was entering its second year “with great hopes and some concrete plans for furthering its objectives: cooperation on an active basis between Libraries and Librarians, good fellowship, and an interchange of information and special skills.” One would not really need to change a word to accurately describe the CALL of today. We see more evidence of CALL’s commitment to cooperation and the exchange of ideas in the first issue of the CALL Bulletin that we have available, which is from three years later, in 1951. The issue features an article discussing recent meetings among representatives from four Page 3 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 academic law libraries in Chicago and notes, “[T]here is already considerable cooperation between the libraries.” It was gratifying, although not surprising, to see that our geographic proximity to one another has always fostered a sense of collaboration among the law library community in Chicago. Continuing education is also a longstanding tradition within CALL. Issue number 11 of the Bulletin includes a description of a “Workshop on Library Problems” held at Northwestern University Law School on October 24 and 25, 1952. Many of the topics covered—“How to Evaluate a Law Library,” “How to Record Legal Reference Questions,” and “Inter-Library Loans”—remain important to law librarians today. Seventy years later, advances in technology allow us to offer CALL workshops in a variety of contexts from in person meetings like the 1952 workshop to online webinars like the e-discovery program recently offered by the Continuing Education Committee. The following year, CALL’s second workshop expanded outside the Chicago area and brought together 45 law librarians from seven states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin. This coming together of law librarians from across the Midwest and beyond is an early and important precursor to events like the joint annual meeting that CALL is holding this fall in Milwaukee in collaboration with Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin, Inc. (LLAW), Michigan Association of Law Libraries (MichALL), Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL), and Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL). I hope many CALL members will be there in Milwaukee to present and share ideas. Finally, 1953 also saw the introduction of a new feature to the CALL Bulletin: “Sparkle”. This section was initiated by Bernita J. Davies, the longtime librarian at the University of Illinois Law Library, who suggested that, in addition to more traditional professional development, CALL also pay attention to “our appearance, our taste in clothes, and to the cultivation of a cheerful personality.” While this feature of the Bulletin has not endured in this particular form, I believe the spirit Ms. Davies wished to celebrate remains with us today in many things that we do in CALL, from community service projects to CALL Meet-Ups, that reflect what she called “the human side of law librarians.” Be good to each other, Todd Page 4 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES – NOVEMBER 2016 Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) November 8, 2016, 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja (via phone) Konya Lafferty Moss (via phone) Tom Gaylord Lindsey Carpino Board Members Absent Diana Koppang Guests Robert Martin Joe Mitzenmacher (via phone) Julie Swanson (via phone) Summary Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): 1. Harris Bank Balance as of October 31, 2016: $30,986 2. Net Income as of October 31, 2016: ($837.78) 3. Membership Numbers as of October 31, 2016: 269 (3 renewals; 6 new members) Significant Actions None Page 5 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES – DECEMBER 2016 Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) December 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja Lindsey Carpino Tom Gaylord Diana Koppang Board Members Absent Konya Lafferty Moss Guests None Summary Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): 1. Harris Bank Balance as of November 30, 2016: $33,383.00 2. Net Income as of November 30, 2016: ($443.46) 3. Membership Numbers as of November 30, 2016: 273 (1 renewal; 3 new members) Significant Actions None Page 6 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES – JANUARY 2017 Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) January 10, 2017, 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja Konya Lafferty Moss Tom Gaylord Diana Koppang Board Members Absent Lindsey Carpino Guests Ben Brighoff Jamie Sommer (via phone) Summary Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): 1. Harris Bank Balance as of December 31, 2016: $28,576.59 2. Net Income as of December 31, 2016: ($5,964.29) 3. Membership Numbers as of December 31, 2016: 275 (1 renewal; 1 new member) Significant Actions None Page 7 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 CALL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES – FEBRUARY 2017 Complete, up-to-date CALL Board meeting minutes are available on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters, 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) February 14, 2017, 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present Todd Ito Clare Willis Julie Pabarja Konya Lafferty Moss Tom Gaylord Diana Koppang Board Members Absent None Guests Jessie LeMar Gretchen Van Dam Summary Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): 1. Harris Bank Balance as of January 31, 2017: $27,642.36 2. Net Income as of January 31, 2017: $250.49 3. Membership Numbers as of January 31, 2017: 280 (1 renewal; 5 new members) Significant Actions None Page 8 of 20 Issue No. 242 CALL Bulletin Winter 2017 HOLY COW! A PARALLEL HISTORY OF LAW LIBRARIANS AND THE CHICAGO CUBS1 PROF. FRANK HOUDEK If there was ever a time to celebrate Chicago’s place in the law library and baseball universes, it was 2016. In law libraries, AALL held its 109th Annual Meeting in Chicago, and both the president and a new recipient of the Gallagher Distinguished Service Award hailed from the Windy City. And in baseball, well here’s what a die-hard White Sox fan tweeted at 1:03 a.m. on November 3, 2016: “It happened: @Cubs win World Series. That’s change even this South Sider can believe in.
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