Ellyssa

About Ellyssa

Ellyssa Valenti Kroski is the Director of Innovation & Engagement at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of 77 books including Law Librarianship in the Age of AI for which she won the AALL's 2020 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award. She is a librarian, an adjunct faculty member at Drexel and San Jose State Universities, and an international conference speaker. She received the 2017 Library Hi Tech Award from the ALA/LITA for her long-term contributions in the area of Library and Information Science technology and its application. She can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/author/ellyssa

NYLI Quarterly Newsletter – Fall Issue

Check out the Fall issue of our quarterly newsletter for a quick update on everything that’s been happening here at NYLI.

Read more here.

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Week 1 Clue: NYLI Holiday Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Please join us this Fall and Winter holiday season as we present to you a festive, virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt!! Each week we will reveal a clue and puzzle for you to solve. Solve each puzzle to find the secret code for that week and submit all scavenger hunt codes […]

By |October 26th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Week 1 Clue: NYLI Holiday Law Library Scavenger Hunt

NYLI Holiday Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Please join us this Fall and Winter holiday season as we present to you a festive, virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt!! Each week we will reveal a clue and puzzle for you to solve beginning Monday October 26th. Solve each puzzle in order to find the secret code for that week and […]

By |October 22nd, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Holiday Law Library Scavenger Hunt

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group October Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will be hosted via Zoom on Thursday October 29th @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. We will discuss: I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir .

I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search […]

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All About NYLI Webinar

The New York Law Institute now offers members a variety of resources and services including 2 eBooks collections providing access to over 160,000 eBook titles. We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises.  We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as […]

By |October 19th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

Jean O’Grady of Dewey B Strategic talks enthusiasm, expertise, and legal blogging

Jean O’Grady founded Dewey B Strategic almost 10 years ago and discusses how to cultivate a successful legal blog on This Week in Legal Blogging with Bob Ambrogi.

via LexBlog

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Newspaper Navigator: A New Image Search Tool from the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has just debuted Newspaper Navigator, a new tool for searching over 1.5 million newspaper images in their collections. The Library of Congress and their partners have digitized over 16 million pages of newspapers from across American history as part of their Chronicling America database. The Newspaper Navigator uses machine learning […]

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Webinar: Legal Instruction and Resources at the Law Library of Congress: Recent Developments

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Legal Instruction and Resources at the Law Library of Congress:
Recent Developments.”

Speakers: Barbara Bavis, Instruction/Reference Librarian, Law Library of CongressJames P. Sweany, Chief, Digital Resources Division, Law Library of CongressElina Lee, Library Technician (Metadata), Law Library of CongressLearning Outcomes: This webinar will introduce attendees to new and developing […]

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LLMC-Digital Webinar

Webinar times are: Eastern Time

Optimize your records and briefs research with LLMC-Digital

The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with LLMC-Digital, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state governments, the British […]

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LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will be hosted via Zoom account on Thursday, September 24th at 12:00 PM. We will discuss: Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.

When Tom’s brother gets sick, he’s shipped off to spend what he’s sure will be a boring summer with his aunt and uncle in the […]

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