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

Don’t forget about NYLI’s LibGuides!

The staff here at The New York Law Institute have developed nearly twenty detailed LibGuides for research and subject guides for our law firm members such as: 

2024 Summer Associate Training… Guide for the Busy Librarian– from Summer Associate to Future Partner!: nyli.libguides.com/c.php?g=1041729 New York State Legislative History Research Guide: nyli.libguides.com/NYLegislativeHistory Government […]

By |June 11th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on Don’t forget about NYLI’s LibGuides!

LLAGNY Book Club June Discussion

The LLAGNY Book Club Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 11th @ 6 p.m. at The New York Law Institute (120 Broadway / 9th Floor – Rm. 932/NY NY  10271. The book to be discussed is Fleischman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.  Overview:

Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and […]

By |June 3rd, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY Book Club June Discussion

NYLI Now Offers Over 270,000 eBooks

Our eBook collection has been growing steadily over the years and has now reached close to 300,000 titles!

Our diverse ebook collection runs the gamut including everything from aviation treatises and technology primers for legal professionals to books on Disaster Management and International Space Law and International Law and Corporate Actors in Deep Seabed Mining. […]

By |May 29th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Now Offers Over 270,000 eBooks

NYLI Closed for Memorial Day Holiday

The New York Law Institute will be closing early at 2 PM Friday, May 24th, and will be closed Monday, May 27, 2024 in observance of Memorial Day . NYLI will reopen on Tuesday, May 28th at 9 a.m.

Happy Memorial Day!

By |May 22nd, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Closed for Memorial Day Holiday

NYLI’s Executive Director at SLA-NY Career Event

Pictured above: Pratt student, Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, and Queens College student Javasha Brooke.

by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez

I recently took part in another
successful SLA-NY program- Speed Career Event: An Evening of Mentoring & Networking
– on April 24th. This event always highlights the power of professional
networking for both aspiring and seasoned librarians.

During the 2-hour event I, along
with […]

By |May 13th, 2024|New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI’s Executive Director at SLA-NY Career Event

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet at noon via Zoom on Thursday May 16th .  We will discuss Shubeik lubeik by Muḥammad, Dīnā, author, illustrator, translator. (also available at NYPL).    Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.

By |May 8th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group May Online Meeting

Welcome to NYLI Services and Resources Webinar

The New York Law Institute offers members a variety of resources and services including two eBooks collections providing access to over 230,000 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 Proquest […]

By |May 7th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on Welcome to NYLI Services and Resources Webinar

Legal Research for Beginners LibGuide

For anyone looking for a primer on legal research, we have a brand new LibGuide detailing where to find the law including primary sources such as constitutions, statutes, court opinions and case law, regulations, and administrative decisions as well as important secondary and scholarly sources which may be cited as persuasive authority […]

By |May 6th, 2024|New at NYLI|Comments Off on Legal Research for Beginners LibGuide

NYLI Author Publishes Free Library Resources Title with ALA Editions

NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski has published The Big Sourcebook of Free and Low-Cost Library Programming: 300+ Resources, Ideas, and Tools with ALA Editions. From the press release:

CHICAGO — There’s no need to spend hours trying to come up with creative programming ideas—bestselling library activity guru Ellyssa Kroski […]

By |April 24th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI Author Publishes Free Library Resources Title with ALA Editions

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group April Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet at noon via Zoom on Thursday April 18th .  We will discuss Ducks Two years in the oil sands by Kate Beaton (also available at NYPL).    Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.

By |April 15th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group April Online Meeting