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’s Director of IT Wins Andrews Award

NYLI’s Director of Information Technology and Marketing, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2020 AALL Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award this year for Law Librarianship in the Age of AI, the book which she edited for ALA Editions.

The book features chapters from thought leaders in the […]

By |May 4th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI’s Director of IT Wins Andrews Award

LLMC-Digital Webinar

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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 […]

By |April 27th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on LLMC-Digital Webinar

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 |April 20th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

How to Create Free Digital Breakouts for Libraries

If you’re looking for a way to keep your library patrons engaged while working remotely, why not consider creating a digital breakout – an online version of an escape room? NYLI’s Director of IT and Marketing Ellyssa Kroski has written a detailed white paper on how to create these immersive online experiences. […]

By |April 17th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on How to Create Free Digital Breakouts for Libraries

Need More Access to e-Resources for Your Firm?

We know that this is a challenging time for many who are working remotely. To that end we’re making access to our electronic resources more readily available to you and those at your firm. If you have need of additional logins for firm members who might benefit from our 160,000+ e-Books, electronic […]

By |April 16th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Need More Access to e-Resources for Your Firm?

Financial District Book Nook for Library Week

For National Library Week next week, I made a NYLI-themed, financial district book nook shelf insert which will hopefully brighten one of our library shelves when we return. Hope this brightens your day!

Click for a video tour of the shelf insert

By |April 15th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Financial District Book Nook for Library Week

NYLI Will Close Early for Good Friday

The New York Law Institute will close at 3 PM on Friday, April 10, 2020 for Good Friday.  NYLI will reopen Monday, April 13th at 9AM.

By |April 7th, 2020|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Will Close Early for Good Friday

The Impact Of COVID-19 On Law Firm Practices

Mark Herrmann writes for Above the Law about The Impact Of COVID-19 On Law Firm Practices. He predicts

“Overall, 2020 will be a very, very, bad year for law firms.”

Read more here.

By |April 6th, 2020|News from the Field|Comments Off on The Impact Of COVID-19 On Law Firm Practices

COVID-19: Why librarians are amazing in times of crisis

Clare Brown writes for Vable about COVID-19: Why librarians are amazing in times of crisis.

“Professionally we need to keep working as best we can because our organisations are relying on our rapidly evolving creativity to imagine a future in a changed world. Kitchens, bedrooms, and living rooms have become our new office spaces or […]

By |April 1st, 2020|News from the Field|Comments Off on COVID-19: Why librarians are amazing in times of crisis

Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity Amid COVID-19

Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, our Director of Information Technology/Marketing here at The New York Law Institute has written an article for On Firmer Ground which discusses some of the strategies we employed with regard to business continuity as well as some tips for preparing your own library.

Read Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity […]

By |March 30th, 2020|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Business as (Un)Usual: Library Business Continuity Amid COVID-19