Broadway is booming this year… and 120 Broadway (The New York Law Institute, that is) is also entertaining librarians with its varied resources related to the arts….
Just acquired the newest Nutshell… Music…click here
And while we heartily agree with Keats that “A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever,” we do advise you to protect […]
Library Week is just too important to limit to just one blog….but then again, libraries and librarians are too important for just one week !
Our FDLP colleagues (that’s Federal Depository Library Program for those non-library nerds out there) is celebrating by once again asking members to send photos of your library staff. […]
Library Week has a long and (no pun intended!) storied history, with the American Library Association celebrating the second week in April to recognize the continuing contributions of our profession. This year, ALA’s Library Week’s theme is “Drawn to the Library,” celebrating the varied resources that draw people from all walks of life to […]
Closing out Women’s History Month, I found myself reflecting on the many countries that have had women leaders ….& am proud to state that our librarian organization, LLAGNY, is ahead of them all – our first Madame President was way back in 1946 with the election of Marjorie S. Coleman….
I’ve collected reflections from […]
We continue our celebration of Women’s History Month with yet another “Did you Know …”blog, this time looking at the women who’ve served in America’s highest court….
Read Rosie, RBG & Sandra Day O’Connor…part of NYLI’s $45M eBook collection
You probably know that Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court… […]
Everyone’s a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day….. & so NYLI would like to share some resources to help you celebrate the day in a scholarly way…..
For quick definitions.. or in depth history… check out our eBook collection for these 2….
And, you may ask, who is that bust featured in green hat & […]
Author Stacy Horn’s newest book, The Killing Fields of East New York: The First Subprime Mortgage Scandal, includes The New York Law Institute in her acknowledgments…
Hey, that’s us!….the people that find information! Author Stacy Horn thanks NYLI….
Lucy, Brooke and I were thrilled to attend the early February book launch at the […]
For the month of March, we’ll be featuring a “Did you Know” blog each week regarding Women’s History…I’m sure you do know that March is Women’s History month, right?
Women’s History Month established by Congress in 1987 (P.L. 100-9). Did you know that NYLI membership gives you access to ProQuest Congressional??
Suffragist, November 25, 1916, […]
With Black History month coming to an end, we’ve saved the best for last — a NYLI blog salute to African- American librarians!
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg’s life mission was to teach African Americans about their own history and achievements. A bibliophile, historian, curator and most famously now remembered as a collector: his artwork, manuscripts and rare […]
For this week in Black History month, we’d like to take a look at pioneering Black entrepreneurs…
Let’s start with Maggie Walker…. Born to sharecropper parents, Walker was orphaned at 7, married at 14 and widowed by 20. The child of former slaves, Walker is considered the first documented American woman to be a self-made millionaire […]
