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LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group March Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday March 20th at 12. We will discuss Botticelli’s Apprentice by Ursula Murray Husted.  Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

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

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LLAGNY Deliberate Solos Immigration Policy CLE at NYLI

60 Days In: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Rapid Overhaul of U.S. Immigration Policy and Forecasting the Road Ahead

March 19, 20255:45 – 7:45 p.m.New York Law Institute, 120 Broadway, 9th fl., Room 932

Speakers:

Michael T. Carbone, Esq. counsels individuals and small businesses on a variety oflegal issues.

Jean Davis, Esq. is an Associate Librarian for International Law […]

By |March 17th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LLAGNY Deliberate Solos Immigration Policy CLE at NYLI

Top o’ the Morning Greetings from NYLI

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 & […]

By |March 12th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Top o’ the Morning Greetings from NYLI

Author Stacy Horn Thanks NYLI… & gives a Shout Out at the Strand!

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 […]

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LLAGNY Book Club March Discussion

The LLAGNY Book Club Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at The New York Law Institute (120 Broadway / 9th Floor – Rm. 932/NY NY  10271. The book to be discussed is “Time and Again” by Finney.  Overview:

When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the […]

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Women’s Right to Vote… Did you know?

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, […]

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NYLI’s eBook Collections Now Valued at $45 million!

The eBook collections at The New York Law Institute number nearly 290,000 titles in a wide range of subject areas. The value for the collections now exceeds $45 million. Our eBooks are available 24/7 at no cost to our members.

By |February 26th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI’s eBook Collections Now Valued at $45 million!

Closing out Black History Month: Pioneers in Librarianship…E.J. Josey, Carla Stanton Jones, Regina Andrews, Dorothy B. Porter, & Arthur A. Schomburg

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 […]

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NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

Webinar times are: Eastern Time

Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional

The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the United States Congress, from […]

By |February 19th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

For Black History Month: Pioneering Entrepreneurs –Maggie Walker, Sheila Johnson, Robert F. Smith

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 […]

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