NYLI News

Week 2 Clue: NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Please join us this Fall and Winter season as we host a festive, virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt!! Each Monday for 8 weeks we will reveal a clue and puzzle on the NYLI blog and Twitter feed for participants to solve beginning Monday October 18th. As you solve puzzles, collect the weekly secret codes to submit at the end […]

By |October 25th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Week 2 Clue: NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Happy Halloween ! 20 Librarian Themed Costumes

This Halloween — consider celebrating your creativity AND highlighting librarianship with one of these costumes! You may have to explain the character you represent – but what better way to sell the librarian profession to the public.

Here’s the list –from film, Broadway, T.V., comics.. and of course, from real life…

20. Ben […]

By |October 20th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy Halloween ! 20 Librarian Themed Costumes

LLMC-Digital Records & Briefs 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 […]

By |October 19th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLMC-Digital Records & Briefs Webinar

Week 1 Clue: NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Please join us this Fall and Winter season as we host a festive, virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt!! Each Monday for 8 weeks we will reveal a clue and puzzle on the NYLI blog and Twitter feed for participants to solve beginning Monday October 18th. As you solve puzzles, collect the weekly secret codes to submit at the end […]

By |October 18th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Week 1 Clue: NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group October Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday October 21st at 12. We will discuss Nobody’s fool : the life and times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffith.  (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 […]

By |October 13th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group October Online Meeting

NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

This Fall and Winter season NYLI is hosting a festive, virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt!! Each Monday for 8 weeks we will reveal a clue and puzzle on the NYLI blog and Twitter feed for participants to solve beginning Monday October 18th. As they solve puzzles, participants collect the weekly secret codes to […]

By |October 12th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI 2021 Law Library Scavenger Hunt

From Coltrane to Winnie the Pooh… & the Bill of Rights too!!

The New York Public Library is one of our great city’s greatest treasures.

Not content to be one of the most comprehensive lending libraries in the world, the Fifth Avenue building with the lions has also served as a museum — presenting such varied exhibits as A Dickens Christmas, Crusader: Martin […]

By |October 11th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on From Coltrane to Winnie the Pooh… & the Bill of Rights too!!

Play a Round of NYLI Jeopardy!

Last month we hosted our first-ever NYLI Jeopardy game which was an exciting match between six contestants. The winner and runner-up each received Amazon gift cards. But the fun isn’t over…feel free to play your own round of NYLI Jeopardy and see how much NYLI trivia you know!

Make Your Own Jeopardy Game […]

By |October 6th, 2021|New at NYLI, NYLI Events|Comments Off on Play a Round of NYLI Jeopardy!

“Ransomware – What You Need To Know” On-Demand Webinar Review

by Karen Oesterle, Head of Reference

McAfee Chief Scientist Raj Samani along with a team from Agile Cybersecurity Systems provided an in-depth overview of how ransomware is taking various industries by storm in this on-demand webinar.

Attendees were given a review of how ransomware works and some sobering data about its prevalence and the increased frequency […]

By |October 4th, 2021|News from the Field|Comments Off on “Ransomware – What You Need To Know” On-Demand Webinar Review

Billie or Billy?….Fifth or 5th? Ingrid Mattson reveals research secrets and stumbling blocks

Ingrid Mattson, winner of the AALL short form division award, recently presented a program on her research secrets and struggles as she tried to definitively prove that Billie Holiday recorded at 55 Fifth Avenue . Ingrid is currently the Associate Dean for Library Services at Cardozo L.S. and, we are proud to say, […]

By |September 29th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Billie or Billy?….Fifth or 5th? Ingrid Mattson reveals research secrets and stumbling blocks