NYLI News

Join the Fun for National Poety Month

by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian

Emily Moog has created a great contest in honor of National Poetry Month. You should all join in the fun. I too have an entry although as in baseball

Strike 1 – I am one of the contest judges

Strike 2 – I work for the New York […]

By |April 21st, 2021|New at NYLI, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Join the Fun for National Poety Month

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 19th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

Eisner Award Winner Paul Karasik to speak at LLAGNY Graphic Novel Book Group April Meeting

Paul Karasik is a two-time
Eisner Award winner, internationally recognized cartoonist and teacher, and
adapter of this month’s work City
of Glass. Paul will be joining our group and discussing the nature of
adaptation of comics in general and City of Glass in particular.
Additionally, the lecture will contain some fun group participation along the
way as well as revealing […]

By |April 14th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on Eisner Award Winner Paul Karasik to speak at LLAGNY Graphic Novel Book Group April Meeting

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

April 14th @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern

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 […]

By |April 12th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

Celebrate Library week with a Crossword Puzzle !!

Real & fictional librarians! Historical Librarians! –Librarian poets, Librarian writers… & some librarians you know are all there !!

Here’s the Link….

** answers lead to the quote that answers the question
“Advice NOT followed by Librarians”…

Celebrate Library Week…. & celebrate the great work you do !!

By |April 7th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Celebrate Library week with a Crossword Puzzle !!

In Honor of Poetry Month… & Library Week… a contest & donation to support Law Librarians!!

The Academy of American Poets established April as poetry month way back in 1996, to help remind the public that poetry matters . Now in its 25th year, the association has posted 25 ways to celebrate poetry in your home and online .

The New York Law Institute will celebrate poetry month with a […]

By |April 5th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In Honor of Poetry Month… & Library Week… a contest & donation to support Law Librarians!!

Covid-19 and the Library of Congress

by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian

It has been over a year. Sometimes it feels like a week,
other times it feels like forever.

The Library of Congress (LC) has started  building
collections documenting this time in history.

LC is crowdsourcing photographs and graphic art on Flickr. You may submit your pictures of the pandemic to the […]

By |March 31st, 2021|News from the Field|Comments Off on Covid-19 and the Library of Congress

NYLI Will Close Early for Good Friday

The New York Law Institute will close at 2 PM on Friday, April 2, 2021 for Good Friday.  NYLI will reopen Monday, April 5th at 9AM.

By |March 31st, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Will Close Early for Good Friday

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 |March 29th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on All About NYLI Webinar

FDLP Webinar: Locating Historical and Contemporary U.S. Treasury Content on the Open Web

Register to attend the live training webinar, “Locating Historical and Contemporary U.S. Treasury Content on the Open Web.”

Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2021Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EDT)  Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.

Speakers:Kimberley Carter, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury LibrarianAndrew Young, U.S. Department of the […]

By |March 24th, 2021|News from the Field|Comments Off on FDLP Webinar: Locating Historical and Contemporary U.S. Treasury Content on the Open Web