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. […]
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 […]
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
Poetry Month and National Library Week…. and in recognition of the many sacrifices our fellow Americans are making during the Coronavirus pandemic….
we are seeking couplet poems that give tribute to…….
Law enforcement…Healthcare professionals….Transportation and any other essential workers….
Please email us your couplet poem tribute poems to Eileen Dolan edolan@nyli.org
by April 16th…….
We ask that […]
Dateline: Thursday, April 3rd, 2020….
While the mystery that is the Coronavirus changed the world, the LLAGNY Book Club held its discussion of Brad Ricca’s Mrs. Sherlock Holmes meeting via ZOOM. Countless other encounters that would otherwise be in person now only occur through ZOOM, google hangout, Microsoft teams , FACETIME and […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
With everyone transitioning to a remote
environment, law librarians may find themselves without access to print and
other resources that help them do their jobs.
Here’s a list of free online research resources which may fill in the
gaps.
The FDLP offers many free resources for
conducting research such as:
FDLP LibGuides, which includes guides about:FDLP […]
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