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LLAGNY Book Club goes Bad-Ass with Joshua Hammer’s best seller….All at NYLI !!

The LLAGNY Book Club returned to the theme of librarianship in November with a spirited discussion of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer.  This dense documentary-style book raised more questions than could possibly be answered in one meeting, but all agreed that […]

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Talking Turkey: NYLI’s collections & celebrating National American Indian Heritage Month!

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. “U.S.S. New York” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1e518e3-df45-5ef2-e040-e00a18063c7a

It’s been nearly 30 years since Congress declared November as National American Indian Heritage Month accompanied by Presidential Proclamation 6230 . The U.S. Government provides some […]

By |November 20th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Talking Turkey: NYLI’s collections & celebrating National American Indian Heritage Month!

NYLI Congrats all those who passed the Bar… & just a few more questions for you….

NYLI Congrats all those who passed the Bar…Do you know who Christopher Columbus Langdell is?

 

 
Were you once a 1L, 2L, & finally a 3L? That’s because of Christopher Columbus Langdell!
Did your professors rely on the Socratic method & case law?  Blame Christopher Columbus Langdell!
Standardized test to gain admittance to Law School?  That was Christoph… […]

By |November 6th, 2019|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Congrats all those who passed the Bar… & just a few more questions for you….

It’s “White Shoe” at LLAGNY’s Book Club – with author John Oller in attendance…all at NYLI !

LLAGNY’s third book club offering explored the world of law firms, as they were in the turn of the 20th Century, and when the rules of law firm management were set in place by Paul Cravath.

And, as an added bonus, author John Oller attended and took part in the conversation, answered questions and signed […]

By |October 7th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on It’s “White Shoe” at LLAGNY’s Book Club – with author John Oller in attendance…all at NYLI !

Reach out… NYLI…now has greater access to borrow for you !

We have a new agreement with OCLC that allows NYLI to borrow from other institutions…..  Reach out… as we now has greater access to borrow for you !!!

Fee will only be $20 plus any delivery cost incurred…

Just one more way that NYLI is A legacy library offering leading-edge services !!

By |September 30th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reach out… NYLI…now has greater access to borrow for you !

Sex, Drugs & Rock: LLAGNY Book Club Rolls on with Patti Smith’s Just Kids

My colleague Sarah Dowson & I cover LLAGNY’s last book club selection “Just Kids” by Patty Smith… check out our Law Lines article here….

By |September 25th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Sex, Drugs & Rock: LLAGNY Book Club Rolls on with Patti Smith’s Just Kids

Henry Brockholst Livingston……Hey, Where’s my musical?

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. Brockholst Livingston, 1757-1823

Wartime aide-de-camp to George Washington?
Involvement with Aaron Burr?
Fatal Duel in New Jersey?
No, it’s not the guy on the ten-dollar bill, founder of The NY Post, and subject of Broadway’s phenomenal hit.
It’s Henry Brockholst […]

By |September 18th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Henry Brockholst Livingston……Hey, Where’s my musical?

BUSTED!! Librarian discovers the identities of two New York Law Institute statues !!

Post authored by Emily Moog

NYLI Research Librarian Emily Moog was reviewing 19th Century newspapers regarding its history when she discovered the identities of the two unknown busts residing in its reading room

They are James T. Brady and Francis Brockhoist Cutting !

 
James T. Brady bust currently at NYLI and painting by Joseph Alexander Ames, 1869, The […]

By |June 19th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on BUSTED!! Librarian discovers the identities of two New York Law Institute statues !!