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NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

Sept 10th: 11am

This 1-hour webinar will discuss prompt engineering techniques for use with general large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude AI including the Costar Framework, zero shot, few shot, and chain of thought prompting among others. Prompt engineering techniques for interacting with retrieval augmented generation (RAG) models such […]

By |August 21st, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI Skills Series: Prompt Engineering & Chatbots in Law Libraries

Back to College? Tuition, Studies & let’s not forget the Greek Life!

Back to school starts a little earlier for college student, with August being THE month for dorm move ins….

Some essential questions for every college Freshman..

What to Study?

There’s always library science! NY regs re: registered degrees are in NYCRR — NYLI has access

Should you join a fraternity or sorority?

If you are on the Board […]

By |August 19th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Back to College? Tuition, Studies & let’s not forget the Greek Life!

Go for the Gold! & learn more about the Olympics & Sports Law @ NYLI!

Summer Olympics is in glamorous Paris this go around, and the countries of the world watch as their athletes compete for the gold….

And at The New York Law Institute, we have sources on Sports Law and Olympic Game issues that are research gold for members!As always, it’s good to start with a Nutshell….

Sixth Edition, […]

By |August 14th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Go for the Gold! & learn more about the Olympics & Sports Law @ NYLI!

NYLI Wishes Pheobe Hurtte a Happy Retirement!

Pheobe Hurtte, a valued NYLI employee since 1986, will begin enjoying her retirement at the end of July!

NYLI staff members, past and present, have many happy memories of working with Pheobe….

By |August 5th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI Wishes Pheobe Hurtte a Happy Retirement!

AALL Chicago Trivia Crossword Puzzle !

Now that you’re back from the AALL Conference… it’s time for a little Chicago Trivia…

Check out my Chicago Trivia & Nicknames Crossword Puzzle by Clicking Here !!

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1925-01-10). Front cover Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1aaa2fd0-1f90-0134-9154-00505686a51c

By |July 31st, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on AALL Chicago Trivia Crossword Puzzle !

Summer Orientation for E.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Clerks @ NYLI !

It’s Summer — time for internships – and time for a little NYLI orientation !

Eager to learn! E.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Clerks line up @ NYLI’s sign in desk

We were pleased to meet up with U.S. Bankruptcy summer clerks and provide research tips and orientation to NYLI’s collection….

Getting to know you… & getting to […]

By |July 29th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Orientation for E.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Clerks @ NYLI !

NYLI Summer 2024 Newsletter

Our latest NYLI Newsletter is now available to read in your browser! Access it here.

By |July 24th, 2024|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Summer 2024 Newsletter

Hey Summers… half way through & NYLI’s got Nutshells just for you!

Summer Associates are half way through their season with law firms…. & the librarians helping them are always on the lookout for new sources !

Have you got a future litigation partner with you this Summer?Let them go to trial in style with….

NYLI’s got the Nutshells — as eBooks, Great for Summers… or any attorney […]

By |July 22nd, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Hey Summers… half way through & NYLI’s got Nutshells just for you!

The Struggle and the Splendor: Harnessing the Disruptive Force of Generative AI in Law Libraries

AI is not going to replace you. You’re going to be replaced by someone who uses AI to outperform you.​

– Laurence Liew, director for AI Innovation at AI Singapore

There’s no doubt about it; today’s Generative AI (GAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude, are disruptive technologies.  Boasting the ability […]

By |July 17th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on The Struggle and the Splendor: Harnessing the Disruptive Force of Generative AI in Law Libraries

Did you know? The Dueling Edition from NYLI

You probably know (from the Musical!) that Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were political archenemies, and that their duel resulted in Hamilton’s death….

Alexander Hamilton’s Gravesite… located @ Trinity Church graveyard in downtown NYC

But did you know that the duel occurred on July 11, 1804 in New Jersey and that Hamilton is buried in Trinity […]

By |July 15th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Did you know? The Dueling Edition from NYLI