Announcements

NYLI 2021 Virtual Jeopardy Event!

Please join us on Wednesday, September 22nd at 1:30pm EST for our first-ever virtual Jeopardy event!  We’ll meet via WebEx and everyone will be assigned to teams who will play for the title of NYLI Jeopardy Champion.  Winning team members will win Amazon gift cards as well as bragging rights.

Space will be limited for this event […]

By |September 13th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on NYLI 2021 Virtual Jeopardy Event!

NYLI closes early Fri 9/3 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/6

The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 3rd and will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 7th of September.

By |September 1st, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI closes early Fri 9/3 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/6

Call for Sponsor Participation in Virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt

We’re putting together another online Law Library Virtual Scavenger Hunt leading into the holiday season. With so many law librarians still working from home and spending their time increasingly online, we thought this might be a good (and fun!) diversion. We’re calling for participation from sponsors who would be interested in participating […]

By |August 30th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on Call for Sponsor Participation in Virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group August Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday August 26th at 12. We will discuss Pride of Baghdad by Brian Vaughan (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 meeting.

By |August 18th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group August Online Meeting

How to Create a Virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Interested in creating a digital scavenger hunt for your library? Here’s a video walkthrough of how you can do just that.

By |August 12th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on How to Create a Virtual Law Library Scavenger Hunt

Got Print?

Pictured above: Library Assistant Pheobe Hurtte

By Karen
Oesterle, Head of Reference

NYLI’s been open for our members, filing supplements and lending books, throughout the pandemic.

We are in the library every day!!

Are your books now out of date?Is your filing out of control, with months of backlog?Does returning to the office mean your print collection is not […]

By |July 28th, 2021|Announcements, New at NYLI|Comments Off on Got Print?

Conference Recordings from “Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World” Virtual Event

NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, partnered with SJSU and Library 2.0 to organize a free virtual mini conference titled Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World which took place on Thursday, June 17th, 2021.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians have been faced with all manner of challenges as […]

By |July 26th, 2021|Announcements, News from the Field|Comments Off on Conference Recordings from “Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World” Virtual Event

NYLI Now Has New York Court of Appeals Points and Cases Volumes Going Back to 1920.

by Karen Oesterle, Head of Reference

NYLI recently received a very generous donation from the New York County Lawyers Association.  We are thrilled to have acquired 190 boxes of New York Court of Appeals Points and Cases volumes going back to 1920.  Now known as Records and Briefs, these historical volumes include a wonderful […]

By |July 21st, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Now Has New York Court of Appeals Points and Cases Volumes Going Back to 1920.

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group July Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday July 29th at 12. We will discuss Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks (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 meeting.

By |July 14th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group July Online Meeting

The 20 Most Borrowed Law Firm Library eBooks – June 2021

Compiled by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian and Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, Director of IT & Marketing.

At The New York Law Institute we provide two expansive eBook collections for remote access by our members; our OverDrive eBook collection consisting of over 100 Matthew Bender titles, nearly 200 ABA titles and the complete West Academic Nutshell […]

By |July 12th, 2021|Announcements|Comments Off on The 20 Most Borrowed Law Firm Library eBooks – June 2021