News from the Field

Building a digital library for non-English practitioners

October 2024

by Martin Korn, Golden Arrow Publishing

The New York Law Institute, located in one of the World’s most
cosmopolitan cities counts many international law firms as members.  This brief post will highlight the importance
of offering foreign language titles to attorneys in the non-United States
office locations for many of these global firms.

One of the issues I’ve […]

By |October 21st, 2024|News from the Field|Comments Off on Building a digital library for non-English practitioners

FAQ: Generative AI in Law Libraries & Notebook LM

NotebookLM is an exciting new (and free!) AI application modeled on Google’s generative AI model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, that will create briefing documents, FAQs, timelines, study guides, tables of contents, and even a podcast based on your content!

After signing up for an account with NotebookLM, you can create different notebooks made up […]

By |September 20th, 2024|News from the Field|Comments Off on FAQ: Generative AI in Law Libraries & Notebook LM

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

NYLI’s Eileen Dolan to speak at AALL Annual Conference

NYLI’s Technical Services Librarian, Eileen Dolan will be a guest speaker at an AALL Annual all-day pre-conference workshop titled Metadata Magicians’ Secrets Revealed: Basic Legal Cataloging on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 9:00am – 4:00pm.

Speakers and moderators include:

Coordinator/Speaker(s): Keelan Weber (she/her/hers) Head of Technical Services Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc., New Jersey, United StatesModerator/Coordinator(s): Joni […]

By |July 10th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI’s Eileen Dolan to speak at AALL Annual Conference

NYLI’s Executive Director at SLA-NY Career Event

Pictured above: Pratt student, Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, and Queens College student Javasha Brooke.

by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez

I recently took part in another
successful SLA-NY program- Speed Career Event: An Evening of Mentoring & Networking
– on April 24th. This event always highlights the power of professional
networking for both aspiring and seasoned librarians.

During the 2-hour event I, along
with […]

By |May 13th, 2024|New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI’s Executive Director at SLA-NY Career Event

NYLI Author Publishes Free Library Resources Title with ALA Editions

NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski has published The Big Sourcebook of Free and Low-Cost Library Programming: 300+ Resources, Ideas, and Tools with ALA Editions. From the press release:

CHICAGO — There’s no need to spend hours trying to come up with creative programming ideas—bestselling library activity guru Ellyssa Kroski […]

By |April 24th, 2024|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI Author Publishes Free Library Resources Title with ALA Editions

Legal Research for Beginners

NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, will be giving a webinar for the American Library Association (ALA) on Law Librarianship for Beginners.  In this webinar, participants will learn the fundamental elements of finding legal materials, including primary sources like constitutions; statutes; court opinions and case law; regulations; and administrative decisions. Kroski […]

By |March 11th, 2024|Announcements, News from the Field|Comments Off on Legal Research for Beginners

The Practising Law Librarian Podcast: Ellyssa Valenti Kroski on Sharing Knowledge Sustainably

Just when you thought Nerd Heaven might be out of reach… there’s a podcast to the rescue….

Check out PLI’s most recent podcast –featuring NYLI Alum (with an NPR ready radio voice!) Karen Oesterle chatting it up with very own Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski–It’s all about Librarianship, NYLI, sustainability, technology… and […]

By |September 18th, 2023|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on The Practising Law Librarian Podcast: Ellyssa Valenti Kroski on Sharing Knowledge Sustainably

NYLI’s Emily Moog Named PLLIP-SIS of AALL’s Best Blogger of the Year!

We are very proud to announce that NYLI’s own Emily Moog will receive the AALL Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals Special Interest Section’s Best Blogger/Writer of 2023 at this year’s annual meeting in Boston. Her consistently outstanding blog posts keep law librarians in the know about news from the field, library holidays […]

By |April 25th, 2023|Announcements, New at NYLI, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI’s Emily Moog Named PLLIP-SIS of AALL’s Best Blogger of the Year!

NYLI’s Executive Director named to AALL’s Body of Knowledge Review Special Committee

NYLI’s Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez has been named to AALL’s Body of Knowledge Review Special Committee for 2022-2023. The Body of Knowledge Review Special Committee will identify and recommend revisions to the AALL Body of Knowledge to reflect current and future needs of law librarians and legal information professionals and validate the foundational […]

By |November 2nd, 2022|Announcements, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI’s Executive Director named to AALL’s Body of Knowledge Review Special Committee