July was a jam-packed month of law library and technology stories. Check out some of these posts, articles, and reports you may have missed last month!
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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 Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
July 1st is Canada Day. Today celebrates the uniting
of the colonies of Canada (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
into the Dominion of Canada. The confederation was formed when on July 1, 1867,
the Constitution
Act, 1867 (a.k.a. the British North America Act) was passed. While still
part of the British […]
If you will be doing legal research in California, Massachusetts, or New York this summer, members of the Harvard Law School Research Services team have created guides to introduce you to legal research resources for these three states. Read more here.
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
June 14th is Flag Day. The Continental Congress
adopted the flag on June 14, 1777. In 1916 President Wilson issued Proclamation
1335 asking that June 14th be observed as Flag Day. However, it
was another 33 years until, on August 3, 1949, President Truman signed PL
81-203 requesting the President to issue an […]
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) produces the official photographs of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. These photographs will be hung in more than 1,600 Federal buildings managed by the General Services Administration (GSA), military installations, and other Federal facilities. GPO will print more than 55,000 photographs…Read more here.
by Lucy Curci-Gonzalez/ NYLI Executive Director
For the second pandemic year, the annual ARK Law Firm
Libraries conference went virtual. I
attended this highly regarded program from my home office where I attended a
number of excellent sessions that
delivered high-quality content on a usable platform.
ARK’s annual Law Firm Libraries program is noted for
bring together leaders from the legal […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The best legal research is always that which is provided to
you by your favorite law librarian. However, for students and/or attorneys who would
like to learn the methods of online and printed research, Principles
of Legal Research 3rd edition by Olson, Kirshefeld and Mattson
is an ideal resource. The book is available […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
It has been over a year. Sometimes it feels like a week,
other times it feels like forever.
The Library of Congress (LC) has started building
collections documenting this time in history.
LC is crowdsourcing photographs and graphic art on Flickr. You may submit your pictures of the pandemic to the […]
Register to attend the live training webinar, “Locating Historical and Contemporary U.S. Treasury Content on the Open Web.”
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2021Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EDT) Recording and closed captioning are available. All webinars are free of charge.
Speakers:Kimberley Carter, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury LibrarianAndrew Young, U.S. Department of the […]