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Save the Date! 1-11-22 : FDLP Webinar on Market & Industry Research

FDLP offers great webinars ! Start off the New Year right by learning how to find government resources and using SIC codes for your market and industry research needs.Expert librarians Ellen Terrell and Natalie Burclaff will instruct you on these topics and answer your business research questions during their January 11th Webinar…Check it […]

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Happy New Year!

From all of us here at NYLI…Happy New Year everyone!

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Happy 50th Birthday Email ! …. & some tips on how to write better ones !

Engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first email way back in 1971 , and while Email is now officially eligible for AARP… we still need tips on how to write them effectively !! From our friends at the internet… check out these links…

10 Habits for Successful Email Communication  Slow down & Write Better emails   […]

By |December 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy 50th Birthday Email ! …. & some tips on how to write better ones !

“Free Pacer” Bill a step closer to becoming law!

“Open Courts Act of 2021” (S. 2614) recently advanced to full U.S. Senate consideration. The bill would change the current PACER system by :

Providing a new version for electronically accessing federal court docs.Eliminating PACER fees for most users.Collecting fees from “Power users’ — those spending more than $25k per quarter.Funding […]

By |December 16th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on “Free Pacer” Bill a step closer to becoming law!

Brooklyn Native (& U.S. Supreme Court Justice)… .Ruth Bader Ginsberg featured at the New York Historical Society!!

Already the subject of two major film releases , an opera, and a recurring character on SNL — Brooklyn’s own Supreme Court Justice is now the subject of The New-York Historical Society latest exhibit: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

So get yourself to the West Side […]

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Don’t be a Grinch! NYLI’s Guide on How to be an Office Elf….

With the return to the office and the Holiday Season under way, perhaps you have begun to feel the inner elf emerging and a need to decorate ! Here’s some of NYLI’s decorations from past holidays, and some hints on bringing a little cheer as you return to your office space….

Keep the […]

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LLAGNY Book Club returns — in person — at NYLI !

After nearly two years of meeting on ZOOM, the LLAGNY Book Club was once again able to meet in person at The New York Law Institute.   With space enough to socially distance, members enjoyed catching up on their lives – as well as discussing the historical novel, The Personal Librarian. 

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By |November 19th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on LLAGNY Book Club returns — in person — at NYLI !

SLA Reports in … with year’s highlights, conference info… and awards

Special Library Association recently held its New York Community Annual Business Report on ZOOM. Victoria North happily introduced the new President, reviewed the year’s highlights , and presented awards…including the Dana Gordon Special Librarian of the Year Award to The New York Law Institute’s own Lucy Curci-Gonzalez !!

Check out the entire […]

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New York Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fees !!

The New York Public Library is eliminating overdue fees ! The NYPL is now the largest library to do away with late charges. San Diego, San Francisco and Chicago library systems also no longer charge patrons for overdue items.

For more on NYPL’s new policy, see link to their announcement here.

By |November 17th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New York Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fees !!

The Results are in…. AALL Executive Board Elections…

While you may be hearing a great deal from cable pundits about various state election results and what they portend, a very important time for choosing also occurred for the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)…..

Congrats — & our sincere good wishes for success! — to the the new officers & board […]

By |November 11th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Results are in…. AALL Executive Board Elections…