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Congrats to all who passed the July 2021 NYS Bar Exam !!

SAT’s, then College, LSAT’s, Law School…. and finally… the Bar Exam! After a marathon of studying, you’ve done it !! You passed the New York State Bar Exam !Check out the list … of all who passed the 2021 NY State Bar Exam!!

As you begin your career… consider a free […]

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Everything you want to know about Voting… and should be asking !! — 10 Really Useful Websites

Fair Elections Center – state specific guides, election reform sources, vote by mail guides Can I Vote? Nat’l Assoc. of the Secretaries of State provides voter registration,  absentee forms, valid forms of ID. […]

By |October 29th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Everything you want to know about Voting… and should be asking !! — 10 Really Useful Websites

Back to School — now October — Best Webinar Sites for Librarians….

Leaves are beginning to color, there is a nip in the air… and students are back to class….

Leaving Summer behind, Autumn’s cooler weather beckons us into a more serious season. As we don our sweaters, perhaps we librarians also wish to go “back to school” with a webinar or two. […]

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Happy Halloween ! 20 Librarian Themed Costumes

This Halloween — consider celebrating your creativity AND highlighting librarianship with one of these costumes! You may have to explain the character you represent – but what better way to sell the librarian profession to the public.

Here’s the list –from film, Broadway, T.V., comics.. and of course, from real life…

20. Ben […]

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From Coltrane to Winnie the Pooh… & the Bill of Rights too!!

The New York Public Library is one of our great city’s greatest treasures.

Not content to be one of the most comprehensive lending libraries in the world, the Fifth Avenue building with the lions has also served as a museum — presenting such varied exhibits as A Dickens Christmas, Crusader: Martin […]

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Billie or Billy?….Fifth or 5th? Ingrid Mattson reveals research secrets and stumbling blocks

Ingrid Mattson, winner of the AALL short form division award, recently presented a program on her research secrets and struggles as she tried to definitively prove that Billie Holiday recorded at 55 Fifth Avenue . Ingrid is currently the Associate Dean for Library Services at Cardozo L.S. and, we are proud to say, […]

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Labor Day… More than just a Monday off…

Official end of Summer…Last of the Barbecues…Closing of most beaches & public pools…Another opportunity for bargains at a Labor Day Sale…And, at least from my childhood experience, the dreaded return to school.

But the origins of Labor Day Holiday tells us that it is much more than a Monday off.

Nutshells –both in […]

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Cracking the law open…one Nutshell at a time!!

Crack the law open with one of West’s Nutshells available with NYLI membership. Lawyers, librarians & paralegals — get to know new areas of law by borrowing eBooks or print Nutshells on over a hundred topics including…

Constitutional Law

Estate Law

Legal Research

Mergers & Acquisitions

And just where in heck did the term “nutshell” originate??

Check out the […]

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Former NYLI Intern Ingrid Mattson Wins AALL Award !!

Ingrid Mattson, former NYLI intern and current Associate Dean of Library Services at Cardozo Law School, won a AALL award for her paper “Billie Holiday’s Legacy walks the Halls of 55 Fifth Avenue”.

Of her research, Ingrid enthusiastically shares finding out about the musical greats who recorded at the site where Cardozo […]

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AALL presents “The Future of Library Collections”.. with a Shout Out to NYLI!

What materials are essential? How can information be made more accessible? How do we know what our patrons need? How can we foster better communication ? How do we develop a budget strategy so that it is our story?

AALL Conference once again allows us to learn from our colleagues — those in […]

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