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Passing by Nella Larsen — a Book Club Review

Works of literature are often rediscovered when they find their way to a new medium.  When Netflix adapted Nella Larsen’s 1929 classic novel Passing into a hit series for the small screen, a new generation of readers was found for this seminal yet still timely novel.  The LLAGNY Book Club became part of that new […]

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November is Native American Heritage Month — Some Related Sources @ NYLI

While Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon, has renewed interest once again in the history of the Osage people…. Did you know that….

.. the definitive history of the Osage People , is available as an eBook @ NYLI…?

You probably know that November is Native American Heritage Month….

But did […]

By |November 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on November is Native American Heritage Month — Some Related Sources @ NYLI

THANKS for GIVING… November 16th is Philanthropy Day!

While the American Thanksgiving holiday began during Colonial times and was officially established in November by President Lincoln, the spirit of giving is also part of humanity’s tradition of trying to improve society….

Tottenville Library – established by a grant from Andrew Carnegie… a well known philanthropist and library benefactor. NYPL Public Domain […]

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NY Legal Librarians — Fall Roundtable Meetup

New York Legal Librarians Fall Roundtable meetup

by Brooke Raymond

Cooley LLP’s Hudson Yards office was the meeting point of a law librarians roundtable get together on October 12, 2023 focusing on 21st century cataloguing best practices as well as showcasing the library portal as a knowledge management and information hub.  Soutron Global moderated the event […]

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For Archivists’ Month… check out my Member Chat with Sheri Sarnoff

October is American Archivists month — and to celebrate — I had a member chat interview with Sheri Sarnoff — about libraries, archives & all things historical.

Check out my article on Law Lines by clicking here….

Resources Collection Coordinator, Public Historian & Archivist… the one & only Sheri Sarnoff !

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Fall into Color Books this Autumn @ NYLI

Autumnal Splendor returns to New York… as temperature drops and sweaters replaced polos…

Autumn display by NYLI’s reference desk…. along with our new flyers & bookmarks

Fall is here.. is the Elf far behind, lol?

The colors of Fall — Gold (Commercial), Red (CPLR), and Yellow (Family Law) will fade away to Tan (Landlord […]

By |October 11th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Fall into Color Books this Autumn @ NYLI

Happy 60th B-Day to NY CPLR (& some NYLI Resources)

The 1960s were a decade of momentous change…

Including a momentous change in New York’s Civil Practice as the Civil Practice Act was completely revised to become the basis of today’s Civil Practice Law & Rules….

1962 Ch. 308…& Did you know that NYLI has all 50 State Session laws available?

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By |October 9th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy 60th B-Day to NY CPLR (& some NYLI Resources)

LLAGNY Book Club returns to discuss Nella Larsen’s novel “Passing”… here @ NYLI

LLAGNY’s Book Club returns from its Summer break to discuss Nella Larsen’s classic novel Passing….. a work that explores racial identification in ealry 20th Century Harlem…

Consider joining the discussion …

Where: The New York Law Institute

When: Tuesday, October 10th… 6 p.m.RSVP: Jill Gray at jill.gray@friedfrank.com

The house of good plays; The […]

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Ask a Stupid Question Day… 9/28/23 — Guide to observing the holiday…

“Ask a Stupid Question Day” originated in the 1980s — too many teachers observed that students were unwilling to ask questions , probably for fear of ‘losing face’ and appearing stupid….

And so as the holiday emphasizes, there are no stupid questions…

As librarians, we agree — there are no stupid questions… or seemingly easily answerable […]

By |September 27th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Ask a Stupid Question Day… 9/28/23 — Guide to observing the holiday…

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP @ NYLI for some historical research!

Davis Polk’s Legal Assistants Hannah Hudes & Luca Winters have been stopping by NYLI’s office to do a little historical research…. and we were glad to welcome these two very enthusiastic researchers….But they needed just a bit of introduction to….

Remember fiche? NYLI has ALL of the NYLJ (1888 -), historical state session laws and […]

By |September 25th, 2023|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP @ NYLI for some historical research!