Monthly Archives: December 2016

Happy New Year!

Our best wishes for the new year!!  The New York Law Institute will close at 3pm on Friday, December 30th and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd at 8:30 am.

By |December 28th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays! NYLI Closing Early

NYLI’s Holiday Book Tree!
Our best wishes for the holiday season everyone!!  The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, December 26th and will reopen on Tuesday, December 27th at 8:30 am.

By |December 21st, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on Happy Holidays! NYLI Closing Early

Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Presentation

Last month Yael Mandelstam of Fordham University Law Library and Joni Cassidy of Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc. gave a lunchtime presentation at the New York Law Institute on Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger which answered the following questions:

Wondering what the new elements in RDA catalog records look like?
How do you decide if an item is a multi-volume monograph, […]

By |December 19th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Presentation

Dewey B Strategic Blog Honored

The ABA Journal gave Dewey B Strategic double honors this year.  The blog, created by law librarian, and NYLI Board member, Jean P. O’Grady, was nominated to the 2016 Blawg 100 list and inducted to the Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. The nomination is clearly well-deserved.

Read the full article here

By |December 14th, 2016|News from the Field|Comments Off on Dewey B Strategic Blog Honored

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

December 14th @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
Optimize your federal legislative history research with ProQuest Congressional
The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with Proquest Congressional, the premier electronic service for access to the activities and publications of the […]

By |December 12th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

NYLI Board Member Stacy Kanter Honored by New York Law Journal

NYLI Board Member Stacy Kanter (Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom), has been honored as one of the “Top Women on the Law 2016” by the New York Law Journal.

As co-head of Skadden’s corporate finance practice, Stacy Kanter is a “go-to” attorney for companies and investment banks. In less than two years, her personal […]

By |December 7th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Board Member Stacy Kanter Honored by New York Law Journal

NYLI OverDrive Collection Webinar

December 7th 1:30-2:00 pm EST

The New York Law Institute now offers members direct free access to a collection of over 500 eBooks from major legal publishers Matthew Bender and the ABA through their new OverDrive Collection.  This collection also includes 116 West Academic Nutshells eBooks.

Join Research Librarian Karen Oesterle to learn more about this exciting […]

By |December 5th, 2016|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI OverDrive Collection Webinar