Monthly Archives: March 2017

Librarians in Power

Greg Lambert of 3 Geeks and a Law Blog wrote a piece on the importance of leadership in the library. Librarians know the resources, capabilities, and needs of their libraries unlike anyone else. So why not put them in control? The library under the command of a c-level librarian leads to positive change. He […]

By |March 29th, 2017|News from the Field|Comments Off on Librarians in Power

NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

March 29th @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
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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 United […]

By |March 27th, 2017|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

Adaptability is Everything

It’s already old news that tech innovation leads to rapid change, but how to deal with it is perhaps something we’re all still working on. Over at My Shingle, Carolyn Elefant wrote up a blog post on solos’ (and everyone else’s) need to embrace new knowledge. She gives some great examples of how growth […]

By |March 22nd, 2017|News from the Field|Comments Off on Adaptability is Everything

NYLI Services New Staff Orientation Webinar

The New York Law Institute now offers members a variety of resources and services including 2 eBooks collections providing access to over 100,000 eBook titles.

We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises.  We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as Proquest […]

By |March 20th, 2017|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Services New Staff Orientation Webinar

NYLI Board Member to Speak at St John’s Library School

NYLI Board member and author of the popular blog Dewey B Strategic Jean O’Grady will give the William A. Gillard Lecture at her alma mater, St. John’s University Division of Library and Information Science. “Has the Librarian-ship Sailed? Redefining the Profession in a Post-Google World” will address the dramatic impact of intelligent machines on […]

By |March 15th, 2017|Announcements, News from the Field|Comments Off on NYLI Board Member to Speak at St John’s Library School

NYLI Will Close Tomorrow

The New York Law Institute library will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, due to severe weather of heavy snow and blizzard conditions predicted for the New York City area.
NYLI cannot fulfill book loan and document delivery requests tomorrow and late fees for Tuesday, March 14, 2017 will be waived.
Weather permitting, NYLI will […]

By |March 13th, 2017|Announcements|Comments Off on NYLI Will Close Tomorrow

New Book from NYLI’s Director of IT

On March 1st, NYLI’s Director of IT Ellyssa Kroski published a new book with the American Library Association titled The Makerspace Librarian’s Sourcebook which aims to be an essential all-in-one guidebook to the maker realm written specifically for librarians.  It will inspire readers through practical projects that they can implement in their libraries right now. […]

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Is Virtual Reality Ready for Business Use?

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Joseph Raczynski, Manager, Techical Client Management, Thomson Reuters writes about VR for business in the January issue of Practice Innovations.
“VR is a slice of sci-fi we have been anticipating for decades. Incubating in a state of inertia, it has been waiting to leverage the Trinity of Forces to rise. Widely […]

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