Monthly Archives: February 2022

LLAGNY Book Club March 2022 meeting at NYLI

LLAGNY BOOK CLUB MARCH DISCUSSION

Thursday March 3rd, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

The LLAGNY Book Club will be meeting to discuss The Midnight Library by Matt Haig on Thursday, March 3rd from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The discussion will take place at the New York Law Institute.
Please RSVP to Jill Gray

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Pioneering African-American Librarians

February is Black History Month & great librarians are also always a cause for celebration, so here’s a quick list of Pioneering African-American librarians. …

Edward C. Williams was America’s first professionally trained African-American Librarian. He served for many years as Howard University’s Head librarian and also chaired its Romance Languages […]

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NYLI ProQuest Congressional Webinar

February 23rd @ 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 United […]

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NYLI Closed for President’s Day

The New York Law Institute will be closed on Monday, February 21, 2022 in observance of the Presidents’ Day national holiday and will reopen on Tuesday, February 22nd at 9:00 AM.

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LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group February Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday February 24th at 12. We will discuss Stone Fruit. (available at NYPL).  Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the meeting.

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For Valentine’s Day: Love & Marriage..& Some NYLI Resources

While St. Valentine’s Day has it origins in both pagan and religious celebrations, love’s end goal of marriage has quite a few legal ramifications beyond the candied hearts and Hallmark cards exchanged on February 14th….

For some legal resources on the marriage contract, check out these sources available at NYLI:

For N.Y. […]

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This Presidents’ Day….The Oval Office is yours at The NY Historical Society!

Looking to inspire a future President? Need a Photo-Op for your Facebook Presidents’ Day posting? Want to view artifacts from many of the occupants of the Executive Office?

Then it’s time for you to check out the N.Y. Historical Society’s ongoing exhibit – “Meet the Presidents and the Oval Office”.

This Presidents’ Day, consider […]

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Questions about Federal Holidays?…. FDLP has the Answers !

What was the first Federal Holiday? And the latest? Are banks & businesses required to be closed? And what’s the story regarding those quirky state holidays ?

On February 9th, our colleague Jane Canfield will host an FDLP Academy webinar titled The 11 Federal Holidays that should […]

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LC webinar – Finding Pictures: African-Americans in the Military

Photographs not only preserve but bring alive the past in ways that words cannot. Consider learning more about accessing Library of Congress photographs of African-Americans in the military by attending their webinar… held twice this February…..

Tuesday, February 8th @ noon EST– click here to register !and again on..Wednesday, February 16th @ 3 p.m. […]

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