Ellyssa

About Ellyssa

Ellyssa Valenti Kroski is the Director of Innovation & Engagement at the New York Law Institute as well as an award-winning editor and author of 77 books including Law Librarianship in the Age of AI for which she won the AALL's 2020 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award. She is a librarian, an adjunct faculty member at Drexel and San Jose State Universities, and an international conference speaker. She received the 2017 Library Hi Tech Award from the ALA/LITA for her long-term contributions in the area of Library and Information Science technology and its application. She can be found at: http://www.amazon.com/author/ellyssa

NYLI closes early Fri 8/29 and will be closed Labor Day Mon 9/1

The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 29th and will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 2nd of September.

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A Librarian’s Playbook for Agentic AI

Last week, I built an AI agent that will automate the creation and marketing of events in my library.  Each month we run instructional webinar events for our members and setting these up every month is a time-consuming process with many moving parts and a lot of room for human error.  With this new […]

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AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management

Fast Company’s Faisal Hoque writes about AI and the death (and rebirth) of middle management: Inside the fall and rise of ‘unbossing.’.

“…AI could lead to a “white-collar massacre” if companies fail to adapt thoughtfully”

Read more here.

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New Law Librarianship Book Highlights Thought Leadership from NYLI

We’re proud to share that Law Librarianship Practice: Challenges and Opportunities in Law Firm, Government, and Academic Law Libraries, a groundbreaking new volume on the evolving roles and responsibilities of law librarians, features contributions from two of NYLI’s own. Edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, the book brings together […]

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NYLI Newsletter Summer 2025

Our latest NYLI Newsletter is now available to read in your browser! Access it here.

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Law Librarianship Practice book edited by NYLI’s Director of Innovation

This ground-breaking new legal librarianship book edited by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, serves as an invaluable resource for practicing law librarians who want to be at the forefront of information technology and law libraries. The book is slated for publication in mid-July.

“Law Librarianship Practice, edited by Ellyssa Kroski, […]

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NYLI Closing for 4th of July

NYLI will close at 2pm on Thursday July 3rd and all day Friday July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open on Monday, July 7th at 9 am.

Happy 4th of July!!!

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Printing & Emailing from the new LLMC Website

LLMC-Digital has launched an extensive upgrade to their website recently and many of our members have had questions as to how to navigate to the printing and emailing functions. Here are two short tutorials on exactly how to do that. In a nutshell, you’ll need to set up an account with LLMC once you’ve […]

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NYLI will close for Juneteenth

NYLI will be closed on Thursday, June 19th, 2025 in celebration of Juneteenth.

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Legal Research for Beginners Webinar

NYLI’s Director of Innovation & Engagement, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski will be presenting the following webinar with special guest NYLI’s Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez:

Learn about the process of legal research in this beginner webinar on law librarianship. This informative session will discuss where to find the law including primary sources such as constitutions, statutes, court […]

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