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

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group September Online Meeting

LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday September 18th at 12:00pm. We will discuss In Search of Lost Time : Swann’s Way / Marcel Proust ; adaptation and drawings by Stéphane Heuet ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. (available at NYPL)  Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles.

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It’s Annual Budget Season! – 2026 NYLI Dues

It’s annual budget season. NYLI supports the strategy of filling content gaps and saving on costs by joining a membership library such as The New York Law Institute!  If you need your firm’s projected 2026 NYLI dues or are considering adding NYLI membership in the coming year, please contact Executive Director Lucy Curci-Gonzalez at lcurcigonzalez@nyli.org  or […]

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Navigating LLMC’s New Website

Join us for this brand-new webinar featuring an overview of the new LLMC website.  The Library of the New York Law Institute offers web-based training sessions to help you discover new resources and enhance your research with LLMC, an extensive archive of historical primary and specialized legal materials covering the U.S. federal and state […]

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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 […]

By |August 26th, 2025|News from the Field|Comments Off on A Librarian’s Playbook for Agentic AI

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.

By |July 16th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYLI Newsletter Summer 2025

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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