by Karen Oesterle, Head of Reference
The National Legal Research Teach-In, sponsored by AALL’s Research Instruction and Patron Services-Special Interest Section, is an annual campaign helping law librarians share materials and ideas for legal research instruction. These kits make it easier for librarians to get key information to the right people; each RIPS-SIS Teach-In Kit […]
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday September 23rd at 12. We will discuss Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha (also 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.
Please join us on Wednesday, September 22nd at 1:30pm EST for our first-ever virtual Jeopardy event! We’ll meet via WebEx and everyone will be assigned to teams who will play for the title of NYLI Jeopardy Champion. Winning team members will win Amazon gift cards as well as bragging rights.
Space will be limited for this event […]
by Karen Oesterle, Head of Reference
What a delight to realize that ProQuest Congressional has recently added Topic Pages for your use, 57 at this point. The list of timely and important subjects includes Artificial Intelligence, HBCUs , Net Neutrality, the Opioid Crisis, and Telehealth/ Telemedicine. Each page includes Background Reports, Viewpoints, In […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The Library of Congress is offering a webinar via Zoom on how to conduct
fashion research in the Prints & Photographs Division collections.
If your firm works with fashion and retail law, the Library
of Congress print collection along with Practising Law Institute’s Fashion
and retail law 2021 and the American Bar […]
The New York Law Institute will close at 2:00 PM on Friday, September 3rd and will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021 in observance of the Labor Day national holiday. NYLI will reopen at 9 AM on Tuesday the 7th of September.
We’re putting together another online Law Library Virtual Scavenger Hunt leading into the holiday season. With so many law librarians still working from home and spending their time increasingly online, we thought this might be a good (and fun!) diversion. We’re calling for participation from sponsors who would be interested in participating […]
By Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, Executive Director
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I often comment, with apologies to
the great Joe
Cocker, that law librarians get by with a little help from their
colleagues. Throughout the past year
and a half of pandemic, this has been proven time and […]
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday August 26th at 12. We will discuss Pride of Baghdad by Brian Vaughan (also 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.
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919. A little over a year later, on August 18, 1920, it was ratified. Seneca Falls, NY, home to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, was the site of the First Women’s Rights Convention on July 19, […]
