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, […]
Interested in creating a digital scavenger hunt for your library? Here’s a video walkthrough of how you can do just that.
As a court case makes its way through the legal system, it generates an extensive paper trail. For a case that goes up on appeal, the briefs are the written arguments filed by the parties before the appellate court judge. The record is its associated paperwork, such as the original complaint or summons, the […]
by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian
Some of us are getting ready to return to the office in the
next few months. Some of us look forward to the social interaction, while
others dread the commute and lack of flexibility. The New Yorker has an
excellent article by Cal Newport, How
to Achieve Sustainable Remote Work. The article speaks […]
July was a jam-packed month of law library and technology stories. Check out some of these posts, articles, and reports you may have missed last month!
Marketplace Report: ” It Checks Out — Libraries are an “Investment That’s Well Worth It” | InfoDocketEveryone in Your Organization Needs to Understand AI Ethics | Harvard Business […]
Pictured above: Library Assistant Pheobe Hurtte
By Karen
Oesterle, Head of Reference
NYLI’s been open for our members, filing supplements and lending books, throughout the pandemic.
We are in the library every day!!
Are your books now out of date?Is your filing out of control, with months of backlog?Does returning to the office mean your print collection is not […]
NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing, Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, partnered with SJSU and Library 2.0 to organize a free virtual mini conference titled Reinventing Libraries for a Post-COVID World which took place on Thursday, June 17th, 2021.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians have been faced with all manner of challenges as […]
by Karen Oesterle, Head of Reference
NYLI recently received a very generous donation from the New York County Lawyers Association. We are thrilled to have acquired 190 boxes of New York Court of Appeals Points and Cases volumes going back to 1920. Now known as Records and Briefs, these historical volumes include a wonderful […]
LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday July 29th at 12. We will discuss Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks (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.
Compiled by Eileen Dolan, Technical Services Librarian and Ellyssa Valenti Kroski, Director of IT & Marketing.
At The New York Law Institute we provide two expansive eBook collections for remote access by our members; our OverDrive eBook collection consisting of over 100 Matthew Bender titles, nearly 200 ABA titles and the complete West Academic Nutshell […]
