It’s been a long time since newspapers were hawked on the streets of New York, but you can get articles free from these websites:
New York Historic Newspapers Colonial times – recent. Allows you to search by county, city, or newspaper and date ranges to narrow!New York Public Library With a NYPL card, […]
Official end of Summer…Last of the Barbecues…Closing of most beaches & public pools…Another opportunity for bargains at a Labor Day Sale…And, at least from my childhood experience, the dreaded return to school.
But the origins of Labor Day Holiday tells us that it is much more than a Monday off.
Nutshells –both in […]
Crack the law open with one of West’s Nutshells available with NYLI membership. Lawyers, librarians & paralegals — get to know new areas of law by borrowing eBooks or print Nutshells on over a hundred topics including…
Constitutional Law
Estate Law
Legal Research
Mergers & Acquisitions
And just where in heck did the term “nutshell” originate??
Check out the […]
Ingrid Mattson, former NYLI intern and current Associate Dean of Library Services at Cardozo Law School, won a AALL award for her paper “Billie Holiday’s Legacy walks the Halls of 55 Fifth Avenue”.
Of her research, Ingrid enthusiastically shares finding out about the musical greats who recorded at the site where Cardozo […]
What materials are essential? How can information be made more accessible? How do we know what our patrons need? How can we foster better communication ? How do we develop a budget strategy so that it is our story?
AALL Conference once again allows us to learn from our colleagues — those in […]
Thanks to Lin-Manuel’s musical, Alexander Hamilton is again known for so much more than the face of the ten-dollar bill….
eBook @ NYLI Author claims Eliza Jumel was one of Alexander Hamilton’s extramarital flings!!
But did you know that Alexander Hamilton Jr. was Madame Jumel’s attorney in her divorce suit against aging husband Aaron Burr? […]
Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, The New York Law Institute’s very own Executive Director, has been nominated to receive Special Library Association’s New York Community’s Dana Gordon Special Librarian of the Year Award. The award recognizes a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the shared purpose and goals of the library profession.
A past member […]
Technology moves fast but librarians are moving faster . Our profession is adopting the new realities – Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed – to provide gaming, exhibits, tours, immersive experiences and STEM education programs for our patrons.
And NYLI’s Director of IT & Marketing Ellyssa Valenti Kroski has once again captured librarians’ creativity […]
The New York Mayoral Primary wasn’t the only
important election this June….
The New
York Law Institute is proud to announce:
Paul Michalski, Hon. Elizabeth Stong and David Rein were
elected to three-year terms for Board of Directors for
the class of 2024.
The following individuals were elected
officers of NYLI: Stewart
Wurtzel – Chair; Hon.
Elizabeth Stong – Treasurer; Anthony Amabile – Secretary. Mr.
Wurtzel is our first chair from a smaller […]
The classic love triangle of Beecher, his best friend Tilton and Tilton’s wife Elizabeth pushed post-Civil War issues of reconstruction off the front pages for almost three years.
NYLI’s Evarts Medallion!
New York Times (February 5, 1875)
A storied New England family of authors, preachers and social reformers would be divided. And some […]
