Like Scrooge in Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” The New York Law Institute is being haunted by ghosts this Holiday season…. Spirits from the Research Past, Present, and even Future have made their presence known at our 9th floor location at 120 Broadway….
NYLI’s “Equitable” doorknob, historical & seasonally decorated –but not ghost-proof!
Ghost of Research Past came in the form of an Elf, who wandered NYLI’s extensive superseded and historic collections and began to communicate with the O’Conor Bust….
Ghosts of Research Future…. invisible in a yellow haze…. puzzling us as to what the future will bring….
And what of the Ghost of Research Future? Although we couldn’t see the Ghost, the spirits moaned out AAAA IIIII over & over…. and that led us to NYLI’s AI webinars that bring the future into the present ……
The entire NYLI staff gained kinetic energy from these ghostly visits, and look forward to providing even greater research services to our members in 2026. From all of us at NYLI (past, present, ghost or otherwise) –Sincere Best wishes for a Happy Hanukah, Merry Christmas, Joyous Kwanzaa and a healthy and prosperous New Year !!
, But what would any library be without librarians…. Brooke Raymond, Emily Moog, James T. Brady & Lucy Curci-Gonzalez wishing you a Happy Library Week!
“Steamboat Willie” will be joining the original image of Batman and Wanda Gag’s Millions of Cats (considered America’s first picture book!) in the class of 2024 pop images entering into Public Domain… “Graduation” (aka Public Domain) Day is January 1, 2024… But, be careful…. it’s not ALL images of THE Mouse… or of the Bat…
The written word, images, music and film all exit the world of copyright and enter into public domain….. This Public Domain Day (1.1.2025), we’ve got some interesting graduates entering into the latest class of public domain works of art…. Virginia Woolf’s seminal feminist essay “A Room of One’s Own,”as well as Hemingway’s war novel “A…
But, as with a lot of Southern tradition, there is a great deal of lore – and some would say – contention! Par Exemple! Alabama has longed claimed to be the birthplace with the 1703 impromptu celebrations initiated by French soldiers. New Orleans claims their earliest Mardi Gras took place in 1699, when French explorers…
April means showers, a fool or two, taxes due, Poetry Month & Library Week… And, once again, it’s the month The New York Law Institute runs a contest…. Submit your favorite library memory – it could be anything from your first trip to get a card, first library job, or a more recent recollection… Please…
