Dive into our Fall 2025 CE Offerings! Review the calendar for enriching courses and engaging workshops.
Learn how your team can achieve WCAG 2.1, Level AA compliance—a mandate for state and local governments—by registering for our free webinar on November 5th.
Join the free, virtual New England Teen Summit! Open to all New England library staff, it focuses on empowering teen services.
Resources for the Public
Service Highlights FY25
1,703,462
Items moved through Delivery
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
1,332
CE Events Registrations
152
Certified Libraries
OLIS News and Updates
Delivery Holiday - Monday, October 13
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There will be no LORI Delivery on Monday, October 13, 2025 in observance of Columbus Day.
Learn What iOS 26 Can Do for You
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Register for the What's New in iOS 26 boutique today! From the National Federation of the Blind Center of Excellence.
Fall 2025 LORI Delivery Item Count
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The Fall 2025 Delivery Item Count will take place from Sunday, October 26 to Saturday, November 1, 2025. Participation is required for all LORI libraries.
NLS Music Notes Webinar, October 21
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Join us for our next NLS Music Notes webinar on Tuesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. eastern time via Zoom
Local Library Programs
October 17, 2025
➧ Teen & Tween: Gaming Lounge at Newport Public Library (3:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Paint Your Pet (adults) at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (3:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Meet our Laser Machine at East Smithfield Public Library (4:00 pm-5:30 pm)
➧ After-Hours Escape Room at North Scituate Public Library (5:00 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ Glow in the Dark Halloween Mini Golf at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Teen Ghost Hunting After Hours at West Warwick Public Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Book presentation: IN A CLASS ALL THEIR OWN by Tom Verde at Island Free Library (7:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Pumpkin Decorating Party at Island Free Library (7:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Everywhere I Go: Sketchbooks from Cyrus Highsmith at Providence Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Exhibition: Echoes of the Andes: Exhibit of Ancient Peruvian Ceramics at Providence Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
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