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$14,088,248
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152
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1,715,728
Items moved through Delivery
1,332
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OLIS News and Updates
Library staff are invited to apply to attend select courses this fall, sponsored in full by OLIS. Course offerings are live and applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
The FY27 state budget passed by the General Assembly includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25%.
Did you find the Good Egg and Bad Seed at libraries this summer? Be sure to submit your raffle entries online by September 7 to be included in the drawing for your own Good Egg/Bad Seed plushie!
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Design with Screen Readers in Mind Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.
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Due to the Biennial National Conference, the Many Faces of BARD program will be held on September 3, which is the first Thursday of the month.
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OLIS to provide free registration to library staff, all levels and library type, to select Library Journal and School Library Journal courses in Fall 2026.
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The topic for the Tuesday, August 25, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Previewing the New Features of Version 3.1 of the NLS eReader.
Local Library Programs
August 19, 2026
➧ Summer Innovation Lab Demos: Sewing a Tote Bag at West Warwick Public Library (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Author Talk: James Sullivan & The Bristol Bombers at Rogers Free Library (6:00 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ Bingocize! at Riverside Branch Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ MPL Building Committee Meeting at Middletown Public Library (6:00 pm-7:45 pm)
➧ The Books That Grew Us- A Multimedia Project at George Hail Free Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Books on Main at George Hail Free Library (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Dungeons & Dragons: New 5e Campaign at West Warwick Public Library (6:00 pm-8:30 pm)
➧ Pajama Story Time at East Smithfield Public Library (6:00 pm-6:30 pm)
➧ Book Group at Tiverton Public Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Summer Night Pajama Storytime for Kids (Drop-in style) at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (6:00 pm-6:30 pm)
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