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Service Highlights FY25
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
152
Certified Libraries
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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Register to attend this Thursday's LORI Certification Training and Q&A session.
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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.
Local Library Programs
August 28, 2026
➧ Author Talk: Sylvia Epstein at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)
➧ Pathfinder for All! at West Warwick Public Library (2:00 pm-4:30 pm)
➧ Jewelry Making Open Studio at East Smithfield Public Library (3:00 pm-4:30 pm)
➧ Teen & Tween: Gaming Lounge at Newport Public Library (3:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Turtle Painting on a Clamshell! at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (3:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Spanish for Beginners! at Island Free Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Cribbage & Rummikub Game Night @ GREENE at Greene Public Library (6:00 pm-9:00 pm)
August 29, 2026
➧ LEGO Club at Newport Public Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ STEM Saturday for Kids: Noodle Building Challenge on the Riverwalk at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
Featured Public Library
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Auburn Branch Library
Did you know Auburn is the oldest library in Cranston? Check out our timeline back to 1888 in the Isabel S. Wallace Program Room.
396 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02910