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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
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!
View updates to library legislation introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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The topic for the Thursday, September 17 program will be Effective Use of the Reading History and Streaming History and What’s the Difference.
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The topic for the Tuesday, September 29, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Effective Use of the NLS eReader Dictionary.
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There is no delivery Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day.
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Register to attend this Thursday's LORI Certification Training and Q&A session.
Local Library Programs
September 10, 2026
➧ Open Tech Time @ Central at Cranston Public Library - Central (2:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Drop-In Crystal Ball Making for Teens at Pawtucket Public Library (3:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Teen Dungeons & Dragons *Register Here* at Newport Public Library (3:30 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ One on One Tech Help at Weaver Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Play Date: Sound Garden @ Auburn at Auburn Branch Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Discover Dash at Newport Public Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Cricut Maker 3: Basic Vinyl at East Smithfield Public Library (5:00 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ D&D One-Shot at Rogers Free Library (5:30 pm-7:30 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Union Branch Library
Visit Tiverton's branch library in Historic Tiverton Four Corners!
3832 Main Road
Tiverton, RI 02878