The FY27 state budget passed by the General Assembly includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25%.
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Resources for the Public
Service Highlights FY25
152
Certified Libraries
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
1,332
CE Events Registrations
1,715,728
Items moved through Delivery
OLIS News and Updates
Accessibility in Video Games Level 2 Access On Webinar, June 30
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom
Delivery Holiday Friday, June 19
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There is no statewide delivery on Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
That All May eRead, June 30 (Date Correction)
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The topic for the Tuesday, June 30, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Typing Special Characters Using Your NLS eReader.
Unearth A Story, NLS Summer Reading Program 2026
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For the complete schedule of events see the link below.
Local Library Programs
June 26, 2026
➧ Needlepoint Drop In at Brownell Library (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)
➧ Teen Program -- Summer Kickoff Event: Outside Game Day at Cumberland Public Library (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)
➧ Makerspace Appointments at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Container Gardening with URI Master Gardeners at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)
➧ Summer Reading Kickoff with the Party Pigs at North Scituate Public Library (1:00 pm-2:30 pm)
➧ Makerspace Appointments at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Sidewalk Love! at Wanskuck Library (1:00 pm-2:30 pm)
➧ Makerspace Appointments at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Makerspace Open Studio for Adults at Rochambeau Library (1:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Story Swim at Safe Splash Swim School at West Warwick Public Library (1:30 pm-3:30 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Tiverton Public Library
Home to Rhode Island's first NASA Moon Tree!
34 Roosevelt Avenue
Tiverton, RI 02878