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Service Highlights FY25
1,332
CE Events Registrations
152
Certified Libraries
1,715,728
Items moved through Delivery
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
OLIS News and Updates
All May eRead online program is canceled, April 28
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The April 28, 2026, That All May eRead online program is canceled. We will resume our regular schedule for this program on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker: Alexa - April 16
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The Thursday, April 16, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be an open forum.
The Many Faces of BARD, April 9
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The topic for the Thursday, April 9, 2026, Many Faces of BARD program will be BARD Mobile for Android.
VoiceOver for iOS Discussion Group (virtual)
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Offered by the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York. Free
Local Library Programs
April 18, 2026
➧ Lisa Starr Poetry Reading at Island Free Library (7:30 pm-8:30 pm)
➧ Exhibition: Echoes of the Andes: Exhibit of Ancient Peruvian Ceramics at Providence Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ April Storywalk at Weaver Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ National Library Week: Find Your Joy! at West Warwick Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ THE SHANTYMEN! at Island Free Library (8:45 pm-9:45 pm)
April 19, 2026
➧ National Library Week Documentary Film: The Librarians at Barrington Public Library (1:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ Sunday Hours @ Central at Cranston Public Library - Central (1:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Scrabble Sundays at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Coffee Meet Up ODDFELLOWS at Island Free Library (1:00 pm-2:00 am)
➧ National Library Week - Right To Read Day at Lincoln Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Pawtucket Public Library
The library is the home of the Elizabeth J. Johnson Pawtucket History Research Collection. The source for information about the history of Pawtucket. Checkout our website.
13 Summer Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860