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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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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 27, 2026
➧ Scrabble Club at Rogers Free Library (4:00 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ One on One Tech Help at Weaver Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Needlefelting Craft @ GREENE - CLOSED at Greene Public Library (4:00 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ Sand Ornaments at Middletown Public Library (4:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Troop 3, Narragansett Council, Scouting America Group Meeting at Middletown Public Library (5:00 pm-6:30 pm)
➧ Teen Advisory Board at Rogers Free Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ The Spotted Lanternfly in Rhode Island at Tiverton Public Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Knitting and Crochet Group at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (6:00 pm-7:45 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Pontiac Free Library
In honor of the Knight Family, who established the Library, our display includes a piece of Knight Family history!
101 Greenwich Avenue
Warwick, RI 02886