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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

CE Events Registrations

OLIS News and Updates

Library Journal and School Library Journal Courses – Fall 2026

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.

FY27 State Aid to Libraries

The FY27 state budget passed by the General Assembly includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25%.

Summer Reading Scavenger Hunt

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!

August 24, 2026

LORI Certification Virtual Training Session #2 August 27

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Register to attend this Thursday's LORI Certification Training and Q&A session.

August 19, 2026

Design with Screen Readers In Mind, August 25 (Virtual Zoom)

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Design with Screen Readers in Mind Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.

August 17, 2026

Many Faces of BARD, September 3

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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.

August 13, 2026

Free Library Journal Online Courses for RI Library Staff, Applications Open

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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.

More news and updates

Local Library Programs

August 30, 2026

➧ Adult Grab & Go Craft: Mini Rock Cactus Garden at Cumberland Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)

➧ Take and Make Crafts at Newport Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)

August 31, 2026

➧ Summer Reading Program Ends (Adults) at Coventry Public Library (9:00 am-8:00 pm)

➧ Monday Morning Yoga at Barrington Public Library (9:30 am-10:30 am)

➧ Rusty Pens Writing & Storytelling Workshop at Jamestown Philomenian Library (10:30 am-11:30 am)

➧ Baby Time at George Hail Free Library (10:30 am-11:00 am)

➧ Drop-in Tech at Fuller Creative Learning Center (10:30 am-11:30 am)

➧ Knitting Group at Brownell Library (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)

➧ Knit & Crochet Group @ Auburn at Auburn Branch Library (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)

➧ Makerspace Appointments at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-4:00 pm)

Other local library programs

Featured Public Library

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Weaver Library

Do you love plants? Grow your collection with our ongoing plant swap! Also check out the StoryWalk® on our lawn, as well as our Beech tree and Gingko tree, both recognized as “Champions” by the RI Tree Council.

41 Grove Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914

(401) 434-2453

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