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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 9, 2026
➧ Library Chef: Sourdough Basics: Cheesy Biscuits (Virtual Class) at Cumberland Public Library (7:30 pm-8:00 pm)
September 10, 2026
➧ Baby Bookworms Storytime at Newport Public Library (9:30 am-10:30 am)
➧ Boom! Boom! Crash! Storytime @ Central at Cranston Public Library - Central (10:00 am-10:30 am)
➧ One on One Tech Help at Weaver Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Early Years Playgroup at George Hail Free Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Movie:TBA at North Providence Union Free Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Movie: Ace of Hearts at North Providence Union Free Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Babies & Board Books at Barrington Public Library (10:00 am-10:30 am)
➧ Friends of the Newport Library at Newport Public Library (10:30 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Babies in the Fall @ William Hall at William Hall Library (10:30 am-11:00 am)
Featured Public Library
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North Providence Union Free Library
Most adults who come in remark that they used to skate and play hockey here when it was the North Providence Arena
1810 Mineral Spring Avenue
North Providence, RI 02904