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Resources for the Public
Service Highlights FY25
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
152
Certified Libraries
1,332
CE Events Registrations
1,703,462
Items moved through Delivery
OLIS News and Updates
NLS Music Notes Webinar, October 21
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Join us for our next NLS Music Notes webinar on Tuesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. eastern time via Zoom
That All May eRead, September 30
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The topic for the Tuesday, September 30, 2025, That All May eRead online program will be NLS eReader Searching: Tips and Tricks.
Resource Sharing LORI Certification Submission Deadline
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Attention, directors! LORI Certification closes Monday, Sept. 15 for academic, public and special libraries and Tuesday, Sept. 30 for school libraries.
Upcoming Data Workshops with U.S. Census Bureau
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OLIS has scheduled two virtual data workshops with U.S. Census Bureau for the fall.
Local Library Programs
September 23, 2025
➧ Town of Burrillville Redevelopment Agency at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (7:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ SURJ at Pawtucket Public Library (7:00 pm-8:30 pm)
➧ Exhibition: Echoes of the Andes: Exhibit of Ancient Peruvian Ceramics at Providence Public Library (8:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Five Hundred Year Old Vampire at West Warwick Public Library (8:00 pm-9:00 pm)
September 24, 2025
➧ Toddler Storytime with Miss Erin - 1st Fall Session at Rogers Free Library (9:30 am-10:20 am)
➧ Drop-in Baby & Toddler Playtime at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (9:30 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Book Club for Adults at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Toddler/Preschool Storytime at Weaver Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Fall Storytime Begins @ GREENE at Greene Public Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Baby Laptime at Lincoln Public Library (10:00 am-10:30 am)
Featured Public Library
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Warwick Public Library - Central
Visit our pet tarantula, Miss Junie, upstairs in the Children's Room.
600 Sandy Lane
Warwick, RI 02886