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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
Delivery Item Count will take place October 18-24. Participation and reporting is required for all LORI libraries. The item count reporting form opens for submissions on Sunday, October 25 and closes Tuesday, November 10.
"Web Accessibility for Librarians," and "America at 250: A Census Data Journey Through Time" are among the CE courses we offer for Fall 2026. Register today!
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Check out some highlighted sessions coming from OLIS this fall. Registration is open!
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Our next book discussion on The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes - DB 122153 will be on Tuesday, September 22 @ 2 pm.
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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.
Local Library Programs
September 30, 2026
➧ American Mahjong Open Play @ Auburn at Auburn Branch Library (1:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ Writing Workshop with Prof Shuster at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ American Mahjong Open Play @ Auburn at Auburn Branch Library (1:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ Memory Cafe at Rogers Free Library (1:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ Teen Program -- Take a hike! at Cumberland Public Library (2:00 pm-3:00 pm)
➧ Charles Whipple Greene Museum Open at George Hail Free Library (2:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Teen D&D: Adventurer's Guild of Crowmire at Fuller Creative Learning Center (2:00 pm-4:00 pm)
➧ Teen Hangout: LIMBO: A Teen space between school and home at Weaver Library (2:30 pm-4:45 pm)
➧ West Warwick Farmers Market at West Warwick Public Library (3:00 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ Teen Zine Workshop at Newport Public Library (3:30 pm-5:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Lincoln Public Library
The Lincoln Public Library takes pride in our new fiction collection. Your certain to find something to read.
145 Old River Road
Lincoln, RI 02865