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The Office of Library and Information Services strengthens, connects, and empowers libraries to advance knowledge, connect communities, and enrich the lives of all Rhode Islanders.

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!
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.

Free Library Journal Online Courses for RI Library Staff, Applications Open
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OLIS Logo with an abstract brain over the words Continuing Ed

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.

That All May eRead, August 25
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The topic for the Tuesday, August 25, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Previewing the New Features of Version 3.1 of the NLS eReader.

Delivery Holiday - Monday, August 10, 2026
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There will be no statewide delivery for libraries on Monday, August 10 in observance Victory Day.

More news and updates

Local Library Programs

August 18, 2026

➧ PARTY FOR THE END OF SUMMER READING at South Providence Library (4:00 am-7:00 pm)
➧ Tech Help at Greenville Public Library (9:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Needlers at North Providence Union Free Library (9:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Tri-County Participant Intake/Workforce Readiness Assessment & Support at North Providence Union Free Library (9:00 am-7:30 pm)
➧ RIFLI at Pawtucket Public Library (9:30 am-12:30 pm)
➧ Sensory Play Time at Lincoln Public Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Lapsit Story Time! at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (10:00 am-10:30 am)
➧ Music and Movement at Rochambeau Library (10:00 am-10:30 am)
➧ Makerspace Open Studio for Adults at Knight Memorial Library (10:00 am-11:30 am)
➧ Scrabble at North Providence Union Free Library (10:30 am-12:00 pm)
Other local library programs

Featured Public Library

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Brownell Library

Brownell Library

Books, yard games, tools, native seeds,  and much more in a small, friendly place.

44 Commons
Little Compton, RI 02837

(401) 635-8562

Rhode Island Library Directory

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