The FY27 state budget passed by the General Assembly includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25%.
Find the Good Egg and the Bad Seed at libraries around the state between June 21 and August 21. Get stamps in your passport for chances to win a large plush and other great prizes.
View updates to library legislation introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
Resources for the Public
Service Highlights FY25
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
1,332
CE Events Registrations
152
Certified Libraries
1,715,728
Items moved through Delivery
OLIS News and Updates
Accessibility in Video Games Level 2 Access On Webinar, June 30
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom
Delivery Holiday Friday, June 19
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There is no statewide delivery on Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.
That All May eRead, June 30 (Date Correction)
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The topic for the Tuesday, June 30, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Typing Special Characters Using Your NLS eReader.
Unearth A Story, NLS Summer Reading Program 2026
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For the complete schedule of events see the link below.
Local Library Programs
June 22, 2026
➧ Do Ya Dig It? An Ancient Egyptian Adventure at Middletown Public Library (4:30 pm-5:30 pm)
➧ Teen Writing Club with special guest Cathy Johnson at Rogers Free Library (4:30 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ LED Mini Golf Group 2! at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (5:00 pm-6:00 pm)
➧ Makerspace Open Studio for Adults at Knight Memorial Library (5:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Makerspace Open Studio for Adults at Rochambeau Library (5:00 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ Workshop Equipment Training at Providence Public Library (5:30 pm-6:30 pm)
➧ From Bicentennial to 250: Preserving Rhode Island's Story at Barrington Public Library (6:00 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ Board Game Night @ St. Andrew's School at Barrington Public Library (6:00 pm-8:30 pm)
➧ Tween Manga Club at Lincoln Public Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Maker Mondays for Adults- Prism Suncatchers at Middletown Public Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Tiverton Public Library
Home to Rhode Island's first NASA Moon Tree!
34 Roosevelt Avenue
Tiverton, RI 02878