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State of Rhode Island, Office of Library & Information Services , An agency of the Department of Administration

OLIS News and Updates

Attention, directors! LORI Certification closes Monday, Sept. 15 for academic, public and special libraries and Tuesday, Sept. 30 for school libraries.
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OLIS has scheduled two virtual data workshops with U.S. Census Bureau for the fall.

OLIS is pleased to announce two virtual workshops focused on using data available from U.S. Census Bureau.

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The topic for the Thursday, September 18, 2025, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Everyday Use Examples for My Talking Books, Part 2.

After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about the My Talking Books skill for Alexa-enabled smart speakers.

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Join NFB-RI for our 55th year of connecting with our community, learning new skills, and empowering one another to live the lives we want.

When: Friday October 3rd and Saturday, October 4th, 2025

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI

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Join NYPL on October 18 and October 19 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (or virtually via Zoom) for The New York Public Library’s Accessible Technology Conference 2025.

Join us Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Li

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The topic for the Thursday, September 11, 2025, Many Faces of BARD program will be BARD 2.0: Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Experience.

The program will begin with a presentation, followed by questions about the presentation or anything else relating to BARD.

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Attention, directors! The submission deadline closes Sunday, September 15 for academic, public and special libraries and September 30 for school libraries.
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The Office of Library and Information Services is offering book sets of RI Children Book Award nominees to school libraries.
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