Official State of Rhode Island website

  • Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes
  • Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size
  • Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size
State of Rhode Island, Office of Library & Information Services , An agency of the Department of Administration

OLIS News and Updates

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

Image
OLIS Logo
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.

Image
OLIS Logo
Attention, directors! The submission deadline closes Sunday, September 15 for academic, public and special libraries and September 30 for school libraries.
Image
OLIS Logo with a network of circles over the words Resource Sharing
The Office of Library and Information Services is offering book sets of RI Children Book Award nominees to school libraries.
Image
OLIS Logo with a stack of books over the words Reading Programs
The Patron Engagement Section is offering a new program to assist patrons using the new BARD 2.0 website.

BARD 2.0 Office Hours will be held each Tuesday night from 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., starting September 16, 2025, and ending November 25, 2025.

Image
OLIS Logo
The Tuesday, August 26, That All May eRead online program will be NLS eReader Settings.

We open the program with a brief presentation and demonstration and then we will answer your questions about the Zoomax and HumanWare Braille eReaders f

Image
OLIS Logo