The 2025 Kids Reading Across Rhode Island program officially launched on June 14 with a kickoff event at the William Hall Library.

The FY26 enacted budget includes full funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25% of local appropriations and expenditures.

The RI Emergency Management Agency announces cooling centers in local communities.

NLS is releasing version 4.0 of BARD Express this week.

This release is light on new front-facing features; however, it is considered a major release because the program has been converted to a 64-bit program

Join Associate Professor Crystal Greene for this interactive event to empower families and educators who support individuals with vision impairments, including Cortical Vision.

Friday, June 20, 12 noon - 1 pm

Panelists include:

The topic for the Thursday, June 12, Many Faces of BARD online program will be the BARD 2.0 website, which all NLS patrons will begin using this summer.

NLS staff will demonstrate some of the highlights of the new website, including improved search capabilities.