The topic for the Thursday, March 19, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be More About Searching for Books in the My Talking Book Skill on Alexa.

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

Navigating Employment with Confidence: Wednesday, March 18 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET | Zoom

Gain practical strategies, learn from real-world experiences, and build confidence around your next career steps.

Carroll Tech Talk: Friday, March 20 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET | Zoom

In this Carroll Tech Talk session, Matt Philipenko, Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and accessibility specialist, will s

LORI libraries can apply for LORI Project Grants for projects from $10,000 to $27,500 and Mini Grants for projects from $2,500 to $7,500. Applications are open through 3/23.

Nearly 2000 Rhode Islanders logged over 24,000 collective days of reading this February!

For the month of February, libraries across the state challenged Rhode Islanders to read every day in the Statewide Winter Reading Challenge, and the pe

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Rhode Island Winter Reading Challenge Statistics:

Vedanta Centre Publishers in Cohasset, Massachusetts offers free downloadable print-to-braille transcriptions of books. ,

Their website focuses on making accessible the spiritual and philosophical works of Swami Paramananda (1884-1940), a prominent teacher in the Vedanta tr