OLIS News and Updates Archive

The Thursday, October 15, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be canceled. The program will resume on November 19, 2026.

To review past programming, please go to

The Talking Books Library at the Office of Library & Information Services is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

If you are a new staff member and haven't heard about the free audiobooks from the RI Talking Books Library, or you would just like to hear about the ne

Model policies are now available to guide compliance with RI's Freedom to Read Act.

Check out some highlighted sessions coming from OLIS this fall. Registration is open!

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LORI Resource Sharing Working Group

Thursday, October 8 @ 2:30 pm

Wednesday September 30, 1 PM Eastern

In this workshop, we'll explore how AI works, how various types of AI tools behave differently, what to know about your privacy and security, and how to

Our next book discussion on The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes - DB 122153 will be on Tuesday, September 22 @ 2 pm.

Join Talking Books Library staff and members for a lively discussion on selected books.