01/19/2024 - 09:04

Proposed State Aid to Libraries Fiscal Year 2025 Announced

The Governor’s Budget for fiscal year 2025 includes level funding for State Aid to Libraries.

01/12/2024 - 14:10

NLS Music Notes Zoom Meeting

The next NLS Music Notes Zoom meeting will take place Tuesday, January 23, at 7:00 p.m. EST. 

NLS will present a pre-recorded conversation reflecting on the blog “American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: Janis Joplin,” in which Mus

01/11/2024 - 16:11

BARD Download Limit Changes

To safeguard the NLS collection from improper use, beginning Feb. 6, 2024, patrons will be allowed to download no more than 250 books and magazines in any rolling thirty day period

This includes both audio and braille titles.

01/08/2024 - 12:07

2023 Year in Review

The OLIS team saw many exciting accomplishments and transitions in 2023.

OLIS Staff Changes and Activities – Local and National

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2023 Headlines on the OLIS Website

01/03/2024 - 11:20

Rhode Island Collection New Titles

The Talking Books Library continues to build the RI Collection with the addition of 2 more titles of local interest.

41 Sign of Hope by Dave Kane (father of an 18 year old son killed in the Station Nightclub Fire in Warwick, RI)

DBC 27012

01/03/2024 - 10:01

NLS Aspiring Leaders Internship Program

The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), supported by the National Library for the Blind Endowment.

NLS offers a paid internship for individuals who are legally blind that provides the opportunity to gain work experience and explore career options work