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OLIS News and Updates

The peer-reviewed journal RUSQ: A Journal of Reference and User Experience will be accepting submissions as of 1/1/2024.

The Reference and User Services Association is delighted to announce that its peer-reviewed journal RUSQ, now titled RUSQ: A Journal of Reference and Us

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RUSQ 2019 Journal Cover
Monday, December 11, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. ET.  The session will be 90 minutes and will feature the NLS Collections Division staff responsible for all phases of book selection.i

Please join us at: 

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December 14, 2023. The demonstration will show how our low-vision users can navigate without speech. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET and last for one hour.

This program will be recorded

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Digital magazine titles available online via Flipster are now discoverable in the Ocean State Libraries (OSL) catalog!

Flipster is a digital magazine service available to all Rhode Islanders through AskRI.org, the online statewide reference resource center.

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Discover the Latest Low Vision & Blindness Products at the Technology Fair

Join us for our Annual Technology Fair on Tuesday, November 21 to explore the latest technology that helps people with l

The topic for the November 9, 2023, The Many Faces of BARD program will be Using BARD Mobile for iOS without VoiceOver.

Since this presentation is specifically for low-vision users, we will be displaying the screen. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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