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State of Rhode Island, Office of Library & Information Services , An agency of the Department of Administration

OLIS News and Updates

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

Statistics from the Rhode Island Winter Reading Challenge.

Rhode Island Winter Reading Challenge Statistics:

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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

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Voting for the 2026 RI Children's Book Award is March 2 - May 1. Beginning March 2, schools and libraries may submit their voting results using the online form.
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The topic for the Thursday, March 12, 2026, Many Faces of BARD program will be Automatic Downloading on the DA2.

After a presentation and demonstration, we will take your questions about all things BARD for the remainder of the hour.

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OLIS is once again running the Summer Reading Mini-Grant Program for interested public libraries, excluding those that have been selected for the Summer Reading Pilot Program. 
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Delivery is canceled on Wednesday, February 25 for all libraries. Please report any issues for Thursday using the Delivery Issues Form.
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Statewide delivery service for Tuesday, February 24, has been canceled for all libraries.
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Delivery is canceled for Monday, February 23 due to the snowstorm.
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