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OLIS News and Updates
NLS continues to make improvements to BARD. To take advantage of these improvements, patrons’ devices must be running one of the more recent versions of the BARD software.
Listed for each of the platforms or products below is the minimum required version.
The topic for the Tuesday, October 27, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Care and Use of NLS eReaders: Troubleshooting and Other Miscellany.
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On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. eastern time, the NLS Patron Engagement Section will host a Patron Corner.
The topic for this program is Celebrating 20 Years of BARD: Part Two.
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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
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Model policies are now available to guide compliance with RI's Freedom to Read Act.
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Check out some highlighted sessions coming from OLIS this fall. Registration is open!
LORI Resource Sharing Working Group
Thursday, October 8 @ 2:30 pm
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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
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