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.

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.

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. 

Delivery is canceled on Wednesday, February 25 for all libraries. Please report any issues for Thursday using the Delivery Issues Form.

Statewide delivery service for Tuesday, February 24, has been canceled for all libraries.

Delivery is canceled for Monday, February 23 due to the snowstorm.

The topic for the February 24, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Using Your eReader with Your Android phone.

In the remaining time, we will answer any questions you have about the NLS Braille eReader.

The topic for the Thursday, February 19, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Signing Up for the My Talking Book Skill on Alexa Post-Beta.

After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about the My Talking Books skill for Alexa-enabled smart speakers.