There will be no delivery on Friday, April 18, 2025 in observance of Good Friday. School library delivery is suspended the week of April 14-18 for Spring Recess (except SGA).

On March 14 the White House issued an executive order to eliminate non-statutory functions of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The Kids Reading Across RI Committee is happy to announce that the work of Oge Mora has been selected to celebrate the 16th year of KRARI.

OLIS has scheduled four virtual data workshops with U.S. Census Bureau for 2025.

OLIS is pleased to announce four virtual workshops focused on using data available from U.S. Census Bureau.

RIGS welcomes applications for funding in support of purchases, digitization, or preservation of records. Deadline to apply is April 1, 2025.

Public or non-profit libraries within Rhode Island or non-profit organizations serving as repositories are welcome to apply for funding.

The RARI Programming and Education Committees have been hard at work putting together some programming opportunities for educators, librarians, and community members!

Tuesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm

The Northeast Summit on Climate Adaptation webinar on May 6th will focus on Libraries as Cooling Centers. They are seeking panelists to share their experience.

Call for Participation: Libraries as Cooling Centers

Comparable statistics reports for FY24 are now available on OLIS' website. Reports cover library services, collections, facilities, operations, and finances. Excel and PDF files.