Governor's Proposed State Aid to Libraries
The governor continues support of public libraries, the state’s libraries, and the state library agency in the 2011 Proposed Budget, which includes level funding aid to libraries.

E-rate Reminder: Deadline for filing Form 471 is Thursday, February 11, 2010
All but Central Falls have the same E-rate discount rate as last year. Discounts are based on most recent school lunch figures from the RI Dept. of Education.

Mock Results
This month a group of children's services librarians, school library media specialists and teachers selected winners for RI's mock version of the Newbery and Caldecott awards. The national winners were selected Jan 18 - see how RI librarians results stack up!

Legislative Updates 2010
Information about legislative actions during the 2010 session of the RI General Assembly that impact libraries will be posted on the OLIS website as it becomes available.

2010 LORI Certification and Annual Update
OLIS is accepting LORI membership renewal and new application January 15 through March 15, 2010.

OLIS Continuing Education: Winter 2010
OLIS offers over 500 online courses via WebJunction RI - members can take these courses at no cost. The Winter CE session also features several youth services meetings and RELAIS ILL training.

2009 Public Library Survey Data
Raw data, including salary information, collected through the 2009 Annual Report Survey for Rhode Island Public Libraries is now available.

Relais ILL Resources
Forms, contact information and other resources for the new LORI ILL system.