State Aid to Libraries

The State of Rhode Island provides financial support ("grant-in-aid") to libraries in accordance with RIGL 29-6. About state aid to libraries. Check current payments of state library aid to municipalities by visiting RIPAY, the RI Payment Information website.

• Public Library Construction Reimbursement
  Current Payments | Construction Program Information
• Public Library Grant-in-Aid
  Current (2008) | Proposed (2009) | Five Year History
• Institutional Library Grant-in-Aid
• Statewide Reference Resource Center (SRRC)

Federal Funds

• E-rate Funding: Telecommunications Funding for Libraries and Schools
• LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) Sub Grants
  LORI and Library Adult Literacy Grants are provided as sub grants of the annual federal grant awarded to the Office of Library and Information Servicers (Rhode Island's State Library Agency) through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Other Grants

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Grants administered by OLIS to support Public Access Computing in Public Libraries