Seventeen applications for subsidies to attend the Public Library Association Annual Meeting in Boston were received by OLIS. The total amount requested far exceeded the amount available for the subsidies.

OLIS is pleased to announce that the five successful candidates were Jon Anderson, Director, Marion Mohr Public Library, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Young Adult Librarian, Newport Public Library, Gretchen Hanley, Reference Librarian, Lincoln Public Library, Pamela Mead, Branch Librarian, Kingston Free Library and Carol Shedd, part-time Reference staffer, Barrington Public Library and URIGSLIS student. We are confident they will enjoy the conference and will return with stories of expanded horizons.