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Museums and libraries are invited to apply for free NASA space shuttle artifacts, including small items such as astronaut helmets, gloves, and boots, and large items such as shuttle Motion Based Simulators and Crew Compartment Trainers. What’s this all about? Read more

A limited supply of StoryLines New England and StoryLines Midwest CDs are available free of charge through the ALA Public Programs Office.
StoryLines is based on a series titled “Big Sky Radio,” which aired in Montana from 1993 to 1995 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). StoryLines has been […]

Did this headline catch your attention because you were stunned at such a low literacy rate? Or perhaps you work in the field of literacy and you questioned the data. I am no expert, but I am aware that literacy levels in the United States are not where we would like them to be. When […]

There’s a letter written by Jamie Larue, a Colorado library director, to a patron in response to a request to reconsider library ownership or replacement of the book, Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, from the library. As it is Banned Book Week, you might want to read the response.

Public library has become a convenient place for tutors and their clients to hold private instruction.  They come for free table space and other readily available resources provided by the library.  It is not a questionable practice until space becomes an issue.   Increasingly, public libraries staff have to deal with complaints and conflicts […]

Leslie B. McDonough, Director of the Scituate (RI) Public Library, announced that the Library has been awarded an American Association for the Advancement in Science (AAAS) Skin Deep Library Project mini-grant ($500). The library will cooperate with the Scituate Health Alliance to present programs about maintaining healthy skin - with particular outreach to families with […]

This is a followup to the OLIS web article Libraries Helping Rhode Island Get Back To Work. The following books were posted in an article entitled 100 Useful Tips, Tools and Tutorials for Job-Seekers over 45. As helpful job search advice, the article lists the following books to check out at the library.
Age Discrimination in the American Workplace: Old at a Young Age, […]

Can you post a message for me to the public libraries?
Boston University Reading Skills & Speed Reading Programs K-Adult.
Offered this Summer in Warwick starting August 1st & in Providence starting June 20th.
If you’d like flyers on the program to put out, send an e-mail to Cheryl.Banick@va.gov with your routing symbol, or call 457-3001. 

Cheryl […]

The Association of Cooperative and Specialized Agencies (ASCLA) announces the winner of the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD award: Libraries and Autims: We’re Connected. This is a project developed by Margaret Kolaya and Daniel Weiss, both directors of New Jersey libraries. The project website contains numerous citations to print and non-print materials, websites, and organizations concerned with the autism […]

Young adults from across Rhode Island chose Michael Scott’s The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flame as their favorite book for the past year in a statewide election.  As a result, Scott’s book was awarded the 2009 Rhode Island Teen Book Award.  The award is sponsored by the […]