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What type of insurance coverage should your library have? While this question has as many answers as there are unique situations in each library, here are four areas independent library boards and directors need to consider.
First, any building that has public traffic needs General Liability Insurance. General Liability Insurance covers bodily injury, property damage and […]

L-TV 123 Travel Books
Fran Farrell Bergeron interviews L-TV co-host Kathryn Taylor about Kathryn’s worldwide travels and adventures and the books that provide good insights before and after each journey.
Sunday, April 27 -  12:30 pm
Monday, April 28 -  2:00pm
Wednesday, April 30 - 9:00 pm
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel A which is cable Channel 13

From the American Library Association comes a report on the state of America’s Libraries. It affirms that “Libraries of all kinds continue to be engines of learning, literacy, and economic development in communities nationwide. Americans are acting on their conviction that school library media centers are a key element in delivering the kind of […]

District Dispatch has posted grants from three organizations: Kresge Foundation: Capital Challenge Grant Program; Grassroots Programs for Children Funded: United Methodist Church: A Brighter Future for Children and Youth; and Grants Promote Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities: Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation

L-TV 122 Science Fiction and Fantasy
Fran Farrell-Bergeron hosts East Providences’s Rumford Branch librarian Denise Inman and Westerly Public Library director Kathryn Taylor in a discussion on what makes good science ficiton and how science ficiton differs from fantasy.
Sunday, April 20 - 12:30 pm
Monday, April 21 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday, April 23 - 9:00 pm
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel […]

Last month OverDrive announced that it will make some of its audio titles (about 15% of the present catalog) available in MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM). These titles would be compatible with nearly every MP3 player available, including the iPod. MP3 Audiobooks will be available at the end of May, and […]

L-TV 119 E-Zone
Fran Farrell-Bergeron talks with Christopher LaRoux, the director of the Greenville Public Library, and Mattie Gustufson, the collection librarian at the Newport Public Library, about the Rhode Island Public Library E-Zone, a new library service that enables people to browse, check out, and download best selling digital titles 24/7 to their PCs and […]

The April 2008 edition of SO Rhode Island, a magazine that focuses on people and places in southern Rhode Island, has a two page feature on the Willet Free Library. Go to http://www.sorhodeisland.com/findus.html for a list of places that distribute this free magazine.

First Lady Laura Bush shows her support of libraries as the 50th anniversary of National Library Week approaches. Read her letter on the IMLS website.
National Library Week is April 13-19. This year’s theme is “Join The […]

Deadline May 15, 2008 (for grants starting January 2009)
National Endowment for the Humanities: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
This program helps small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. (from District Dispatch)