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Seventy-seven RI public libraries and schools will receive forty images and a teachers resource book. Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide.
Picturing America is an initiative of the NEH, conducted in cooperation with the […]

L-TV 124 “Chick Lit”
Fran Farrell Bergeron hosts library director Kathryn Taylor of the Westerly Public Library and West Warwick Public Library Administrative Assistant Sue Laporte in an informative and entertaining look at “Chick Lit” a new literary genre that upon close examination isn’t as new as one might think.
Sunday        June 1  -  12:30 pm
Monday        June […]

To gain an understanding of the needs and interests of libraries as possible host venues, the Space Science Institute (SSI) in Boulder, Colorado has developed a survey for library personnel. Please take a moment to contribute your input by completing the survey.
SSI has developed a number of hands-on science exhibits that have traveled to science […]

If you wish to provide Firefox instead of IE as the default browser for public access computers but need more information and reassurance for the transition, check out Using Firefox on Our Public Computers posted by Swiss Army Librarian Brian Herzop.
Note the must have Firefox add-ons such as Public Fox for public computing […]

L-TV 120 Fact vs. fiction
Fran Farrell-Bergeron talks with Hope Houston, the Reference Librarian at OLIS, and John Bucci, the Librarian at Cranston’s William Hall Library, about fiction and non fiction books that examine the same subject matter.
L-TV is shown on the Statewide Interconnect Channel A which is cable Channel 13 at the following times:
Sunday, May 25            […]

L-TV 129 Cornerstone of the Community: Burrillville’s New Library
Debbie Barchi interviews Sandra Mundy, director of Burrillville’s new Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library, and G. Wayne Miller, chairperson of the Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library Board of Trustees and member of the building committee, about how and why the new library building came to be.
Sunday, May 18 - […]

WebJunction launched on May 13, 2003. Now it’s five years old and includes 15 partners, over 30,000 members and more than 20,000 pieces of content. WebJunction is an online community for library staff, but it’s much more than that. It’s a collaborative space for library discussions, it’s resources for librarians, it’s a […]

Lee Teverow writes from the RI Historical Society Library:
On Saturday, May 17 the doors of the RIHS Library will be open to one and all for a look at the newly painted Reading Room and lobby. Take the opportunity to browse the Library’s broad range of materials reflecting the people and history of Rhode Island. […]

L-TV 117 Interview with Ron McLarty
Debbie Barchi interviews Ron McLarty about the selection of his novel “The Memory of Running” as the 2007 title for Reading Across Rhode Island and on his duel careers as a native born Rhode Island author and actor.
Sunday, May 11 - 12:30 pm
Monday, May 12 […]

L-TV 128 To Kill a Mockingbird: The Big Read & the West Bay Collaborative 
Fran Farrell Bergeron interviews Greg Rubano, Educational Consultant for the West Bay Collaborative and NEA Big Read Director Rhode Island 2008. The roll of the West Bay Collaborative, the scope of the Big Read project and the significance in the selection of […]