Rhodarian

For 18 years, Joan Boucher served the populace of the RI Department of Corrections. Although she previously worked in public and university libraries, public and parochial school libraries, and other institutional libraries, Joan told OLIS that her work at the Department of Corrections has been the most rewarding of all. And she said […]

Based on the enthusiastic response to the Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, IMLS will offer a third round of competition to distribute an additional 1000 Bookshelves. Applications can be submitted to AASLH between January 5, 2009, and March 9, 2009, at www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf/

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the […]

Three Rhode Island institutions were awarded a total of $410,209 in grant monies for the following projects:
Brown University Outright: $196,000
[Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities]
Project Director: Julia Flanders
Project Title: Advanced Topics in TEI Encoding
Description: A series of workshops for humanities faculty and graduate students to explore advanced
uses of digital text encoding as an […]

L-TV 131 Fran and Debbie’s  BookTalk, part 1 
Debbie Barchi, the director of the Barrington Public Library, joins Fran Farrell Bergeron, the director of the West Warwick Public Library, for their annual discussion on their favorite, recently read books.  This show is part one of a two part show that looks at a variety of interesting titles and genres.
Sunday,        […]

Washington, DC-The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications for the agency’s FY 2009 Museums for America (MFA) grant program. The Institute’s largest museum grant program, Museums for America supports projects that help qualified institutions achieve their goals, further their missions, and build their capacity to better serve their communities.
Applications Deadline: […]

L-TV 130 Melody Allen: a career in Children’s Library Service
Fran Farrell Bergeron interviews Melody Allen, OLIS’s Library Program Specialist in Children’s Library Service, in a show that highlights the great impact that Melody’s dedicated, innovative approach to connecting children with libraries has had on the Rhode Island library community.
Sunday […]

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 […]

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the ALA Public Programs Office, is now accepting applications for the second round of Picturing America.
Picturing America is a free educational resource that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some of our nation’s greatest works of art directly to classrooms and libraries. Recipients […]

L-TV 127 Gift Books Part 2
Fran Farrell-Bergeron talks with Anne McLaughlin,West Warwick Public Library’s Head of Youth Services, and John Bucci, the Librarian at Cranston’s William Hall Library, about giving books as gifts. Anne discusses a wide variety of titles that would make ideal gifts for young people while John recommends a number of books […]

4 more RI institutions, two libraries, a museum and a historical society, have been awarded Connecting to Collections Bookshelves in a second round of grant awards. They are:

Lysander and Susan Flagg Museum - Central Falls, RI (part of the Central Falls Library)
Pettaquamscutt Historical Society - Kingston, RI
Redwood Library & Athenaeum - Newport, RI
West Warwick Public […]