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The Island Free Library in New Shoreham (Block Island) was one of 256 libraries nationwide and the only library in Rhode Island to be named in the new Library Journal Index of Public Library Service.  The index rates libraries according to four output measures that indicate public service: circulation, visits, program attendance and public Internet […]

Last Chance to Apply for Connecting to Collections Bookshelf from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and American Association of State and Local History
Deadline: March 9, 2009
IMLS is offering a third round of competition to distribute an additional 1000 Bookshelves, a core set of books, DVDs, online resources, and an annotated bibliography that are […]

National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grants
(Deadline May 14, 2009)
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, town and county records offices, and colleges, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Awards of up to $6000 support preservation related […]

The Digital Commonwealth 3rd Annual Conference will be held on March 31st at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Register by February 28th to get the best price. Please register early. We had to close registration early for our last annual conference because site capacity was reached. Onsite registration will not be available.
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Give your blog a text content voice for free with Odiogo. As of April 2008, the following platforms are supported: Blog Engine.Net, Blogger, Drupal, Jommla, MojoPortal, Movable Type, Square Space, Terapad, TypePad, and WordPress. The Odiogo generated content can be listened to on the PC/MAC, Mobile phones and iPods/MP3 players. For a demo, visit the Talking […]

Eileen Dyer writes:

The Cranston Public Library is the recipient of one of YALSAs 20 Teen Tech Week Mini Grants.  Make and Break: Build a 555 Noisekit! a workshop designed to inspire teens to further investigate electronics technology and technology-based scientific inquiry will be presented in collaboration with AS220 Labs of Providence, […]

Carnegie Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of Pittsburgh, 2007 Network Library of the Year, won its award from the National Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS). One of the innovative services recognized was the voice activated access provided to its public catalog. Carnegie was the first  NLS network library to launch Vo-PAC (voice-activated public access catalog). The catalog software allows patrons to dial a […]

The American Printing History Association invites proposals for “The Book Beautiful,” its annual conference, to be held 16–18 October 2009 at Newport, RI. We seek presentations on all forms of printed and manuscript creation where the aim is to produce an object of aesthetic beauty with form and content reinforcing one another. Additional information and […]

Learn about Technology Services for Children in a MaintainIT 30-Minute Webinar on February 17 at 2 pm.  All you need is a computer and some headphones.  Sign up on WebJunction.
This is part of WebJunction’s ongoing Learning Series.

Providential Adventures of a Bibliomane: Lecture and Exhibition
February 14, 2009 2:00 - 4:00pm,
Providence Public Library (Barnard Room, 3rd Floor)
Martin Hutner author and collector, will present a talk on his experiences in collecting Updike and his Merrymount Press in Rhode Island. The event will also feature exhibitions on the Merrymount Press from the collections of University […]