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An interview with Paul Holdengraber, Director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library, was the keynote address for Day 2 of Computers in Libraries.  A dynamic and entertaining man, Paul was charged with oxygenating the NYPL and to make the lions roar.  Aware that people are hungry for substance and prefer to nourished […]

Computers in Libraries is currently underway in Arlington, Virginia.  If you couldn’t make it to the conference, you can still experience parts of the conference virtually.  Visit the CIL2009 Wiki and find links to bloggers and presentations.  Follow the bloggers blogging the event on Technorati.
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, […]

A sub-set of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Senior Community Service Employment Program is a community service and work-based training program for older workers. Training for Spanish speaking senior is available. After the training, program participants are placed in a community service positions at non-profit and public facilities.
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Congratulations to Cranston Public Library. Cranston Public Library was recently one of just 20 libraries in the nation to be chosen by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) to receive a YALSA Teen Tech Week mini-grant. The grant money and the products were used to put on a week-long series of […]

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 […]

Recently RI libraries have gotten some great press in the Providence Journal and some local/regional papers. It’s wonderful to be in the “good news” sector of the papers.
Recent Providence Journal articles feature The Providence Athenaeum (Monday, March 2) and Brown University’s John Hay Library (Sunday, March 8). The Providence Athenaeum article, A Literary Treasury, features […]

In order to stimulate the interest of undergraduate students in books and printing, and in all things bibliographical, the John Russell Bartlett Society has established the Margaret B. Stillwell Prize. Any undergraduate of a Rhode Island college or university who wishes to compete is invited to obtain an entry form and a brochure containing rules […]

Jan Goldstein, presenter at the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) National Conference announced a special donation tied to his book, The Bride Will Keep Her Name. He plans to gave back the author’s portion of the proceeds of the sales for all pre-orders sold by March 10th. The donations will go to NCFL.  

The Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative (RIFLI) is one of the top performing Adult Education programs in RI. According to the Office of Adult and Career and Technical Education, 15 of the 41 programs that were awarded investment funds from RIDE were recognized as top performers in FY08. The performance was based on number of students completing an Educational […]

Here is one of the grant and funding opportunities listed on LYPonline. The McKenzie Foundation supports non-profit programs primarily in the areas of education, health, human services, and cultural and environmental concerns. It’s four initiatives include early childhood development, education, the environment, and arts and culture. The Foundation believes that assisting families is one of the most effective and lasting […]