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Public library has become a convenient place for tutors and their clients to hold private instruction.  They come for free table space and other readily available resources provided by the library.  It is not a questionable practice until space becomes an issue.   Increasingly, public libraries staff have to deal with complaints and conflicts […]

The American Library Association (ALA) has signed on as a sponsor of Make It Matter Day, an effort to encourage Americans to participate in literacy and education activities, organized by Readers Digest. Make It Matter Day will be held Oct. 3, 2009.
“The ALA supports Reader’s Digest in its commitment to literacy and education, which matter […]

OCEAN STATE LIBRARIES TO HOST DIGITAL BOOKMOBILE NATIONAL TOUR EVENT
Download experience promotes free audiobook, eBook, music & video download service
(Cranston, RI) Ocean State Libraries will host the Digital Bookmobile National Tour, an immersive download experience inside a 74-foot, high-tech tractor-trailer, on Monday, September 21st from 10am-4pm at Cranston Public Library. Readers of all ages are […]

Leslie B. McDonough, Director of the Scituate (RI) Public Library, announced that the Library has been awarded an American Association for the Advancement in Science (AAAS) Skin Deep Library Project mini-grant ($500). The library will cooperate with the Scituate Health Alliance to present programs about maintaining healthy skin - with particular outreach to families with […]

Registrations are being accepted for the Northeast Document Conservation Center’s (NEDCC) Fall 2009 Preservation Workshop Series.
DIGITIZATION BASICS - Tuesday, September 29
DIGITIZING VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES - Wednesday, September 30
AUDIO PRESERVATION AND REFORMATTING - Thursday, October 1
BASIC BOOK REPAIR - Tuesday, October 6
CUSTOM PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES - Wednesday, October 7
INTERMEDIATE BOOK REPAIR - Thursday, October 8
LOCATION: NEDCC, […]

Open Library Environment (OLE) Project is a multi-national library group formed to study business process in libraries and to define a next generation library technology platform.  The overall goal of the project is to develop an open source library system that will

place a research library into the core business process […]

You’ve got this many computers and printers, that much internet bandwidth, so many hours in the day, and an unprecedented number of patrons clamoring for as much of it as possible.  Whatcha gonna do?
This month WebJunction RI focuses on technology policies.  Your library’s technology policies need to address everything from use of your wireless network, […]

Theresa Coish, the Director at the Middletown Public Library, will start her new post on August 17, 2009.  Ms. Coish brings with her an extensive background in library administration.  She had held positions as the Director of the New Bedford Free Public Library for 13 years, Librarian/Media Specialist at Sullivan Library, Bishop […]

If you’ve gotten stuck in the technological mud, says Alan Cantor, in the article , The AD-A-P-T-A-B-L-E Approach: Planning Accessible Libraries, he offers 8 strategies for choosing access aids for the library. The article was written in 1995 but he assures readers that the content except for a few details is still relevant today. Alan […]