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Office of Library and Information Services is the state library agency for Rhode 
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	  <title>Libraries Helping Rhode Island Get Back to Work</title>
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	  <description>Library Board of Rhode Island (LBRI) demonstrates how Rhode Islanders get help from their public libraries. 
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:25:28 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>OLIS Hires New Youth Services Librarian</title>
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	  <description>OLIS is pleased to announce that Cheryl Space will join our staff as the New Youth Services Librarian.</description>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:56:35 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>First Lady Challenges Children to Read</title>
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	  <description>First Lady Suzanne Carcieri read Alice Ramsey&amp;#039;s Grand Adventure, written and illustrated by Don Brown, to Ms. Zaikowski&amp;#039;s fourth grade class at Hamilton Elementary School in North Kingstown to promote the importance of children reading at least four books during the summer months.
Visit the Summer Reading Program website.</description>
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<a href="http://www.olis.ri.gov/services/srp/index.php">Visit the Summer Reading Program website</a>.<br />]]></content:encoded>
	  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:53:39 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>OLIS Wins 2009 MayDay Prize</title>
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	  <description>OLIS is a MayDay prize winner in Heritage Preservation&amp;#039;s 2009 MayDay prize drawing.
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:15:51 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>OLIS at RILA</title>
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	  <description>OLIS appeared as a vendor at the 2009 RILA Conference, raffling off a variety of items over the two day conference.</description>
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:21:14 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>Be Creative @ Your Library</title>
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	  <description>The 2009 children&amp;#039;s Summer Reading Program which begins in June, encourages children to &quot;Be Creative @ Your Library.&quot;  Now in its 32nd year, this cooperative effort between OLIS and Rhode Island public libraries promotes reading during summer vacation.
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:36:54 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>Relais Enterprise for LORI ILL</title>
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	  <description>Relais Enterprise ILL hosted service is selected to replace the LORI ILL forms currently hosted by OLIS.  The state-wide implementation will take place before the beginning of the 2010 school year.</description>
	  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Relais Enterprise ILL hosted service is selected to replace the LORI ILL forms currently hosted by OLIS.  The state-wide implementation will take place before the beginning of the 2010 school year.]]></content:encoded>
	  <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:48:29 EDT</pubDate>
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	  <title>Legislative Updates 2009</title>
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	  <description>Information about legislative actions during the 2009 session of the RI General Assembly that impact libraries will be posted on the OLIS website as it becomes available.</description>
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:23:48 EST</pubDate>
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	  <title>Protecting the Past - RI Project</title>
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	  <description>An IMLS Connecting  to Collections grant project to safeguard Rhode Island’s heritage collections. OLIS and  the Rhode Island State Archives are partners in this planning project.</description>
	  <content:encoded><![CDATA[An IMLS Connecting  to Collections grant project to safeguard Rhode Island’s heritage collections. OLIS and  the Rhode Island State Archives are partners in this planning project.]]></content:encoded>
	  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:10:25 EDT</pubDate>
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