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Fall 2025 Continuing Education Courses

Dive into our Fall 2025 CE Offerings! Review the calendar for enriching courses and engaging workshops.

Creative Resilience: Climate Action through Arts Programming

Join the Northeast Summit on Climate Adaptation of Library Facilities for an inspiring session showcasing how libraries can lead climate action through the arts.

Census Bureau Data Workshop

Learn how to use data.census.gov to find population and demographic data for your library community.

Resources for Libraries

Resources for the Public

AskRI
Laws and Regulations Relating to Libraries
Legislative Updates
Library Card for State Employees
Overdueing it! (Library Podcast)
Public Libraries Events
Rhode Island Library Directory
Talking Books

Service Highlights FY25

$14,088,248

State Aid for Libraries

152

Certified Libraries

1,715,728

Items moved through Delivery

1,332

CE Events Registrations

OLIS News and Updates

December 22, 2025

2025 Staffing and Salaries Report

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The Staffing and Salaries section of the 2025 Public Library Statistical Report is now available for download.

December 17, 2025

Many Faces of BARD, January 13 @ 4 pm

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The topic for the program will be BARD 2.0: An Overview, and the program will be conducted in Spanish.

December 12, 2025

OLIS Delivery Holidays

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LORI delivery is cancelled on December 24, 25, 31 and January 1 for the holidays. School library delivery resumes January 5.

December 10, 2025

That All May eRead, Dec. 16

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Please note: Due to multiple federal holidays, for this month only That All May eRead is being held on the third Tuesday of the month. The regular schedule will resume in January.

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