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Service Highlights FY25
$14,088,248
State Aid for Libraries
152
Certified Libraries
1,715,728
Items moved through Delivery
1,332
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OLIS News and Updates
Library staff are invited to apply to attend select courses this fall, sponsored in full by OLIS. Course offerings are live and applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
The FY27 state budget passed by the General Assembly includes funding for State Aid to Libraries at 25%.
Did you find the Good Egg and Bad Seed at libraries this summer? Be sure to submit your raffle entries online by September 7 to be included in the drawing for your own Good Egg/Bad Seed plushie!
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Register to attend this Thursday's LORI Certification Training and Q&A session.
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Design with Screen Readers in Mind Tuesday, August 25, 2026, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.
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Due to the Biennial National Conference, the Many Faces of BARD program will be held on September 3, which is the first Thursday of the month.
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OLIS to provide free registration to library staff, all levels and library type, to select Library Journal and School Library Journal courses in Fall 2026.
Local Library Programs
August 28, 2026
➧ Walking Club at West Warwick Public Library (9:00 am-10:00 am)
➧ Free Developmental Screening at Rogers Free Library (9:00 am-1:00 pm)
➧ Fine Motor Friday for ages 3-5 at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (9:30 am-11:30 am)
➧ RI Works at Pawtucket Public Library (9:30 am-12:00 pm)
➧ RI Works at Pawtucket Public Library (9:30 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Adult All Abilities Drop-In at Lincoln Public Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Free Play Friday at Greenville Public Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Chess with Graham at Island Free Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ FERNS: A General Talk &BI-Specific at Island Free Library (11:30 am-1:00 pm)
➧ Author Talk: Sylvia Epstein at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (1:00 pm-2:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Middletown Public Library
Visit the current library at 700 West Main, but start getting excited for the new building at 110 Enterprise!
700 West Main Road
Middletown, RI 02840