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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
Delivery Item Count will take place October 18-24. Participation and reporting is required for all LORI libraries. The item count reporting form opens for submissions on Sunday, October 25 and closes Tuesday, November 10.
"Web Accessibility for Librarians," and "America at 250: A Census Data Journey Through Time" are among the CE courses we offer for Fall 2026. Register today!
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Check out some highlighted sessions coming from OLIS this fall. Registration is open!
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Our next book discussion on The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes - DB 122153 will be on Tuesday, September 22 @ 2 pm.
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The topic for the Thursday, September 17 program will be Effective Use of the Reading History and Streaming History and What’s the Difference.
Local Library Programs
October 1, 2026
➧ Memory Boxes: A Hands-On Grief Program for Children and Youth at Middletown Public Library (4:00 pm-5:00 pm)
➧ Middlemarch Reading Group at Rogers Free Library (6:00 pm-7:00 pm)
➧ Millennial Book Club at Coventry Public Library (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Adult Spanish Book Club / Club de Lectura en Español para Adultos at Pawtucket Public Library (6:00 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ ILSR High Beginner ESOL at Pawtucket Public Library (6:00 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Knitting and Crochet Group at Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library (6:00 pm-7:45 pm)
➧ Songs & Stories: An Evening with Mark Cutler and Steve Allain at Barrington Public Library (6:30 pm-8:00 pm)
➧ Google Basics: Session 1 at Lincoln Public Library (6:30 pm-7:30 pm)
➧ Courage, Choice, and What Comes Next with Dystopian Icon Veronica Roth at Cumberland Public Library (7:00 pm-8:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Warwick Public Library - Central
Visit our pet tarantula, Miss Junie, upstairs in the Children's Room.
600 Sandy Lane
Warwick, RI 02886