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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
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!
View updates to library legislation introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly.
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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.
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The topic for the Tuesday, September 29, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Effective Use of the NLS eReader Dictionary.
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There is no delivery Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day.
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Register to attend this Thursday's LORI Certification Training and Q&A session.
Local Library Programs
September 11, 2026
➧ Walking Club at West Warwick Public Library (9:00 am-10:00 am)
➧ RIFLI Registration at Pawtucket Public Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Jam Session Storytime @ Oak Lawn at Oaklawn Branch Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Baby Playtime at Newport Public Library (10:00 am-11:00 am)
➧ Watercolors with Sue at Maury Loontjens Memorial Library (Narragansett) (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Friday Flicks at Lincoln Public Library (10:00 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Book Group at Tiverton Public Library (10:30 am-11:30 am)
➧ Meet Deb Curtis author of Laws of Love and Logic. at Tiverton Public Library (10:30 am-12:00 pm)
➧ Animal ABCs & 123s Storytime @ Knightsville at Knightsville Branch Library (10:30 am-11:00 am)
➧ Family Bilingual Story Class / Cuentos Bilingües en Familia at Pawtucket Public Library (11:00 am-12:00 pm)
Featured Public Library
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Willett Free Library
You will feel right at home in the smallest independent library in the smallest state!
45 Ferry Road
North Kingstown, RI 02874