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OLIS News & Updates

Week of March 12, 2018

OLIS News &UpdatesWeek of March 12, 2018
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LBRI to Welcome ALA-WO
ALA-WO guests to speak at the Library Board of Rhode Island meeting on Monday, March 19. Members of the library community are invited to attend.
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2018 RI Children's Book Award Winner and 2019 Nominees Announced
The 2018 Rhode Island Children's Book Award winner is Wish by Barbara O'Connor! This year 109 schools and libraries submitted votes from 6,597 students in grades 3-5 who read at least 3 titles from the list of 20 nominees.

ALA Announces The Great American Read grant opportunity

Public libraries may apply for grants to host public programs around the PBS series The Great American Read, an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us...

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Center for the Future of Libraries Fellowship

The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the future of libraries through the creation of a public project...

Digital Commonwealth’s Annual Conference

Digital Commonwealth Annual Conference, Creativity and Accessibility: Digital Trends in 2018, will be held at the Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on Tuesday, April 10th, from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM...

Reading Across Rhode Island (RARI) 2018 Selection

Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s One Book, One State community read program kicks off its 16th year by inviting everyone to join in the reading of the 2018 award winner The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, DB 87441 and if you missed it, check out the RARI 2017 award-winner Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson DB 80035.

Upcoming OLIS CE Programs

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Behavior Management

Join us for a viewing of the YALSA webinar Repair the Harm: Restorative Approaches to Behavior Management in Libraries followed by a group discussion of behavior management. Webinar description: When we welc...

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When?

Thursday, Mar 15, 2018, 09:30 AM

Where?

Newport Public Library, Spring Street, Newport, RI, USA

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Youth Mental Health First Aid Training

Youth Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help an adolescent who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisi...

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When?

Tuesday, Mar 27, 2018, 08:30 AM

Where?

Bradley Hospital, Veterans Memorial Parkway, Riverside, RI, USA

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LORI Resource Sharing Procedure Review

Come to meet your colleagues from around the state and to learn about the resource sharing procedures. We will review the procedures from start to finish. Whether you are from an academic, public, school, or other type of library, this is the session for you.


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When?

Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018, 09:30 AM

Where?

Cranston Public Library: Central Library, Sockanosset Cross Road, Cranston, RI, USA

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Public Records and Open Meetings Acts: How to Avoid Troubled Waters

When it comes to public records, it’s critical to know the library’s responsibilities for open meetings, protecting patron records, and complying with requests for access library records. If you&rsq...

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When?

Thursday, Mar 29, 2018, 09:30 AM

Where?

Warwick Public Library: Central Library, Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI, USA

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Strange Tech: Lending Non-traditional Technology Materials

More libraries are finding themselves lending out technology devices ranging from kindles to cameras, mobile hotspots to electromagnetic field detectors (for ghost hunting, of course!). As you venture out into ...

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Thursday, Mar 29, 2018, 03:00 PM

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