OLIS News & Continuing Education

Week of January 6, 2020

What's New on the OLIS Website?

Spring 2020 Continuing Education Open for Registration
The Spring 2020 continuing education session is open and accepting registrations. Explore topics like the census, 360 degree video production, accessibility, genealogy, Google Analytics, and more!

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LORI Certification Changes
Opening of LORI Certification will move from January to July in 2020; ILL statistics for FY2019 will be collected in January 2020.

Revised LORI Standards and Regulations
The revised LORI Standards and Regulations went into effect January 3, 2020; libraries have through August 2020 to come into full compliance.

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2019: Year in Review
2019 was a year of achievement for OLIS.

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Voting for the 2020 RI Children's Book Award
Voting for the 2020 RI Children's Book Award will take place February 3, 2020 - March 9, 2020. Beginning February 3, schools and libraries may submit their voting results.

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OLIS Jobline Has Moved
The OLIS Jobline has completed its move to LibraryJobline, a project in partnership with the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library.

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LBRI Report on School Libraries
The Library Board of Rhode Island (LBRI) surveyed the current state of school libraries in RI's elementary and secondary schools and made recommendations to strengthen school library media programs in RI schools.

New Titles in the OLIS, Iacono Professional Collection
New titles have been cataloged and are ready to be checked out from the OSL catalog.

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OLIS Develops Library Presenter Directory
OLIS has created a new service to connect libraries and presenters to support programming in libraries. Presenters interested in presenting in libraries are invited to submit their information.

What's New on Rhodarian?

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CDC Adds Resources in More Languages

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a new multilingual webpage was recently posted to highlight CDC content for languages other than English and Spanish […]

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Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grants

From the American Library Association : American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply for a new annual grant to support innovative and meaningful community engagement efforts in libraries. The Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant will provide $2,000 for a school, public, academic, tribal or special library to expand its community engagement efforts. Libraries […]

Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis Case Study: Barrington Public Library

Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities is a collaboration between OCLC and the Public Library Association, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services […]

What's New on Talking Books Library?

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Please Complete Your Member Survey

The Talking Books Library member survey has been mailed out and is within your Talking Times LP Newsletter. To submit the paper version, fold and mail the survey to the return address on the back, postage free or fax the survey to 401-574-9320. TBL members or caregivers on behalf of members may also complete the […]

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Traveling This Holiday Season?

Useful Travel Tips for the Blind and Visually Impaired Air travel can be stressful for just about anyone – particularly first-time fliers. While traveling with a disability does present additional challenges, that doesn’t stop many blind and visually impaired people from pursuing their dreams of traveling […]

Blind Employment Barriers

Blind people have increased opportunities, but employers’ perceptions are still a barrier. Read the full article from The Conversation