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OLIS News & Updates

Week of November 4, 2018

OLIS News &UpdatesWeek of November 4, 2018
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Assistive Technology to Support Low Vision and Blind Consumers
Join us on December 6th at the Warwick Public Library to hear about assistive technologies (also called adaptive technologies) that enable people to read independently and live independently.
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URI GSLIS presents Family Code Night trainings & event
With support from the Infosys Foundation, URI GSLIS and Family Code Night will offer training for librarians to learn to facilitate Family Code Night events using the organization's curriculum and event kit...
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Public Library Strategic Planning Seminar, 4 seats left!
Join us on Tuesday, November 27, for a full day professional development seminar on how to create a strategic plan and the tools that can be applied to effectively carry out that process...

What's New on Rhodarian?

Apply for a Friends of Libraries Week Award

United for Libraries 13th annual National Friends of Libraries Week will be held Oct. 21-27, 2018. Library Friends groups may nominate themselves for the 2018 National Friends of Libraries Week Award. Two Friends groups will be awarded $250 each in honor of their celebrations during the week...

Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

The American Library Association (ALA) and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2019 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries, which recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature...

Libraries Transform Health Literacy Toolkit

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and the American Library Association (ALA) have updated the Libraries Transform Health Literacy Toolkit with brand new resources to help library professionals raise awareness of how libraries provide trusted health information to their communities...

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Libraries and Autism Grant Program

The grant honors the groundbreaking work of Meg Kolaya, co-founder of Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected and a pioneer in the area of library service to people with autism. It celebrates her contributions in promoting inclusion, connecting libraries and the autism community, and bringing awareness of the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families to the library community...

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Reader’s Digest Now Available Through NLS

The National Library Service (NLS) is pleased to announce the addition of Reader's Digest to its selection of audio magazines, beginning with the November 2018 issue. Issues of the magazine will be available to patrons through BARD and, via subscription, on cartridge...

Marrakesh Treaty Signed Into Law

Today, October 10, 2018, President Donald J. Trump has signed into law S. 2559, the "Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act" which provides for the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled...

Newsweek and Reader’s Digest No Longer Available

The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. is no longer able to produce the Reader's Digest and Newsweek magazines subscriptions. "Although the webpage hasn't been updated to reflect it, neither Reader's Digest nor Newsweek will be available from APH in any format, including download, effective 10/31/18...

Upcoming OLIS CE Programs

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Children's Sensory Story Time Support Group: Teen X

Join fellow youth services librarians to share best practices for sensory storytimes and inclusive library programs and services. We will be discussing community connections, sensory activity ideas, and programs/services beyond storytime...


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When?

Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018, 01:00 PM

Where?

Exeter Public Library, Chestnut Street, Exeter, NH, USA

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Making With Purpose: Community-oriented Makerspaces in Libraries

Steve Heath from FabNewport and Dan Berman of the RI Computer Museum will facilitate this hands-on, thought-generating workshop about why making in our libraries is beneficial for our communities and how we can approach Makerspaces with intentionality and purpose. Whether you already have a Makerspace or equipment but are struggling to make effective use of them, if you are thinking about adding a Makerspace to your library or if you have already discovered the secret to managing a thriving Makerspace, join us...


*This event was originally intended to be a full day mini-conference but due to registration numbers, has been re-designed as a 1/2 day workshop.


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When?

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2018, 09:30 AM

Where?

Barrington Public Library, County Road, Barrington, RI, USA

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Diversity Talks: Implicit Bias


Mark your calendar for this one of a kind workshop exploring how implicit biases are a direct impact of the environment in which we shape our values. Youth services library staff are invited to examine their own implicit bias and its effect on services to youth through this hands-on workshop facilitated by Rhode Island teens trained by Diversity Talks...


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When?

Thursday, Nov 15, 2018, 04:30 PM

Where?

Fuller Creative Learning Center, Dover Avenue, East Providence, RI, USA

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Public Library Strategic Planning Seminar

Strategic planning is a critical aspect of good organizational management and its functioning. This is particularly important for libraries in the current environment where personnel are asked to do more with fewer resources and technology is having such a strong impact on the ways in which libraries’ provide service to patrons...


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When?

Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018, 09:00 AM

Where?

Cumberland Public Library, Diamond Hill Road, Cumberland, RI, USA

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Adult Services Roundtable: Millennials in the Library

Millennials have been accused of killing a lot of industries, from home ownership to breakfast cereal to napkins(?!) and yet a recent PEW research study has shown that Millennials were the most likely generation of adults to have used a library, visited a library website and even to have simply read a book in the past year. How can libraries expand on services and programs that bring in Millennials...


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When?

Thursday, Nov 29, 2018, 02:00 PM

Where?

Tiverton Public Library, Roosevelt Avenue, Tiverton, RI, USA

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Mock Newbery Discussion #2

We’ll continue our discussion of the best children’s books of 2018. Please read at least half the books on the second discussion list. Voting for a Rhode Island winner and honor books will take place on January 15, 2019 using the balloting procedures of the real Newbery committee...


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When?

Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018, 04:30 PM

Where?

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

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Assistive Technology to Support Low Vision and Blind Consumers

Assistive (also called adaptive) technologies are digital solutions that enable people with disabilities to live independently. Blind persons can hear computer-screen text, and people with visual impairments can enlarge text, enabling independent reading. People who are unable to manipulate a mouse can enter data, and those who cannot physically hear a computer prompt can view prompts...


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When?

Thursday, Dec 6, 2018, 09:30 AM

Where?

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

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