Teen Summit

Date: Friday, November 15

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Location: Virtual

Join your neighbors for the annual New England Teen Summit! Library staff throughout New England are invited to this free, virtual event focused on teen services. Authors Cara Bean and Devorah Heitner will kick off sessions designed to help library staff reimagine teen programs, collections, and engagement. All sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing.

Thank you to all libraries that participated in CollegeBound Saver's

Read, Renew Repeat College Savings Summer Reading Sweepstakes. On September 11, General Treasurer James Diossa presented checks to winners representing the East Providence, Greene, Jamestown and West Warwick public libraries. Winners received $529 for their college savings accounts and their libraries received $500 for future reading programs. The spreadsheet below includes the number of sweepstakes entries per library.

Don't have time to participate in the Kid Reading Across RI committee, but have a few favorite books to recommend? Use the form below to suggest up to three books for 2025 consideration. The form will be open through December 1 and you may submit as many forms as you like.

The RI Latino Books Award Committee is proud to announce the 2025 RI Latino Books Award Nominees, just in time for the start of Hispanic Heritage Month.

*Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th through October 15th.

Why not celebrate with a book display of the 2025 RI Latino Books Award Nominees?

The Rhode Island Latino Books Award and Rhode Island Latino Arts promote books for young readers, written by Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine authors.

Please visit the RI Latino Books Award website to print out the flyer, book labels, poster, and for more information. Additional book list resources will also be available coming soon.

Enjoy and share this video celebrating Library Card Sign-up Month from Colleen King, Teen Librarian at the Westerly Library & Wilcox Park.

Kudos to our colleague Lynda LaCava for spreading library joy throughout the state! In conjunction with RI Center for the Book's library challenge, Lynda met her goal of visiting all Rhode Island public libraries this year. Check out Lynda's conversation with the

Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast team to hear more of her story.

A Weekend to Celebrate Books and Reading

Friday, October 17: Author Talk with Jacqueline Woodson
Information and seat reservations here

Saturday, October 18: Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books & Authors

More information

Building Equity-Based Summers’ (BEBS) empowers libraries to create summer services that are built on a foundation of equity and designed with the community to ensure systemically marginalized groups engage in library services in new ways. Learn more about this work with the BEBS podcast.

Available episodes:

• Navigating Equity and Identity
• How Summer Traditions Impact Equitable Summer Practices
• So Much to Learn
• Who Are We As an Organization?
• Reimagining Libraries: Acting as a Public Servant to Foster Community Connection
• Balancing Thoughtful Progress with Equity Goals
• Equity-Based Teen Services Requires Authenticity
• We Need to Give This Work Time to Take Hold
• It's OK to Feel Discomfort
• Evaluation Can Have an Equity Center
• Start Where You Are But Don't Stay There
• The Why of Equity and the Why of Equitable Summer Services

Listen at https://bebspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2235015