OLIS News & Continuing Education

OLIS's Fall 2017 Continuing Education Session Now Open!
This session includes open meetings of OLIS’s new roundtables, Special Collections and Digital Innovation, programs on coding, seasonal programming hosted at the Tomaquag Museum, supporting families and children affected by incarceration, a report back from the Research Institute for Public Libraries and so much more!

2018 Mock Newbery
Mark your calendars for 2018 RI Mock Newbery discussion meetings and check out the long list of nominated titles.

Enacted State Aid to Libraries 2018
Governor Raimondo has signed the 2018 state budget, which provides level funding for public library grant-in-aid.

APPLY NOW: Media Literacy @ Your Library

ALA, in collaboration with the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University, invites public libraries to apply for Media Literacy @ Your Library, a pilot program that will train library workers to help their adult patrons become better news consumers...

Innovation in the 21st Century

Recently, the National Governors Association Conference was held in Rhode Island. One of the guest speakers was Elon Musk. He spoke to the Governors and guests about some of his thoughts and ventures concerning technological Innovation...

Belated 198th Birthday Wish to Herman Melville

If you missed it, Herman Melville’s 198th birthday celebration was yesterday on 8/1/17. To celebrate, first listen to WGBH’s commentary about Herman Melville by Mark Herz and Edgar B. Herwick III , then decide what you want to read by calling Talk Books Plus at 401 – 574-9310 or email us...

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