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Thursday, May 19th, 2016The current issue of Library of Congress Magazine looks at the evolving role of public libraries in America. You can download a PFD of the magazine from the Library of Congress website.
Hurricane Preparedness Week May 15-21
Monday, May 16th, 2016The Federal Emergency Management agency (FEMA) and the RI Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) have both declared that it’s hurricane season and are promoting hurricane preparedness. May 15 – 21 is Hurricane Preparedness Week. Now it the right time to update your disaster plan and make sure its current to meet present circumstances. (Really check it […]
Providence Public Library Receives Grant from IMLS
Monday, May 9th, 2016Providence Public Library has received a three-year $530,000 federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to create a high impact workforce development program model to serve 600+ local teens. Planning is started through the Library’s Education Department with teen programs slated to begin in the fall of 2016. The Learning in Libraries project […]
Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth
Friday, April 29th, 2016Seven federal agencies have announced the second round of Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3). The funding will support efforts to help young people between the ages of 14 and 24 who are low-income, homeless, in foster care, in the juvenile justice system, unemployed, not enrolled in school or at risk of dropping out. […]
RILA Information Literacy Action Round Table (ILART)
Thursday, April 21st, 2016RILA Information Literacy Action Round Table (ILART) invites you to attend: Teaching for Non-Teachers: Harnessing Cognitive Science to Improve Teaching Presented by Eric Kaldor, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Faculty Development, Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, University of Rhode Island Wednesday, May 11, 3pm – 5pm University of Rhode Island, Carothers Library In this […]
2016 GSLIS Annual Gathering
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016Join alumni, students, friends, and faculty at the 2016 University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Annual Gathering on Friday, April 15, 2016. The featured speaker is Dr. Micah Altman, Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries. This year’s honorees include: Alumni of the Year: […]
Cranston Public Library Receives LibraryAware Award
Thursday, March 31st, 2016Cranston Public Library announced that it has been named the third place recipient of the 2016 LibraryAware Community Award. This national award, given by Library Journal and underwritten by LibraryAware™ (a product of the NoveList division of EBSCO Information Services), recognizes model communities that engage with their libraries to improve the lives of their citizens […]
RIFLI Administrator Named as Outstanding Administrator
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016Karisa Tashjian, director of the Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative and Education Director at Providence Public Library, was named a runner up for the Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Outstanding Administrator of the Year award. COABE is a 13,000 member national organization that provides leadership, professional development and advocacy for adult education and literacy […]
Rhode Island Library Day – April 16
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016Thanks to the RI Library Association for coordinating this event, which was a great success last year. We hope all libraries participate again this year. RILA has graphics and sample letters to invite local officials to your library available on its Library Day webpage. Help raise awareness of all the wonderful things that happen in […]
Smart Money Week – Promote it!
Wednesday, March 16th, 20165th Annual Financial Literacy Awareness Series, Money Smart Week®, launches across Rhode Island from April 23 – 30, 2016 The Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) will launch the 5th annual financial literacy awareness series, Money Smart Week®, across Rhode Island from April 23 – 30, 2016 with events scheduled in libraries and community spaces throughout […]
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