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Wednesday, March 14th, 2018[March 13, 2018] ALA Announces The Great American Read grant opportunity Public libraries may apply for grants to host public programs around the PBS series The Great American Read, an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us, the American […]
Center for the Future of Libraries Fellowship
Thursday, March 8th, 2018ALA issued the following regarding the Future of Libraries Fellowship call for proposals: CHICAGO – The American Library Association’s Center for the Future of Libraries invites applications for its Fellowship program. The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the […]
Digital Commonwealth’s Annual Conference
Thursday, March 8th, 2018Digital Commonwealth Annual Conference, Creativity and Accessibility: Digital Trends in 2018, will be held at the Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester on Tuesday, April 10th, from 8:00 AM to 3:45 PM. Keynote Speakers: Joseph Nugent, Professor of the Practice, Department of English at Boston College. Joycestick, Engaging Ulysses in […]
New opportunity from RI Foundation
Friday, February 23rd, 2018The Rhode Island Foundation (RIF) has a new, flexible grants program. Responsive Grants will open funding opportunities to more Rhode Island nonprofits and will respond to expressed community needs. Nonprofit organizations that are interested in applying should be working to address urgent community need, emerging opportunity, to test new ideas, and to support proven programs. […]
Disability on the Shelf
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018Disability on the Shelf: Looking for Representation in Library Collections Presented by Tegan Mannino, Circulation Supervisor and Cataloger at the Monson (MA) Free Library Date: Monday, February 12, 2018 Time: 2:00pm to 3:00pm Location: Online, Webinar Hosted by the Massachusetts Library System but open to non-members. Register now! When asked, we all can think of […]
RARI 2018 Kick-Off for The Hate U Give
Friday, February 2nd, 2018On Saturday, January 27 at The Pavilion at Grace in Providence, the RI Center for the Book hosted the kick-off event for 2018’s Reading Across Rhode Island (RARI) selection The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. The program opened with performances by AS220Youth and Living Literature. AS220Youth works with at-risk and-beyond risk young people age […]
The Rhode Island Foundation Offers Training
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018The Rhode Island Foundation, Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence (INE) is offering a full slate of programs in the coming months for nonprofit staff, volunteers, and board members. Programs range from grant writing to board service and from fund development to board peer learning meetings. Programs include: Introduction to Grant Writing, Succession planning, Board recruitment/orientation, Board […]
Owning Our Story: about the overdose epidemic
Friday, January 5th, 2018Come Be a Part of a Powerful Evening to Rewrite the End to Rhode Island’s Overdose Epidemic Owning Our Story: About the Overdose Epidemic The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Creating Outreach About Addiction Support Together (COAAST) will be hosting a FREE, community event called Owning Our Story: About the Opioid Overdose Epidemic […]
Senator Reed introduces IMLS reauthorization bill
Friday, December 22nd, 2017On December 21, Rhode Island’s own Senator Jack Reed and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the bill to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act. The bill renews and builds on the $231 million committed to museum and library programs administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Support for libraries […]
Library Freedom Institute
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017The Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a privacy-focused training for librarians to teach them the skills necessary to thrive as Privacy Advocates: from installing privacy software to influencing public policy. The Program is offered by the Library Freedom Project (LFP). Building on the success of the LFP’s shorter courses, participants will learn how to: Install, […]
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