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The latest updates from PPL

Teens Learning & Earning at PPL
Teens My City, My Place

PPL’s Teen Services presented “Community Partnerships and Workforce Development: Learning and Earning at the Library” at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference. Teen Educator Kate …

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Mayor Visits Teen Data Navigators

In fall 2018, PPL ran its first teen Data Navigators course with students from the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College as part of Mayor …

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Library Literacy Program Partnership Recognized
Literacy Program Partnership

Our Literacy program — Rhode Island Family Literacy Initiative – RIFLI — was recently recognized for its collaboration with Lippitt House Museum to develop an …

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RI Tableau User Group Kicks Off at PPL
RITUG

Providence Public Library (PPL) proudly kicked off the Rhode Island Tableau User Group (RITUG), a new initiative to support the growing community of Tableau (Data …

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Providence Public Library Announces Receipt of $500,000 Champlin Foundation Grant

Grant will support Library’s once-in-a-generation $25 million THINK AGAIN Capital Campaign for its building project to transform the interior and exterior of its 1950s-era Empire …

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Providence Public Library and Trinity Repertory Company Team Up to Present Context & Conversation
Adult Conversation

New Program Series Strives to Cultivate Participatory Public Conversations Inspired by Ideas and Themes in Stage Works Neighbors at the corner of Empire and Washington …

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