Library News - Providence Public Library

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 …

Library Literacy Program Partnership Recognized

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

RI Tableau User Group Kicks Off at PPL

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 …

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 …

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

Providence Public Library Goes Fine Free for Children and Teen Materials

Over a third of PPL’s 1,500 young patrons have fines above the $5 limit; with this new fine-free policy, library cardholders will no longer be …