Library News - Providence Public Library

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 …

PPL Officially Kicks Off THINK AGAIN Building Renovation with Groundbreaking Event

Providence Public Library (PPL) trustees, staff, project partners and funders, supporters, and friends celebrated the official start of the Library’s $25 million renovation project, taking …

Providence Public Library Announces New Markets Tax Credits and C-PACE Financing of its $25 Million Building Project

Think Again: Building Transformation - rendering of the workshop

Library’s facilities and workforce development programs will be expanded through the renovation Providence Public Library (PPL) announced today that it has received $4.2 million in …

Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Recognizes PPL for Library Innovation

A computer class at Providence Public Library

PPL’s Rhode Coders and Data Navigators Technology Careers Training Programs Demonstrates the irreplaceability of the library as a Community Institution BALTIMORE, MD – The Urban …