Library News - Providence Public Library

UPP Arts Archive Opening at PPL! A Celebration on April 11

Join us to celebrate the public presentation of the UPP Arts Archive to Providence Public Library’s (PPL) Rhode Island Collection at the Library (150 Empire …

Your library card will be required for all checkouts and renewals on WEDNESDAY 2/14/18.

The state’s public library catalog will be down for scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 2/14/18 beginning at 8 AM. Your library card will be required for …

PPL Special Collections Receives $63,660 From National Historical Publications And Records Commission

Photograph of AS220 staff, from the AS220 collection

Providence Public Library (PPL) has received a $63,660 grant from the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The grant, awarded through NHPRC’s …

Call For Proposals For PPL 2018 Creative Fellowship

Etching depicting men working in a ship building workshop - from Providence Public Library Special Collections

Providence Public Library is now accepting applications for our 2018 Creative Fellowship. The 2018 Creative Fellow will create new, original work in the field of …

40 Youth Receiving Paid Learning, Career Development Experience At PPL This Summer

Teen Squad program, My City, My Place participants

Project offers local youth paid learning and career development experience Forty youth, ages 14 – 24, are currently in Week 3 of a 5-week summer …

Online Documentaries Focusing On Providence’s Fox Point Cape Verdean Community Now Accessible To PPL Patrons Through Kanopy

Providence Public Library (PPL) is pleased to announce that Kanopy, a streaming video service making quality educational content available to public libraries and educational institutions, …