Library Blog

Spotlighting collections and services at Providence Public Library.

What's in Your Attic?
Submitted by dgregory on Wednesday May 29, 2013

In a recent CNN article it was reported that an Apple 1 Computer, one of only six remaining original desktop computers, sold for $671,000.  This got me thinking…

Apple Computers, Collectible Computers, collecting, Commodore, ebay, steve jobs, TI, Vintage Computers
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Honoring our Armed Forces in Rhode Island

Submitted by kwells on Friday May 24, 2013

As we head into this Memorial Day weekend with the excitement of the start of summer and a long weekend of parades and cook-outs, it's worth taking time out to remember the Rhode Islanders who have served in our armed forces and for whom this

history, Memorial Day, Parade, Providence, Rhode Island Collection, Soldiers
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Greetings and salutations
Submitted by kwells on Thursday May 16, 2013

I’m so pleased to be starting here at the Providence Public Library as the new Rhode Island Collection Librarian.  You can’t imagine how thrilled I am to be working with this collection – the statewide focus belies the wide variety of

introduction, librarian, Rhode Island Collection
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Mission Accomplished or Mission Creep?
Submitted by kbullard on Friday April 12, 2013

Recently, I read an article about the fact that the Tucson Public Library is placing public health nurses in its libraries. (

Mission creep, Public Library Mission
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Digitization Challenges
Submitted by jgoffin on Friday March 22, 2013

If you think digitization is an easy process, check out the latest post at Brown University's Curio blog, which discusses the procedure they undertook to digitize

special collections
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Women's History Month: In Loving Memory of her Little Girl: Past, Present, and Place in the Gladys Potter Garden

Submitted by tpotter on Wednesday March 13, 2013

This month I want to highlight Women's History Month by featuring an article by Rhode Island Collection researcher and Historian, Laura Prieto. Laura is a History/Women's and Gender Studies Professor at Simmons College in Boston, MA. She visited

Rhode Island Collection
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Arctic Stories
Submitted by jgoffin on Saturday March 09, 2013

The latest Occasional Nugget was recently mailed to subscribers:

occasional nuggets, special collections
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