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- Feb 12, 2026: Blind Date with a Book at Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning CommonsTired of awkward first dates? Looking for a date that you can immediately get serious with or leave with no hurt feelings if you aren't vibing? Try a Blind Date with a Book! Visit the Carothers Library lobby on Thursday, February 12th, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. to find your perfect match! View on site | Email this event
- Mar 2, 2026: Stressbusters for Midterms at Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning CommonsVisit the Carothers Library Lobby between 1 - 3 p.m. on Monday, March 2nd and Tuesday, March 3rd to take a break from your studies! De-stress this midterm season with coloring pages, puzzles, fidget toys, and more. View on site | Email this event
- Mar 3, 2026: Stressbusters for Midterms at Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning CommonsVisit the Carothers Library Lobby between 1 - 3 p.m. on Monday, March 2nd and Tuesday, March 3rd to take a break from your studies! De-stress this midterm season with coloring pages, puzzles, fidget toys, and more. View on site | Email this event
Library News
- URI Libraries have joined Punctum Books’ Supporting Library Membership Program.University of Rhode Island Libraries join a growing international collective of institutional libraries collaborating with Punctum Books. The Supporting Library Membership Program was initiated with metadata management, scholarly communications, and collection management librarians at UCSB Library and OAPEN. When libraries support Punctum, they not only receive specific things that are meaningful to them (such as […]
- URI Libraries hosts new online exhibit.
- Connect to articles using Browzine and LibKeyWant to find articles faster and more efficiently? Browzine is a desktop and mobile app that connects you with the URI Libraries’ current ejournal subscriptions. See the how-to-guide to learn more. LibKey Nomad is an extension for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi browsers. Find out more on our guide. LibKey.io allows you to search for […]
- The University of Rhode Island has joined HathiTrust!HathiTrust is a digital library of more than 17.4 million volumes, digitized from member library collections. Funded by member libraries and governed by members through its Board of Governors, HathiTrust is a global collaborative of research and academic libraries working towards its mission to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into […]
- New for Fall 2021: LTI 350G, Bias: Interrogating the ArchiveThe University Libraries presents a new Grand Challenge course for fall 2021 – LTI 350G, Bias: Interrogating the Archive Machine learning and other artificial intelligence applications are becoming more prevalent in our society with algorithms assisting and/or making decisions on college admission, employment, lending, parole and sentencing among other things. Because AI both learns and […]
