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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 […]

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URI Libraries hosts new online exhibit.

Connect to articles using Browzine and LibKey

Want 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 […]

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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 […]

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New for Fall 2021: LTI 350G, Bias: Interrogating the Archive

The 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 […]

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LinkedIn Learning Account Request

The University of Rhode Island Libraries provides 10 seats for LinkedIn Learning access. LinkedIn Learning provides quality online courses in software development, CAD, multimedia design, and more. You can browse available LinkedIn Learning courses at https://www.linkedin.com/learning/courses. In order to request access to Lynda.com, Contact the account manager at the URI Libraries. Each seat is available […]

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URI is now an official member of EAST.

The University Libraries are always looking for the most reliable and productive ways to ensure that we have the informational and research materials needed for all students, faculty, and researchers. As new members of the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), the URI Libraries joins over “… 80 academic and research libraries located from Florida to […]

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Online Reference Hours!

You can get research help using chat and Zoom. Click here during our business hours listed below to start a chat session! Hours Monday-Thursday 11am-3pm Note that hours may be slightly different on Holidays, check the Hours page for the Reference and Research Help section for most up-to-date information. If we’re not online, please email […]

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1,155 and 336 people visited the Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons and the 24 Hour Room in the week of 3/14/2020; 18,850 and 7,492 in the week of 3/7/2020.

Speaker Event – “Maybe We Shouldn’t Talk About Diversity Anymore” on 11/13

by Donna Lanclos, Ph.D, Associate Professor for Anthropological Research at Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte November 13th 2019 at noon URI Library’s “Galanti Lounge” (3rd floor) 15 Lippitt Road, Kingston, RI Parking & Directions Please PRE-REGISTER for parking: https://web.uri.edu/visit/parking-information/ The Library is a 10 minute walk from the Welcome Center. https://web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/904/URI-KingstonCampusMap-Web-FINAL.pdf Speaker Bio Donna Lanclos is […]

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