This article was originally published in Rhode Island Current. A lot of Rhode Islanders want to read Kristin Hannah’s latest novel, “The Women.” The e-book version of Hannah’s Vietnam War narrative ...

Katherine Gregg’s article on the “Freedom to Read” law (“RI libraries caught in middle of culture war,” News, Aug. 15) pointed out the need for vigilance in protecting our libraries. What was not ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Legislation aimed at protecting libraries from book bans and affirming free speech in Rhode Island is now headed to the House. The Senate advanced the Freedom to Read Act on ...

PROVIDENCE − Quick: what are the first words that come to mind when you think of your cozy, well-lit leather-chaired local library? Censorship? Book banning? A neo-Nazi flag-waving rally for an ...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Lynda LaCava was 3 years old when she got her first library card. It was then that she realized she not only had a passion for reading, but also loved the overall ...

PROVIDENCE, RI -- Responding to a report released earlier this year by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, the state's library network has revised its Internet blocking procedure to ...

Mobile Beacon ( mobilebeacon.org ), a Rhode Island-based nonprofit organization, provides affordable, high-speed mobile internet service nationwide exclusively for schools, libraries, and nonprofit ...

While a federal court is now deciding how to dispatch with Maryland's library e-book law, lawmakers in Rhode Island this week have advanced the state's own library e-book bill. On May 18, the Rhode ...