This is a list of public and private and university libraries in Rhode Island, USA.

LibraryWeb siteTown/CityCountyConsortium
Adams LibraryProvidenceProvidenceRhode Island College library
Adams Public LibraryCentral FallsProvidence
Annmary Brown MemorialProvidenceProvidenceBrown University library
Ashaway Free LibraryAshawayWashington
Barrington Public LibraryBarringtonBristol
Brown University Libraries [Wikidata]ProvidenceBrown University library
Little ComptonNewport
Clark Memorial LibraryRichmondWashington
Coventry Public LibraryCoventryKent
Cranston Public LibraryCranstonProvidence
Crompton Free LibraryWest WarwickKentnow used by Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society
Cross Mills Public LibraryCharlestownWashington
Cumberland Public LibraryCumberlandProvidence
Douglas and Judith Krupp LibrarySmithfieldProvidenceBryant University library
East Greenwich Free LibraryEast GreenwichKent
East Providence Public LibraryEast ProvidenceProvidence
East Smithfield Public LibrarySmithfieldProvidence
Exeter Public LibraryExeterWashington
Foster Public LibraryFosterProvidence
George Hail Free LibraryWarrenBristol
Glocester Manton Free Public LibraryGlocesterProvidence
Greenville Public Library (Rhode Island)GreenvilleProvidence
Harmony Public LibraryGlocesterProvidence
Island Free LibraryNew ShorehamWashington
Jamestown Philomenian LibraryJamestownNewport
Jesse M. Smith Memorial LibraryBurrillvilleProvidence
John Carter Brown LibraryProvidenceProvidenceBrown University
John D. Rockefeller Jr. LibraryProvidenceProvidenceBrown University library
John Hay LibraryProvidenceProvidenceBrown University library
Kingston Free LibraryKingstonWashington
Langworthy Public LibraryHopkintonWashington
Lincoln Public LibraryLincolnProvidence
Loutitt LibraryWest GreenwichKent
Marian J Mohr Memorial LibraryJohnstonProvidence
Maury Loontjens Memorial LibraryNarragansettWashington
McKillop LibraryNewportNewportSalve Regina University library
Middletown Public LibraryMiddletownNewport
Newport Historical SocietyNewportNewportNewport Historical Society library
Newport Public LibraryNewportNewport
North Kingstown Free LibraryNorth KingstownWashington
North Scituate Public LibraryNorth ScituateProvidence
North Providence Public LibraryNorth ProvidenceProvidence
North Smithfield Public LibraryNorth SmithfieldProvidence
Pawtucket Public LibraryPawtucketProvidence
Peace Dale Public LibrarySouth KingstownWashington
Phillips Memorial LibraryProvidenceProvidenceProvidence College library
Portsmouth Free Public LibraryNewportNewport
Providence AthenaeumProvidenceProvidenceProvidence Athenaeum private library
Providence Public LibraryProvidenceProvidence
Redwood Library and AthenaeumNewportNewportPrivate library, oldest library building in the U.S.
Rhode Island Historical SocietyProvidenceProvidenceRhode Island Historical Society library
Rhode Island Medical Society Library
Robert Beverly Hale LibrarySouth KingstownWashington
Robert L. Carothers LibraryKingstonWashingtonUniversity of Rhode Island research library
Rochambeau Library-Providence Community LibraryProvidenceProvidence
Roger Williams University LibraryBristolBristolRoger Williams University Library
Rogers Free LibraryBristolBristol
Sciences Library (Brown University)ProvidenceProvidenceBrown University library
Smith Hill Library-Providence Community LibraryProvidenceProvidence
South Providence Library-Providence Community LibraryProvidenceProvidence
Tiverton Public LibraryTivertonNewport
Wanskuck Library-Providence Community LibraryProvidenceProvidence
Warwick Public LibraryWarwickKent
Westerly Library and Wilcox ParkWesterlyWashington
Woonsocket Harris Public LibraryWoonsocketProvidence

See also

Further reading

  • R. R. Bowker (1887), "Rhode Island", , New York: Office of the Library Journal – via HathiTrust, List of public libraries in the United States and in Canada of over 1000 volumes...
  • Harry Lyman Koopman, "Library Progress in Rhode Island", , American Library Association, p. 10+ – via HathiTrust
  • "Libraries of the United States and Canada: Rhode Island". . New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. p. 411+ – via HathiTrust.
  • Providence Public Library (1960), Directory of libraries in Rhode Island, OCLC
  • Directory of Rhode Island Public Libraries, Rhode Island Department of State Library Services, circa 1972

External links

  • , Bibliography of Library History, 1990-Present, American Library Association Library History Round Table – via Penn State University Libraries
  • , criarl.org, est.1972
  • Institute for Museum and Library Services, , imls.gov, Washington, DC (data from the annual United States Public Libraries Survey)
  • , oslri.org, Rhode Island, public library consortium est.1982
  • , sla-divisions.typepad.com, archived from on May 6, 2010 – via Wayback Machine, est.1977