Tag: Jack Martin
Beyond book learning: Training programs soaring at expanded Providence Public Library
Eric Khiev is looking to make a career change, and that’s why he was at the Providence Public Library last fall.
Khiev holds a bachelor’s...
Library workforce training a vital community lifeline
A $28.5 million modernization of the Providence Public Library has, by all accounts, been a success, despite being completed at the onset of the...
Providence Public Library receives $700K in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public Library received $700,000 in federal funding for building upgrades and community space improvements, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Rep....
Five Questions With: Jack Martin
1. What do you see as the library’s role in supporting Providence’s workforce and community?
I see PPL as a changemaker in both the library...
RIDE, Providence Public Library partner to distribute Chromebooks to adult learners
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education, in partnership with the Providence Public Library and the Federal Communication Commission’s Emergency Connectivity Fund, will distribute...
Jack Martin
Jack Martin first arrived at the Providence Public Library in 2014 and took a mental note of how the place looked. The word that...
Stay true to core values
Jack Martin | Providence Public Library executive director
On March 16, 2020, Providence Public Library’s administrative team gathered in person for the last time in...
Library aiming to help build businesses
Providence Public Library was founded 145 years ago during a period that is now referred to as the Long Depression. Starting with the Panic...
Providence library, other projects near finish in uncertain times
When Jack Martin first walked into the Providence Public Library in 2014, he felt like someone had pressed the pause button on the building...
Providence Public Library receives $100K grant from Verizon to support digital...
PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library and its programming will be getting a large monetary boost, thanks to its technology neighbor residing across the street...
- Featured Event -
