Jack Martin

RIDE, Providence Public Library partner to distribute Chromebooks to adult learners

Education 05/24/2022

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...

PBN 35th Anniversary 11/26/2021

Jack Martin first arrived at the Providence Public Library in 2014 and took a mental note of how the place looked. The word that...

Jack Martin Providence Public Library executive director Following 11 years at the New York Public Library, Jack Martin took over as PPL executive director  in January 2014. He was the driving force behind  a recently completed $26 million renovation.

Stay true to core values

Coronavirus 04/16/2021

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

Business Services 08/21/2020

Providence Public Library was founded 145 years ago during a period that is now referred to as the Long Depression. Starting with the Panic...

ADDED COST: Jack Martin, executive director of the Providence Public Library, which has nearly completed a $27 million renovation, says scheduling and cost overruns due to a lack of laborers because of the COVID-19 pandemic has added about $500,000 to the cost of the project. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Providence library, other projects near finish in uncertain times

Coronavirus 06/05/2020

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...

Economic Activity 02/27/2020

PROVIDENCE – Providence Public Library and its programming will be getting a large monetary boost, thanks to its technology neighbor residing across the street...

STOREFRONTS: Journeyman glazer Michael Bennacchia of Chandler Architects works on the interior storefronts during renovation of the Empire Street wing of the Providence Public Library.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Training at heart of PPL’s new mission

Cover Story 05/31/2019

The Providence Public Library, the grand dame of Rhode Island’s public libraries, is just a shell of its former self … literally. Last fall the...

‘Grow with Google’ coming to PPL

Business Services 05/24/2019

To the Editor: Providence Public Library has always played a fundamental role in our community. Since the library’s doors first opened in 1878, we have...

R.I.’s unknown, essential lender

Cover Story 05/10/2019

Residents of the Four Seasons Mobile Home Cooperative in Tiverton long have gotten water from a well at the site connected to old plastic...

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: Aaron Peterman, Providence Public Library chief operating officer, has played a key role in the library’s $25 million renovation, including helping to get millions of dollars in tax credits and reimbursements for the project.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Leading Providence Public Library into its next chapter

Nonprofit 04/26/2019

2019 C-Suite Awards | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, NONPROFIT: AARON PETERMAN | PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY AARON PETERMAN, chief operating officer at Providence Public Library, is excited...

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