OLIS Finalizes NewsBank Newspaper Archive Acquisition
Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | State of Rhode IslandState · Providence, RI- Document date
- Jun 15, 2026
- Renews
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OLIS finalized its acquisition of NewsBank’s Providence Journal Historic Archive. The 1829–1982 archive is available statewide, while access to later content and the Evening Bulletin remains on trial through June 2027; OLIS will own the historic archive after the 10-year payment period.
NEWSBANK holds this license contract with Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | State of Rhode Island. Its other public contracts on record include work for City of Le Claire and Baker County Library District.
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Contract details
- Contract type
- License
- Document date
- June 15, 2026
- Term
- 10-year contract payment period; Providence Journal articles from 1983 to the present and the full Evening Bulletin run available on a trial basis through June 2027
- Renews
- On record
- Vendor
- NEWSBANK
- Source document
- Library Board of Rhode Island Minutes June 15, 2026 (Minutes)
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Who was awarded the license contract by Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | State of Rhode Island?
NEWSBANK was awarded this license contract by Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | State of Rhode Island, as recorded on June 15, 2026.
What type of contract is this?
This is a License contract, documented as a minutes record.
Where was this contract approved?
This contract appears in Library Board of Rhode Island Minutes June 15, 2026 (Minutes), dated June 15, 2026 from Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services | State of Rhode Island. Civic IQ extracts contract records directly from agency meeting documents and solicitations.
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