The Central Arkansas Library System offers thousands and thousands of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them – for free, instantly – with a library card. That’s it. A library card gives you free access to virtually all you could want to listen to.
Over the 31 days of December we’re looking back at whatever this year was,
Virtual Grinchfest will be presented online starting at 9 am on December 22, and ending at 8:59 am December 23rd. We will have crafts and giveaways available for pick up at the Children’s Library and Learning Center during business hours (9am to 6pm) starting December 22, until supplies last. The program will stream on CALS Children’s Library facebook,
The pandemic has forced us to put a lot on hold this year, including our quarterly Friends of CALS Used Book Sale, but, like you we’ve learned how to make a virtual version of almost everything we do. So, we’re excited to have our end of the year Online Friends of CALS Used Book Sale!
Need to find a giant mallet to use just once for a fence you’re putting in at home? How about some wire cutters or a voltage meter? Whether you need to do some painting, drywalling or those bushes need pruning, you can find the tools to do it at the new CALS tool lending library.
The Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month where participants learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. CALS’s Roberts Library offers a genealogy research room which includes access to online genealogy databases like Ancestry and to a significant collection of genealogical books and microfilm.
The Central Arkansas Library System and the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society have partnered to make telescopes available for lending to CALS cardholders with funding provided by the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium. The telescopes are 4.5″ Orion StarBlast Newtonian instruments that gather several hundred times more light than the unaided eye and magnify up to 56 times.
Every book lover knows that bingeing isn’t just for movies and tv, but sometimes we all need a good recommendation for what to binge read. The librarians at CALS have got you covered. We have lists of romance novels and political thrillers, costume dramas and scary novels, award-winning books and true crime stories. So, if the idea of curling up with a good book for a few days is calling to you,
NOTE: DECEMBER 1, 2023:
Thank you for your interest in participating in or volunteering to tutor in our Count Up Math Tutoring Program. At this time the Count Up program is full for students. If you are interested in future openings, please fill out the interest form below.
Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. Give a donation in someone’s name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 or calsfoundation@cals.org.
Spreading your gift out through monthly contributions is a great solution for your budget and ours. Your monthly donation provides ongoing and predictable support we can count on to fund educational and cultural programming for the patrons, communities, and neighborhoods being served by CALS.
Leave your legacy with a planned gift that can help ensure quality materials, programming, and services for our libraries. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 or calsfoundation@cals.org.
Or, sign up for Kroger Rewards and a portion of your purchases at Kroger will be donated to the CALS Foundation. Simply go to krogercommunityrewards.com, click “Create an Account” to sign in, and select CALS Foundation as your organization to support.
If you would like to make a donation by check, print this donation form, fill it out and mail it with your check to:
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock Street
Little Rock, AR. 72201
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