Category: Programs and Services

Learn to use technology to make your life–and the world–better. If you’re a technology beginner or you’re looking to expand your skills, there’s a class for you.

If you’re a technology beginner, you can start out strong with our Computer Essentials classes. To hone your workplace skills, you can attend classes on Microsoft Office products, 

The Rock It! Lab, a partnership of the library system and ReMix Ideas, is a learning and start-up hub designed to promote entrepreneurship, particularly in under-resourced communities. Located at CALS Main Library in downtown Little Rock, the Rock It! Lab was developed as a place for aspiring business owners to access useful, reliable, and free information to aid them throughout the process of starting their company.

Did you know that CALS lends kits that make having a book club easy? Made possible by Friends of Central Arkansas Libraries, each kit contains copies of a title and a discussion guide, and can be checked out for six weeks.
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31 Days of CALS

Over the 31 days of December we’re looking back at whatever this year was,

Perhaps the biggest addition to our list of services this year has been our Curbside Service program. If you put items on hold before the library closes, you can pick them up! Or, you can call or email the branch library to ask for “concierge service,” which means that the library will check for you to see if the item you want is available,

The Galleries at Library Square highlight art by Arkansas creators and showcase exhibitions that promote Arkansas history and culture. The Galleries are located on the first floor of Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art. There are four exhibition galleries that host rotating exhibitions, including works from the CALS permanent collection. There is also a retail gallery that offers work by Arkansas artists.

As a new school year begins, the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) wishes to communicate to students and parents who are our frequent visitors after school about some of our current policies and procedures that may affect library visitors. We understand that this will be a significant change from how many students have utilized our branches and spaces after school in the past,

Every April, writers and creatives across the map celebrate National Poetry Month. For thirty days, we honor the great poets of our past by spotlighting new and promising works and encouraging everyone (and anyone) to connect with their inner poet. This year, the CALS Writing Circle hosted a month-long challenge. For every day in the month of April,

The month of May offers an exciting set of classes with live, online instruction from one of our digital skills experts, Nathan Smith.

Whether you want to edit videos, build a website with WordPress, or design marketing materials with Canva, Nathan has lots of experience teaching these skill sets. He will work with you through the Zoom platform,