CALS Blogs

Books are magic! From the time I was a very little girl, I loved to read. I read the classics; I read comics; I read the newspaper; I read magazines. So, guess what? I majored in English in college, minored in education, and became an English teacher! For 18 years, prior to my becoming an administrator,

Don’t have reliable internet at home? CALS can help. CALS has acquired a collection of hotspots that patrons can check out and use at home. Help with homework, work from home, or just use it to stream that show everyone seems to be talking about. A mobile hotspot can deliver a strong, fast, and secure online connection just about wherever you go.

We want to feature your pet in our Virtual Pet Parade. Please submit photos or short videos of your animal friend using this form. You can share special information about your pet to be included in the parade. We will feature the pet submissions in a virtual parade on the CALS Kids @ Main Library Facebook page on Tuesday,

If you haven’t had the opportunity to explore the grounds of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center, I strongly recommend piling in the car and heading that direction. In addition to the teaching garden, rain garden,

Registration is open and available for Central Arkansas Library System’s Summer Reading Club! Join the Club for prizes, crafts, and a calendar packed with events for all ages. This year’s theme is “Tails & Tales” and explores stories of animals, dragons, and even mermaids! Registration is free and available at cals.beanstack.org. 

To help celebrate 15 years of the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas—the only state encyclopedia produced and supported by a public library—we asked 15 staff members from around the Central Arkansas Library System to pick their favorite EOA entries. They picked some good ones! Like everyone else, these CALS staffers use it for research,

If how corporations currently embrace Pride Month is considered any indication of how homosexual culture is accepted, you might think that being LGBTQ is a [rainbow-covered] walk in the park. This generation has been raised watching Pride parades and having openly gay relatives. But this path was not always literal rainbows and sunshine. Eric Cervini takes a deep dive into the history of homosexuality in America and the war that has been waged against those who seek their own truth.