CALS Blogs

Curbside Service to the Rescue!

  Get Print Books, DVDs, and Free Mobile Printing with No-Contact Pickup

We may be closed to the public right now, but there are still book elves flitting around inside some of our branches.


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Giving to the Library: Jean Scheidemantel

When Jean Scheidemantel was five years old, she and her older sister could get on their bikes and ride to their local library by themselves. They checked out books, stowed them in their bicycle baskets,


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Celebrate National Poetry Month with Us

April is National Poetry Month! There are all kinds of ways for you to celebrate poetry at CALS, whether you want to create your own and share it, hang out with other writers online,


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CALS Brings Virtual Programming to You

Fun, Learning, & Interactive Socializing Online for Kids and Adults

Because we can’t get together in our library buildings right now, we want to bring our programming to you!


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Help Feed Children During Crisis

Children who depend on school lunches are at a high risk of hunger now that schools are closed due to the COVID19 crisis. Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) and the Be Mighty Campaign is serving grab and go meals for kids and their families during this time.


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What Are You Reading? Abbi Siler

My name is Abbi Siler and I own Abbi’s Teas & Things in Hillcrest on the corner of Ash & Kavanaugh Blvd. While I was born in Little Rock, most of my childhood was spent on the coast of North Carolina,


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