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Meet me at the club!

Mar 3, 2025

Have you ever wanted to start or join a book club? CALS can help you get started! We have book…

Victory for Libraries: Judge Rules in Favor of the Freedom to Read

Dec 24, 2024

Over the past several years, CALS and libraries across the nation have faced a growing wave of book challenges aimed…

Six Bridges Book Festival a Success!

Oct 9, 2024

September 22 through 29, book lovers buzzed around downtown Little Rock, meeting authors, hearing behind-the-scenes stories, and scooping up copies…

Notes from Nate: Traditions of Excellence at CALS

Aug 6, 2024

While January is known as the beginning of the year for everyone, I spent so long going to school, sending…

John Kirk Receives Library’s 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize

Jul 18, 2024

Little Rock, AR – The Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies will award the annual Booker Worthen…

CALS Manager Named Librarian of the Year

Jul 2, 2024

The Witherspoon Arts & Cultural Gala and Award Ceremony is hosted by the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library.…

Pitches and Dreams at the Rock It Lab

Jun 3, 2024

On Thursday, May 30, the air was electric in the historic Cox Building, the home of the Rock It! Lab;…

CALS Foundation receives $12,500 from Tyson Foods for projects tackling food insecurity

Apr 25, 2024

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation announced today a $12,500 grant from Tyson Foods for Be Mighty Little Rock.…

CALS receives $500,000 from the Mellon Foundation

Apr 10, 2024

The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation is honored to have received a grant of $500,000 from the Mellon Foundation’s…

Crowd Gathered for Wall-Breaking Ceremony at CALS Main Library

Feb 7, 2024

This morning, the Central Arkansas Library System hosted a ceremonial wall-breaking event for the flagship Main Library. Key members of…

Libraries and Loneliness: a New Year’s Reflection from Executive Director Nate Coulter

Jan 8, 2024

It must be human nature to want to classify events as either before or after some watershed event. I’m not…

CALS staff published in Arkansas Historical Quarterly

Nov 30, 2023

CALS staff members, Guy Lancaster and Brian Robertson recently had articles published in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal…

Leaving a Library Legacy: CALS Deputy Director Lisa Donovan Retires

Nov 29, 2023

On November 2, CALS staff members from several branches along with other well-wishers gathered at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's…

CALS Communications Department Receives MarCom Awards

Nov 9, 2023

MarCom Awards announced the winners of the 2023 international creative competition for marketing and communications professionals. There were over 6,500…

An update from Nate Coulter regarding Act 372

Aug 21, 2023

On August 1, a new law concerning libraries, librarians, and books went into effect. Two Sections of that law, known…

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If All Arkansas Read the Same Book: Historian Rick Atkinson

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