The Garland and Saline County Libraries are currently undergoing talks to create a regional library system between the two of them, according to a recent announcement from the Garland County Library. Garland County Library Director, Adam Webb and Saline County…
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Fayetteville Public Library Receives $1M Gift, Asks Community to Help Complete Expansion
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Fayetteville Public Library Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation to help with the library’s ongoing expansion project. The library said its new teaching kitchen space will be renamed the “Walker…
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Central Arkansas Library System Breaks Ground on New Solar Array
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) broke ground on a new solar array on Friday. The renewable energy will create savings and help the Library System accomplish its goals of operating sustainably and promoting green practices throughout the state. As…
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Central Arkansas Library System Receives $225,000 Grant from Windgate Foundation
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation announced Tuesday that it received a $225,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation. The grant will support the expansion of the library’s community outreach program, the hiring of two digital literacy coaches, and fund…
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UA Names Mullins Library Corridor After Dorothy Ann, Ed Stevenson
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA University of Arkansas alumna has pledged to support the renewal of the main library branch. Dorothy Ann Stevenson of Mena has committed to support the effort to renew the David W. Mullins Library. The university will be naming a…
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A New Chapter: Fayetteville Library Expansion Nearing Completion
Photography and renderings provided. When David Johnson became the director of the Fayetteville Public Library in 2012, he did not expect to be overseeing a major expansion. “The previous director told me, ‘The next library director is going to have…
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Griffin Appointed Assistant Head of UA Special Collections Department
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMelanie Griffin has been appointed assistant head of the Special Collections department for the University of Arkansas Libraries. Griffin assumed her new post on Oct. 8. “We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Griffin to University Libraries,” says Lori Birrell, head of…
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Library ‘Makerspaces’ Inspire Knowledge Creation, Next-Generation Patron
by Nate Coulterby Nate CoulterCollege basketball’s March Madness brings to my mind the University of Michigan’s Fab Five. After becoming the new director of the Central Arkansas Library System a few weeks ago, I have had my own form of March Madness. Now, I’m…
A few years ago, while working with Room to Read, a global literacy program with libraries and local language book publishers throughout Africa and Asia, I met an 11-year-old Sri Lankan student, Sajitha. I had been sent on assignment to Sri Lanka and…