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About Thompson Library
The Roosevelt Thompson Library offers patrons more than 62,000 books, magazines and audiovisual items. The 13,500-square-feet facility also includes public meeting rooms, a state-of-the-art audiovisual system, activity areas for children, study rooms, nine public computers (including 3 laptops and a Chromebook), and wireless Internet access.
People of the Library
Roosevelt Thompson was a Little Rock native and the valedictorian the 1980 Central High School class. He had achieved the highest score ever by an Arkansan on the National Merit Scholarship exam and was preparing to attend Oxford University as the recipient of a Rhodes scholarship. His life ended in a car accident while traveling to Yale University.
News & Announcements
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Butler Center Books Earn Two ALA Awards
The Central Arkansas Library System's (CALS) Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is pleased to announce that two books published by Butler Center Books have won awards from the Arkansas Library Association (ALA) as the best Arkansas-related books publ...