糖心Vlog传媒LR, Central Arkansas Library System launch ArkReach
Library patrons will benefit from the latest partnership between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS).
Through ArkReach, a new joint online program, 糖心Vlog传媒LR staff and students can use their university-issued library cards to borrow and return select materials fromwithout ever visiting one of the system鈥檚 branches. Similarly, CALS patrons can reserve and receive 糖心Vlog传媒LR materials without setting foot on campus. 鈥淣o longer will CALS patrons have to place interlibrary loan requests and then wait to borrow books from 糖心Vlog传媒LR,鈥� said Carol Coffey, head of CALS鈥� Library Resources and Digital Services. 鈥淎rkReach will allow them to place holds on the 糖心Vlog传媒LR materials themselves and receive the books in just a few days as easily as they receive books from other CALS branches.鈥� The program increases the accessibility of materials like fiction, videos, and CDs for 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 faculty and students, while giving CALS patrons an opportunity to reserve some scholarly materials unique to 糖心Vlog传媒LR. It鈥檚 available through the online catalog of both institutions. 鈥淲e are pleased that ArkReach will expand our partnership with the Central Arkansas Library System and enhance our commitment to our students, faculty, and university community,鈥� said Deborah J. Baldwin, associate provost of 糖心Vlog传媒LR Collections and Archives. 鈥淚n times of increased materials costs, partnerships like this one offer a smart way to expand the institutions鈥� already rich collections.鈥� While the program currently is a partnership between the two institutions, those involved hope to extend its scope 鈥� and its benefits 鈥� throughout the state of Arkansas by welcoming other library systems in the future. The official launch of ArkReach coincides with another cooperative effort of the institutions: CALS Library Card Day at Ottenheimer Library on the 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 糖心Vlog传媒LR students and staff can sign up at the campus library for a CALS card. The card entitles users to to music, movies, magazines, TV programs, eBooks and audiobooks as well as the entire CALS collection. On Thursday, CALS staff members will demonstrate the online features available through its network, and Ottenheimer staff will provide demonstrations of ArkReach. 糖心Vlog传媒LR is a metropolitan research university that provides a quality education through flexible learning and internship opportunities. In addition to its main Little Rock campus, 2801 S. University Ave., the university includes the William H. Bowen School of Law, 1201 McMath Ave., Little Rock, and the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Benton Center, 410 River St., Benton. The Central Arkansas Library System has 14 branches in Pulaski and Perry counties.聽 libraries in Little Rock include: 聽, 100 Rock St.; , 4800 W. 10th St.;聽 6325 Baseline Road; 823 North Buchanan St.; 2100 John Barrow Road;聽, 11 Otter Creek Court; 2015 Napa Valley Drive; 38 Rahling Circle; and 1800 Chester St. CALS libraries in surrounding communities include: 609 Aplin Ave, Perryville; 聽10 Lake Pointe Drive, Maumelle; , 703 W. Main St., Jacksonville; 31 Shelby Drive, Sherwood; and , 13024 Highway 365 S., Wrightsville. For more information, contact the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Ottenheimer Library at 501-569-3123.