CALS' Ron Robinson Theater, Cox Creative Center, and River Market Books & Gifts are also located on the Main Library campus.

Adolphine Fletcher Terry was an early proponent of public libraries in Central Arkansas.

His wife, Charlie May Simon, was also a Little Rock Public Library trustee, as well as serving as the president of the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs.

[3] Through the Gateway Project, residents of Arkansas, Bradley, Chicot, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jackson, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Montgomery, Nevada, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, and White counties may also access the 1.5 million items in CALS' collection for $54 per year.

Soon after the opening of the Main :ibrary, the neighboring property was similarly re-purposed by the library system.

CALS opened the Cox Creative Center, which houses a used book and gift store, a coffee shop and bakery, three art galleries, and meeting rooms.

These two buildings, along with the Dee Brown branch, earned the then-director of CALS the Award of Merit by the American Institute of Architects (IAI) in 2002.