The Arrowhead Library System (ALS) proudly continues a 43-year tradition of serving rural readers throughout the vast northeast. Rural residents in Carlton, Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, and St. Louis counties who don’t live in a city with a public library may request books, DVDs or CD audio books from the ALS regional collection. Once requests are received, ALS ships the items free of charge to their homes in a canvas zippered bag that includes a return postage label. Homebound residents of cities with public libraries are also eligible to participate.