Tulsa City-County Library

Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL), composed of 24 public libraries located throughout Tulsa County, provides informational, educational and recreational resources and services to more than 377,838 registered library cardholders.

The library is a learning center for students of all ages and backgrounds; a safe place to explore information and new ideas; employment and business centers for all to use, including the most underserved populations. Every day, TCCL helps change someone’s life for the better — whether it is providing free online tutoring for a student, connecting an entrepreneur to the resources that can help start a small business or helping parents improve their child’s or their own reading skills to better share stories with their family.

TCCL’s Resource Centers, which include the African American Resource Center, American Indian Resource Center, Hispanic Resource Center and Genealogy Resource Center, among others, provide free resources — from books, music and DVDs to microfiche, vertical files and events. The Digital Literacy Lab and Maker Space, both at Central Library, feature classes and specialized equipment such as 3D printers, an audio lab, flight simulators, digitization tools and much more.

TCCL also offers a multitude of resources, programs and services to promote lifelong learning and help children grow up able to compete globally. Free examples include an online homework assistance service in English and Spanish; After-School Homework Clubs; Build A Reader storytimes; and an annual Summer Reading Program, to name just a few. Through hundreds of community-led events each month in more than 40 meeting rooms across the Library system, TCCL brings community members together by giving local groups and thinkers the chance to convene and connect. From the Seed Library to long-running series like the Kiowa and Yuchi Language Classes or the annual Young People’s Creative Writing Contest,

TCCL offers itself up as a communal haven for anyone trying to discover and grow.

To connect Tulsa County with internationally and nationally acclaimed authors and individuals who represent the diversity of the community, TCCL hosts programs such as: the biennial American Indian Writers Award; the annual Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature; the annual Books to Treasure program; the annual Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award; and the biennial Sankofa Freedom Award. In 2023, the inaugural Hummingbird Award in Literary Arts will honor and recognize a nationally prominent author, poet or artist whose work has elevated and affirmed the voice of the Latinx community. Learn more about each award at tulsalibrary.org/programs-and-services.

To learn more about TCCL and all the great resources, services and programs it has to offer the community, visit tulsalibrary.org or call 918-549-7323.