Press Releases

Librarium to Host Thank You Celebration as Its Final Chapter

   August 2016

Hardesty Regional Library Celebrates LibCon! A Celebration of Fans

 August 2016

Families Invited to Back-to-School Community Resource Fair

August 2016

Touch-A-Truck Event to Super Size Hardesty Regional Library

July 2016

Tulsa City-County Library Launches Three New Services for Expanded Online Learning and Entertainment

July 2016

"One Book, One Tulsa" communitywide reading initiative to explore mental illness and homelessness

   August 2016

Tulsa City-County Library's Summer Reading Program for All Ages Nears Record Sign-Up

July 2016Tulsa City-County Library’s Summer Reading Program for children, teens and adults is well on the way to exceeding sign-up numbers compared to previous years.Through June 16, a total of 37,607 readers of all ages have joined to keep the pages turning this summer; 31,004 children and teens have signed up, while 6,603 adults have joined the program.

Celebrate Family History Month in July with the Genealogy Center

   June 2016

Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytelling Festival Features Local Artists

June 2016Local artists Dorothy Dillard and Deborah Hunter are the featured storytellers for the 2016 Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytelling Festival. Families are invited to this celebration of words on July 6, 10 a.m., at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford. Refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Rudisill Regional Library.Dillard brings Harriet Tubman to life as she recounts the struggles on the Underground Railroad. Hunter, a local poet and spoken-word artist, will delight all ages with her rendition of the book Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.

African-American Resource Center Coordinator to Share Resources at International Conference

June 2016Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American Resource Center coordinator, Alicia Latimer, has been invited to the 2016 Just Governance for Human Security Conference in Caux, Switzerland. Along with the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Latimer will present the workshop “Healing History – An African-American Experience.”