TCCL Blog

TCCL Top 10: Most Checked Out Books, Movies and Music of 2021

We are looking back on 2021 with the top 10 most checked out books, music CDs and movies of the year! Find all the items listed below on these lists broken up by age group: adult (includes music, fiction and nonfiction books, graphic novels, and fiction and nonfiction DVDs),

TCCL Celebrates: January Authors

Each month, we highlight birthdays of authors for you to discover through print and digital items as well as online biographies. In the post below, click on the author’s name to find titles by them in our catalog. Read a bit about each author below and find their full biography in the database listed. Need a TCCL card?

TCCL Celebrates: Walter Mosley and the 2022 Sankofa Freedom Award

TCCL is excited to announce that National Book Foundation laureate and prestigious author Walter Mosley will receive the 2022 Sankofa Freedom Award Established writer and equality advocate Walter Mosley will receive the 2022 Sankofa Freedom Award, presented by Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American

Meet TCCL: New Resource Center Coordinators

We are excited to announce that we recently welcomed Larissa McNeil as the coordinator for the African-American Resource Center (AARC) at Rudisill Regional Library and Aaron Pope as the coordinator of the Genealogy Resource Center at Hardesty Regional Library.

TCCL Celebrates: Kwanzaa (special post by AARC Coordinator Larissa McNeil)

CELEBRATING KWANZAA by Larissa McNeil, African-American Resource Center coordinator

Resource Spotlight: LearningExpress Library's Computer Skills Center

Learn Computer Basics with LearningExpress Library LearningExpress Library isn’t just for students: Adult learners can use it to achieve educational and career goals with practice tests and study materials for occupation exams, GED, ACT, SAT, reading skills, ASVAB and more.

TCCL Celebrates: Thanksgiving

We recommend starting with The Invention of Thanksgiving from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, which features an interview with the museum's curator Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche).

TCCL Celebrates: December Authors

Each month, we highlight birthdays of authors for you to discover through print and digital items as well as online biographies. In the post below, click on the author’s name to find titles by them in our catalog. Read a bit about each author below and find their full biography in the database listed. Need a TCCL card?

TCCL Celebrates: Native American Heritage

November is Native American Indian Heritage Month. This month is a time of recognition for the significant contributions and the continued impact of the first Americans--although every day is a good day to celebrate Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island. We at TCCL promote and celebrate American Indian and indigenous culture year-round.

TCCL Celebrates: Digital Literacy

Like information literacy, digital literacy requires skills in locating and using information and in critical thinking. Beyond that, however, digital literacy involves knowing digital tools and using them in communicative, collaborative ways through social engagement.