TCCL Blog

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

December 2021We 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. Learn more about each coordinator and the Resource Center they manage in this post!McNeil holds a master of science in teaching, learning and leadership in literacy from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor of arts in English language/literature from Savanna State University.

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: 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-ro

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.

TCCL Celebrates: November 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, and find their full biography in the database listed! Find the database at www.tulsalibrary.org/databases, then log in with your last name and TCCL card number.  Need a TCCL card?

TCCL Celebrates: Halloween and Día de los Muertos

Halloween and Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) happen around the same time of year, but they are very different holidays. Use these free TCCL resources to learn about and celebrate them both!

Resource Spotlight: LinkedIn Learning

TCCL invites you to try LinkedIn Learning, an online resource that offers free videos, courses and learning paths that can help you improve existing skills and develop new ones in order to achieve professional success. TIP: Click the icon in the upper right corner of the LinkedIn Learning homepage to change the site language.