Press Releases

Kindle Ebooks: Resuming Overdrive Service

We value our customers and strive to provide the best overall experience for all of our customers. We are sorry to learn that some customers are unhappy with the decision to migrate our eBook collection from Overdrive to Cloud Library. We are listening and we understand your concerns. As we want all of our customers to be happy, we will resume access to the Overdrive service within 30 days.

Author and Storyteller Tim Tingle to Receive 2017 Festival of Words Author Award

Tim Tingle (Choctaw) will receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s “Festival of Words Writers Award” March 4, 10:30 a.m., at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St.  His award presentation will be followed by a book signing and a day of educational American Indian family events from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Celebrate Kwanzaa With Tulsa City-County Library

   Since the creation of Kwanzaa in the 1960s, the weeklong event has established itself as an annual celebration of community enrichment.    Families are invited to “A Kwanzaa Community Celebration” Dec. 27, 6:30 p.m. at Rudisill Regional Library, 1520 N. Hartford.  This event is sponsored by the Tulsa City-County Library’s African-American Resource Center.

Poet Billy Collins to receive 2016 Helmerich award

   TULSA, Okla. --- America’s favorite poet, Billy Collins, is coming to Tulsa Dec. 2 and 3 to receive the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2016 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award.    The former U.S. Poet Laureate is the first poet to receive the prestigious prize; other past Distinguished Author Award winners, such as Wendell Berry and Joyce Carol Oates, have published poetry but are better known for their novels and nonfiction.

Hardesty Regional Library Presents Harry Potter Party

Calling all Muggles, Wizards and Witches! In honor of J.K. Rowling’s new movie “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” you are invited to a “Harry Potter Party,” Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m. at Hardesty Regional Library, 8316 E. 93rd St. Family activities will include: • Create your own want at Ollivanders or colorful slug slime in Snape’s potions class. • Win prizes by finding all the horcruxes. • Grab a butter beer at the Three Broomsticks or candy from the Sugar Plum Sweet Shop.

Laurie Halse Anderson Selected as Winner of the 2017 Anne V. Zarrow for Young Readers' Literature

   New York Times best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson is the winner of the Tulsa Library Trust’s 2017 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature.  She will accept the award at a public presentation at Hardesty Regional Library’s Connor’s Cove, 8316 E. 93rd St., Friday, May 5, at 7 p.m.  She also will present awards to winners of the 2017 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest at the ceremony.

Tulsa City-County Library Waives Overdue Fines During November for All Active and Retired Military

   Tulsa City-County Library is waiving late fees throughout November for all active and retired military to honor their service to our country.  Active service members and veterans can simply show their military identification along with their library card to have late fees waived.    Tulsa City-County Library provides access to a large selection of resources for education and entertainment.  You can access many TCCL resources from any library location, your home computer or mobile device.    Popular library services include:

Saint Francis Health System Donates Land to the Tulsa City-County Library

Tulsa, Okla. — Saint Francis Health System has agreed to donate a 6.5-acre parcel in South Broken Arrow to the Tulsa City-County Library. The land will be the future site of the William K. and Natalie O. Warren Library. The property is located near the intersection of Aspen Avenue and New Orleans Street (101st and 145th), across Chestnut Street from the current South Broken Arrow Library.

Central Library Set for Grand Opening Celebration

   After a three year closure to undergo a $50-million renovation, a spectacular Central Library grand opening is scheduled Oct. 1, 10 a.m. at Fifth Street and Denver Avenue.    Remarks from distinguished guests and Tulsa City-County Library administrators are planned for 10 a.m.  A celebration with a ribbon release, daytime fireworks and confetti will immediately precede the 11 a.m. library opening.

Books Sandwiched In Returns to Central Library

   The popular Books Sandwiched In review series returns to the newly renovated and opened Central Library, Fifth Street and Denver Avenue, in Aaronson Auditorium.    Bring your lunch or purchase food at Starbucks then enjoy insightful reviews by Tulsa book aficionados from 12:10-12:50 p.m. Oct. 3, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck Reviewer: Michael Wallis, historian and biographer of the American West