About us
The Tulsa Library opened in 1913 with one location and just over 1,000 items in circulation. By 1955, the library system expanded to serve residents throughout Tulsa County, officially becoming the Tulsa City-County Library. Now with 24 branches and over 1 million items in circulation, TCCL has become a staple of professional, educational, and entertainment-based sources for the Tulsa community. As the first TCCL librarian said, the library system contributes to “the fund of wholesome recreation that sweetens life and to the wider knowledge that broadens it.” In 1913, McGlenn defined the library as “a central home where citizens of all creeds and conditions [can] find a common ground of useful endeavor,” and TCCL continues to sustain and develop this objective over 100 years later.
The Tulsa City-County Library's mission is to change lives by promoting lifelong learning and literacy in all forms through collections and programs, increase the access by Tulsa residents to the INTELL.