@your library Volume XXX1 Number Three
A NEWSLETTER OF
Spring 2024
Tulsa hosts Oklahoma Library Association annual conference
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by Sherry Leslie
nce a year library staff from across the state gather to exchange ideas, take classes together on innovative topics in the library world, meet vendors and lawmakers, and share meals and laughs. The Oklahoma Library Association (OLA) Conference was held in Tulsa in March. The conference alternates each year between Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Sequoyah Book Award winner Alan Gratz (intermediate school category) spoke at a reception. His award-winning book, Ground Zero, is a fiction entry about two young people personally involved in overcoming the tragedy of 9/11. The other 2023 Sequoyah winners were named. Part of the programming also included meeting local authors and being introduced to their books. Diane Morrow-Kondos,
author of The Long Road to Happiness: A Sister’s Journey through Her Brother’s Disabilities, was one of two local authors to speak at a luncheon, and one of six featured at an evening author's reception at Central Library on March 6. Diane is also a Director of the Board of Friends of TCCL, and a past winner of the Adult Creative Writing Contest.
INSIDE:
Clockwise from Top: Stephanie Huaman and Requil Golbek work the TCCL booth at the vendor fair; Tatiana Godinez, Stacy Lister (pictured on the right) and a representative from the Tulsa Global Alliance presented a class on their successful annual program, World in a Box Day; Board member Diane Morrow-Kondos was one of several local authors to speak at the conference.
President's Podium page 2
TCCL continues tradition of honoring authors page 3
Take Your Child to the Library Day held Feb. 3 page 5
What's new in Research Services? page 6