Rudisill Regional Library, at 1017 N. Greenwood Ave., opened to the public on Oct. 3, 2026 with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening celebration. It is the second library completed as part of the MY Library, OUR Future capital campaign project.
Watch a virtual tour of the new space!
Features include:
- 33,000 sf new building
- Expanded Keith Jemison African American Resource Center
- The Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation Genealogy Center
- H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Foundation Maker Space and Audio Lab
- ONEOK Literacy Lab
- Business Center
- BOK Harmony Hall Event Center
- A destination children’s area
- Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytime Room
- Meeting rooms, collaboration and study spaces
- Outdoor children’s and adult patios
- Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly Learning Stairs
- Wilbert Collins Computer Lab
- Black Wall Street Sundry
- Drive-up service window
Major donors of Rudisill Regional Library:
- Bank of Oklahoma
- Sanford and Irene Burnstein Family Foundation
- Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
- H.A. & Mary K. Chapman Charitable Trust
- George Kaiser Family Foundation
- Coretz Family Foundation
- Cherokee Nation
- Hille Foundation
- ONEOK, Inc.
- The David E. & Cassie L. Temple Foundation
- Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- Judy Gayle Waters Trust
Keith Jemison African American Resource Center
The new building creates a dedicated space for the African American Resource Center that is featured prominently along Greenwood Ave. The center embodies the spirit of Sankofa by, “going back to the past in order to build for the future.” The past is represented in the Sankofa Freedom Award Winner’s wall display, images of Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District, and by relocating the existing lobby’s art piece into the new AARC. The center features a series of display cases curated with changing artifacts and exhibits that will offer new surprises during each visit and allow the AARC to continue to feel new and fresh into the future.
Genealogy has returned to Rudisill Regional Library. The African American Resource Center houses an extension of our larger Genealogy Resource Center, which is located at Hardesty Regional Library. The Sanford & Irene Burnstein Family Foundation Genealogy Center at Rudisill Regional Library focuses on African American ancestry with physical materials as well as computers dedicated to online genealogy resources for customers.
BOK Harmony Hall Event Center
A new Event Center will be added to the second floor of the building. The Event Center will be one of the largest meeting spaces in the Tulsa City-County Library system.
Children’s Area and Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytime Room
The children’s area has nearly doubled in size. It features interactive, learning walls and contains the new Jeanne B. Goodwin Storytime Room.
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