Oklahoma Transportation Library

News and Updates

September 27, 2024
Registration for Oklahoma Transportation Research Day on October 15 is now open! Note the change of venue as well as the new hybrid format, so you may join us in person or online. Either way, we look forward to seeing you on October 15 for a day of research and networking.

September 18, 2024
ODOT, SPTC, the Oklahoma Transportation Library, and members across 18 states are wrapping up the TPF-5(442) pooled fund study. Since its establishment in 2020, this pooled fund study has accomplished a wide range of goals, including but not limited to, raising over $1.1 million; sponsoring travel by members to conferences such as AASHTO RAC, SLA, and the TRB Annual Meeting; creating numerous LibGuides on many transportation research topics, including cutting-edge technologies; providing Section 508 remediation services and developed classes to teach remediation to researchers; planning and execution of a large digitization project for members in partnership with the Internet Archive; updating the Transportation Librarian’s Toolkit; and creating a synthesis document on current best practices and recommendations for the future of transportation libraries.

The pooled fund will conclude in February 2025, but many members have expressed interest in joining a new iteration of the pooled fund and continuing with the work currently underway.

You can read a detailed overview of the pooled fund at this link, and the fund’s LibGuides can be found at this link.

September 10, 2024
Be on the lookout for our new newsletter, which we hope to send out soon! Sign up using the Ask a Librarian feature at the bottom of the page.

August 19, 2024
Fall 2024 classes begin today! Welcome back to all of our students and professors! We look forward to working with you this semester.

July 12, 2024
The library will be closed July 13-16 for the 2024 SLA Conference. We will reopen on July 17.

June 18, 2024
Papers are now being accepted for the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Please visit the submission site to learn more or submit your paper.

May 15, 2024
Please visit our partner the Southern Plains Transportation Center to read about their recent Transportation Industry & Workforce Development Symposium and their visit from the U.S. Department of Transportation.