Oklahoma Transportation Library

News and Updates

March 26, 2025
Planning for this year’s Oklahoma Transportation Research Day is well underway. We will be hosting a hybrid event again this year. Registration will open soon, so watch your inbox for more information.

February 19, 2025
Due to inclement weather, the library is closed today. We can be reached for questions at odot-library@ou.edu.

February 12, 2025
Due to inclement weather, the library is closed today. We will resume normal operations tomorrow.

January 7, 2025
Congratulations to Michael Molina, Brian Hirt, and Katie Johnson for presenting a fantastic poster on Section 508 Accessibility at the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting!

November 20, 2024
Our partners CTC & Associates recently hosted two sessions of Section 508 training free of charge. To view the recordings and the accompanying slides, click here.

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.