Jenks Library — Attraction in Jenks

The staff there are knowledgeable and friendly. My teens & tweens love to go there for a quiet place to study or just to game online with friends. Our family also loves to go for their movie, book and music collections. If they don't have what you're looking for, they can usually get it from another Tulsa City-County Library location & have it for you w/i a wk (unless it's a high traffic item). And if they can't do it that way, they can guide you to ordering it via Mobius from a networking library somewhere in the Midwest. The staff is also quite good at helping find community resources, ancestry documents, basic tech solutions and even giving directions to local businesses and events. Update: The library is a little small for the volume of people it serves, but a newer, bigger building is in the works - was supposed to be completed in another couple yrs - at a nearby location on Main Street.

Update: That building that was in the works? Yeah, no. It now appears this plan has been put on hold bc of local politics. Someone thought we needed another apartment building with no parking in the space the county had originally bought for the new...

A wonderful experience! The inside of the building is cool on hot days and warm- not hot, on cool/cold days. Located near the police and fire departments, I felt awkwardly safe! (Sometimes, I simply feel awkward, with special emphasis being on the evil hall of utilities- also neighbors to the House of High Knowledge Jenks Library…. House of High Knowledge sounds so much more regal, doesn’t it?) The photo I have attached doesn’t do the inner parts of the building any justice. The people are always very kind. They are helpful, as once I became lost inside and became frantic. They calmed me by showing me the door and pointing at...

Nice staff, but this place is more of a day care center than a quiet place to read, study or do work. Every visit has been full of distractions such as babies and kids screaming/running around, as well as patrons having loud, full-blown conversations. Wish they had a quiet, dedicated space for those who want to read. Other than that, they have...