Welcome to your Library
The Courtright Memorial Library is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members – and we serve over 250,000 people per year. Our users describe us as “a place of community that drives innovation in the ways we learn and is the heart of the campus.”
We are proud members of the OPAL, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio consortia, which allows us to provide our users access to hundreds of electronic databases and millions of books, eBooks, and journals. Our collection includes books, music, juvenile, games, DVDs, streaming videos, and many types of equipment such as laptops, cameras, and bikes. The library also houses the university archive, which includes the history of the University and materials on the United Brethren Church, the institution that founded the University in 1847.
The library’s staff members are available to help you succeed here at Otterbein, by helping you find the information you need. Stop by the Customer Service Desk to ask questions or email your Liaison Librarian directly. You can also get Research Help via chat, email, text, or get social with us through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
If you need assistance finding your way around the library, take a look at our Welcome LibGuide.
Library News & Events
Game Night at the Library!
Come play tabletop games with us! We will have an assortment from our Game Collection, including board games and card games of varying difficulty. Bring a friend, your whole crew, or swing by solo to hang with us! Fruit gummy snacks will be provided. Meet us at the 2nd floor study tables, in front of the Common Book Wall at 6p on Wednesday, January 28th. We hope to see you there!
Flight Path: “Wild Hope” Film Screening
Join us in the seminar room of the Courtright Memorial Library (Rm. 011) to watch the film "Wild Hope: Building for Birds" as the next segment in our year-long Flight Path birding program! The movie starts at 4:30pm. There will be popcorn provided! INST Approved. Movie description:"Millions of birds pass through our yards during their bi-annual migrations, but they face an invisible killer along the way: glass windows. In the US alone, an estimated one billion birds die each year…
Welcome Back Cardinals and Happy New Year!
Regular Spring Hours Mon –Thurs 7:45am – 10pm (w/ Cardinal Card access 10pm-12midnight) Fri 7:45am – 6pm Sat 12:30pm – 5pm Sun 3pm – 7pm (w/ Cardinal Card access 7pm-12midnight) We hope you had a magnificent and restful Winter Break! As classes resume, remember that the Courtright Memorial Library can help you access your textbooks and course materials through Course Reserves, OhioLINK, and through our online databases. Our dedicated librarians and research tutors are here to help! You can contact us at 614-823-1215 by phone or library@otterbein.edu via email. We also have an online chat located on our homepage…
Digital Commons @ Otterbein
The Digital Commons @ Otterbein is an institutional repository of digital materials that includes faculty scholarship, student projects, historical documents, videos, photographs, video, and other information that benefits the university community. It provides persistent and centralized access, with the aim to preserve and provide a long-term home to research and scholarly activities at Otterbein.
Otterbein University Archives
The Otterbein University Archive is our historical repository. It contains the materials that tell the story of the school, including publications, documents, photographs, and historical artifacts. The Archive also contains materials related to the history of the United Brethren Church, which founded Otterbein in 1847, and its successive denominations.
Contact the Library
138 West Main Street.
Westerville, OH 43081
614-823-1215
library@otterbein.edu
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