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
Shrink Art Craft Day!
Do you like coloring? Or perhaps doodling? Alright now how do you feel about shrinking your art down real small? Then this craft day is for you! Join us as we create "shrinky dink" keychains, magnets, or whatever your crafty little heart can come up with. Feel free to come and go while supplies last! You can find us in Library room 010 on the Lower Level from 1-3pm. See you then!
A Successful Darwin Day Celebration on Feb. 12th, 2026!
Darwin Day is held each year at schools, universities, and museums across the globe to commemorate Charles Darwin's birthday. Events are designed to celebrate and seek inspiration in Darwin’s revolutionary scientific thinking, intellectual curiosity, and moral courage. In collaboration with the Courtright Memorial Library, the Honors 2000 Program hosted their own celebration this year on Thursday, Feb. 12 from 3-5 on the second floor of the Library. They featured displays on Darwin and his studies, replicas of human and primate…
Flight Path: Bird Seed and Coloring Passive Craft
Now through Feb. 27th, we will have a coloring station on the 1st floor with bird-themed coloring pages and free birdseed bags for you to take with you on your birding adventures!
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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