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
Doggy Destresser
Semester end, READING Day, and the last day before final exams? Then you know what time it is, Cards - LORGE PUPPY TIME. Join us on Thursday 4/23 from 12pm to 1pm outside on the Library's front patio (or inside in the 1st floor alcove if weather is not permitting) and cuddle up to Professor Candy Canzoneri and friend's Irish Wolfhounds! Let them lap up your worries and banish your stress into the depths of their extremely thick fur.
Celebrate National Library Week, April 19-25!
Find your joy at Courtright Memorial Library! We're celebrating National Library Week from April 19th to the 25th. We are dedicated to creating a space where everyone can find their joy. Stop by the 1st floor to find activities, giveaways, and our joyful book display all week long!
Spring Library Spider Plant Cutting & Plant Swap
We're back with more of our spider plant cuttings! Come one, come all to adopt your very own baby spider plant. Care instructions are provided and your cutting is free! If you have some plants at home that are also in need of a trim, or perhaps which are simply ready to be rehomed, drop them off with us and we'll help them get adopted! Please come take our plant cuttings. Please. There are so many.
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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