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
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.
Flight Path: Volunteer at Otterbein’s Rain/Pollinator Garden
Cultivating a backyard habitat with native plants is an important step in supporting local bird, insect, and other wildlife in your area. Otterbein University already has a wonderful Rain/Pollinator Garden right here on campus! Taking annual care of this beautiful spot requires a lot of hard work and volunteers - that's where YOU come in! Join the Courtright Memorial Library on March 30th from 3:30am-5:30pm at the garden behind the Campus Center as a part of our year-long Flight Path…
Beaded Windchime Make & Take Craft Available
Welcome back from Spring Break! Come treat yourself to a cute little craft to welcome in the spring equinox, (hopefully) warmer weather, and longer daylight hours. Our featured make and take craft is a windchime made of glass beads and baskets; perfect for porches or balconies, dorm windows, or wherever speaks to you! You can pick up your craft kit from the Library's 1st floor anytime between March 16th and April 2nd - or until supplies run out!
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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