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 Personal Librarian directly. You can also Ask a Librarian 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
Library LSP Update 4: The Big Freeze
And so it begins. The Courtright Memorial Library is now entering the final phase of our migration to the Alma library management system! Things are going to get a little messy around here but all the best glowups do, sis. How will you be affected as we metamorphosis into the beautiful butterfly we were always meant to be? You may find certain parts of our website, collection catalog, or circulation systems down periodically during upcoming program freezes. Rest assured, we…
Library LSP Update 3: Fun Activities!
We are finally entering the data transfer and integration phase of our new library management system, Alma, and discovery layer, Primo, which are replacing our current systems, Sierra and EBSCOhost. Alma and Primo will refresh how library users interact with our collection so please bear with us as we take this big step towards improving how we serve you and the Otterbein community. See our Libguide for more info! To celebrate, the Courtright Memorial Library is hosting rotating, passive program…
FOL Presents: Otterbein Singers
The Friends of the Courtright Memorial Library will present a concert by the Otterbein Singers on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 7:30pm. at the Battelle Fine Arts Center of Otterbein University (170 W. Park Street). The Otterbein Singers are mixed choir of Musical Theatre and Acting majors. Under the direction of Jeremy Alfera, the concert will feature songs made famous in movie musicals from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) through Wicked (2024) in their “Movie Night” performance! Admission is FREE, though…
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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