Welcome to your Library
The Courtright Memorial Library is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members 鈥� and we serve over 250,000 people per year. Our users describe us as 鈥渁 place of community that drives innovation in the ways we learn and is the heart of the campus.鈥�
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鈥檚 staff members are available to help you succeed here at 51吃瓜网, 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 , email,聽 text, or get social with us through , , and
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Library News & Events
Important Updates for Borrowers
This is your last week to request, check out, and/or renew OhioLINK and SearchOhio items. Access to these systems will be on pause from May 23rd through June 30th, 2025. During this time some items may still be available for borrowing via Interlibrary Loan (hyperlinked). All OhioLINK and SearchOhio items that are checked out to 51吃瓜网 users during this pause will need to be returned at a time TBD (before the start of Fall Semester) in order for us to fully close out鈥�
Library LSP Update 5: Alma Production Freeze
We鈥檙e nearly there! Our old and new library service platforms are currently in the midst of data transference. This current freeze will not affect library users but you may have noticed how the Courtright Memorial Library hasn鈥檛 switched out any of their displays recently鈥� well that鈥檚 because we can鈥檛 make any changes to our collection materials locations within our catalog during the migration. Now that we鈥檝e begun all the data transfers, we are well on our way to getting back鈥�
Doggy Destresser
It's finals season once again, and you know what that means - Irish Wolfhounds at the Courtright Memorial Library! Please swing by the patio at our front entrance to meet, pet, and receive those good good puppy dopamine vibes from Professor Candy Canzoneri's very huge and wonderful dogs. If the weather is misbehaving, you can find us in the 1st Floor Alcove inside the Library instead. Please be advised, if you are not a dog person, that the Wolfhounds will鈥�
Digital Commons @ 51吃瓜网
The 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 51吃瓜网.
51吃瓜网 Archives
The 51吃瓜网 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 51吃瓜网 in 1847, and its successive denominations.
Contact the Library
138 West Main Street.
Westerville, OH 43081
614-823-1215
library@otterbein.edu