January 2 – March 31

Sign up to be part of the Read & Dine Adult Winter Reading Program this winter! Read ten books and you can enter a drawing to possibly win a Kindle Fire or a $25 gift card to a local restaurant. Reading logs are available at the circulation desk or at our drive-thru pickup window.

ALL Participants who finish reading 10 books will receive a cookbook (while supplies last).

Thank you to the Friends of the Library (Kindle and cookbooks) and local restaurants for sponsoring this program!

Please see above employment application and job posting information above. Applicants must apply for an open position using the method of application mentioned in the job posting descrtiption details. Paper applications are not accepted. The library only accepts applications when an open position is available. If you have applied in the past at Otsego District Library and are still interested in working for the library, please reapply by updating and resending your application packet! Each round of applications, we only consider the submitted applications.

ABOUT ODPL

The Otsego District Library serves 14,230 residents with a budget of $518,000 and a staff of fifteen. In 2009, a beautiful new 18,000 square foot, LEED-Silver Level building opened for service to the community. A dedicated library millage voted in perpetuity provides 75% of the library’s operating revenue. The library has a staff known for its commitment to outstanding customer service and a supportive board that is responsive to the community. Otsego is located in beautiful southwest Michigan, fifteen miles north of Kalamazoo, thirty miles south of Grand Rapids, and only forty minutes from Lake Michigan. The Otsego area offers affordable living, excellent schools, convenient shopping, and an outstanding quality of life.

Applying for a position as a high school student? Questions on how to write a first time resume when you are still in high school? Click HERE for a helpful link.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Equal Employment Opportunity is a fundamental principle at the Otsego District Public Library, where employment opportunities, development and advancement are based on job qualifications without discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, height, weight, familial status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The Otsego District Public Library’s commitment to equal opportunity is applied to all personnel policies and practices, including but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination as well as social and recreational activities. The library will make reasonable accommodations for employees and job applicants with disabilities.

The library respects the diversity that exists within our community and among our employees and strives to maintain a workplace culture based on inclusiveness where respect, equity and positive recognition of differences are cultivated.

The Otsego District Public Library is officially a “Partner Library” in the Libby App! This is HUGE news!

Get more access with your Southwest Michigan Digital Library member library card! Borrow titles from any of these collections:

• Download Destination
• Great Lakes Digital Libraries
• Lakeland Digital Library
• Metro Net Library Consortium
• Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
• Suburban Library Cooperative
• Up North Digital Library Consortium
• Mideastern Michigan Digital Consortium
• White Pine Library Cooperative (Fuel Your Mind)
• Woodlands Downloadable Library
• St. Clair County Library System
• Genesee District Library
• Traverse Area District Library

What does this mean?
Libby partner libraries are libraries that allow users to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from each other using their home library card within the Libby app. This feature expands access to a wider collection of digital materials without needing separate accounts at each participating library.

How to find and add partner libraries in Libby?

The regular board meeting of the Otsego District Library Board has been rescheduled to June 25 at 5 PM. The budget committee will meet on June 24 at 3 PM. These meetings were rescheduled due to lack of a quorum.

Thank you for your understanding.

The Libby Magazine Rack is now available on the Libby App!

Enjoy magazines, ebooks, and audiobooks all in one place. OverDrive is excited to offer OverDrive Magazines, over 4,000 popular titles supplied in partnership with ZINIO and available to read in the Libby App!

OverDrive Magazines have no circulation cap and allow unlimited simultaneous use, so patrons can enjoy every issue of every magazine. With smart tags in Libby, you can be notified when each new issue is released.

What magazines are offered?

• Popular titles such as Us Weekly, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, Vanity Fair, and Rolling Stone
• Special interest titles such as PC World, Bon Appetit, Minecraft World, and Women’s Fitness
• Titles in a variety of languages including Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, German, French, and more
• Rolling 3 years of back issues, wherever available

How do users discover and enjoy OverDrive Magazines?

• One tap to read: When a user discovers a magazine in your collection, they can open it and start reading with one tap, generating a checkout for your library.
• Streamlined access: Magazines will have a new dedicated section of the Shelf, called the Magazine Rack. This will help users find their favorite magazines from your library in one convenient place.
• Easier subscriptions: Users can subscribe to magazines from your library via a new, convenient Subscribe option. When a new issue is released, it will automatically be added to the user’s Magazine Rack and generate a checkout for your library.
• Improved discovery: From their Magazine Rack, users can navigate to the Newsstand, a new view of a user’s recently opened issues and other popular magazine titles in your collection.

You can download Libby on:

• iOS 10+ (get it from the Apple App Store)
• Android 7.1+ (get it on Google Play)
• Newer Fire tablets (get it from the Amazon Appstore)

If you have a Windows computer, Mac computer, or a Chromebook, you can use Libby in your web browser at libbyapp.com. We suggest using the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge.