PLEASE NOTE:
The start time of the January 17, 2019 board meeting has been adjusted to 5:30 PM for a presentation, with the regular board meeting immediately following.
Thank you!
Otsego District Public Library
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The start time of the January 17, 2019 board meeting has been adjusted to 5:30 PM for a presentation, with the regular board meeting immediately following.
Thank you!
The library will be closed for the holiday. Have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends!
CLOSED – Christmas – December 24 & 25
CLOSING AT 3 PM – New Year’s Eve – December 31
CLOSED – New Year’s Day – January 1
Looking for a new job for the new year? The library will be hiring a part-time Administrative Assistant in January. Job posting is Dec 3 – Jan 3.
We are looking for a competent, computer savvy person (preferably with prior administrative skills) to assist the Library Director on tasks large and small as well as function in library clerk capacities. Approx.14 hours/week, with potential for more hours if flexible.
Administrative Assistant – Job Posting and Job Description
** Employment applications and resumes are only accepted when the library has an open position posted.
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.
Our Wonderland Supplies Wishlist is now available at the library. If you have anything on the list and would like to donate it to the library to help make Wonderland really wonderful this winter, bring it in anytime in the next couple months! Setup for the program begins in early December.(See the attached list for details on donations and what we need.)
Thanks for considering helping out with our 2019 Early Literacy Center Fundraiser! All proceeds go towards the Rise and Shine Early Literacy Center. Business Sponsor letters have been sent out. Let us know if your business might be interested in sponsoring this awesome event, if you have not gotten a request letter in the past. We would love for you to be a part of WONDERLAND!
Last year we had some really awesome Jumanji donations that helped make the event fantastic! The community of Otsego rocks! Thanks for considering helping out your library!
The results are in at the library! The amazing volunteers from the Friends of the Library were able to raise $1183 at the Fall Book Sale!
All of the proceeds from the large books sales (spring and fall) and Twice Told Tales: Friends of the Library Book Store come back to the library and assist in various aspects of the library including programming, events, summer reading, and more.
A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to all of the Friends of the Library Volunteers for helping make this book sale so successful. Another big thank you goes out to the Otsego High School Student Volunteers. The library would also like to thank our community and its visitors for donating books for purchase at these sales. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.
Click HERE to know more about volunteer opportunities at the library and how you can get involved with the Friends of the Library.
The Otsego District Library is now accepting bids for plowing the entire library parking lot and salting the lot upon request. Plowing is requested for when there are 3 inches of snow or more. Please note price for plowing and salting separately in bid.
When needed, plowing must be done before library opens (9 AM Mon-Sat).
Also accepting bids for sidewalk shoveling: Shovel back staff walkway and areas in the front not plowed out by our snowplows (sidewalks out to the lot and front entry area). Spread salt on sidewalks when icy. Please submit a bid per time. This would be done on an as-needed basis and only upon request by the library.
Please, contact Andrea Estelle, Library Director, with questions. Bids can be submitted in person at the library or via email to [email protected]
Bids accepted through Tuesday, October 6, 2017.
The library will be closed for Labor Day Weekend
CLOSED – Saturday, September 1, 2018 and Monday September 3, 2018
Have a safe and Labor Day Weekend with your family and friends!
Pardon our dust!
The library will be opening late at NOON on Wednesday, August 8 for a construction project.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please Note: The Otsego District Library Board meeting for July has been cancelled and the July agenda will be reviewed at the August meeting. Due to Lyrics on the Lawn, the August 16th Board Meeting will be moved up to 5 PM with the budget hearing beginning at 5:30 PM.
Drive-Thru Closed 12-1 for lunch on Saturdays.
PLEASE NOTE:
Call the library at the Drive-Thru Pickup Window or ring the doorbell for reserve pickup service.