Libraries

Ransom District Public Library

180 South Sherwood Ave., Plainwell

Ransom District Library (RDL) can be found—as has been true for forty-five years—at 180 South Sherwood Avenue in Plainwell, by the beautiful Kalamazoo River. Recently we have moved into a brand new, 20,000 square foot facility on the same historic site. RDL continues to offer superb library services seven days a week, now in a contemporary building that includes sound-proofed meeting rooms, a dedicated teen space, an expanded and enhanced Children’s Library with interactive displays, a glassed-in reading room on the river, a Digital Lab, and much more. Visitors to Ransom District Library will find the updated library that our community deserves, one dedicated to offering the finest library materials alongside opportunities to create, observe, and do. A Library of Experiences.

Visitors will continue to discover excellent collections of books in print and audio, DVDs, magazines, and newspapers in the new Ransom District Library. They will also find the same friendly and dynamic staff dedicated to helping everyone in the community with whatever their needs may be. Public computers continue to be available for public use, along with added laptops and tablets so that everyone can enjoy WiFi throughout the building. Visitors still also have the opportunity to schedule appointments for technology help, including how to access wonderful digital collections of ebooks, audiobooks, movies, and music with just a library card.

When stopping by, visitors should look for the always fresh supply of new and best-selling books, movies, and TV shows waiting on the “new arrivals” shelves. And when the extensive collection is missing a particular item, it can be requested through inter-library loan, selected from libraries throughout the state of Michigan! Staff will be happy to help place the order, or show how it can be done from home.

For information, literature, music, programs, internet access, computers, community, and more, there is always something new and exciting at Ransom District Library!

The Otsego District Public Library (ODPL) is a beautiful fullservice public library located at 401 Dix Street. The library offers over 56,000 items to checkout, including: large collections of books, DVDs, graphic novels, magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, audible picture books, and Rising Reader Activity kits. In addition to the library’s collections, resident patrons have access to digital collections on Libby and Hoopla. Ancestry, Digital Newspaper archives and old Otsego Public Schools yearbooks are available in the library. Patrons can also access materials from other libraries across the state of Michigan using Melcat interlibrary loan service.

The library’s 18,400 square foot facility, (est. 2009) boasts many unique spaces for patrons to enjoy. ODPL offers technology services that include public computers, Wifi, faxing, scanning to email, printing, copying and much more. The Michigan History Room provides patrons with unique resources of local and Michigan history. The Twice Told Tales Friends Used Bookstore offers visitors great used books for a dollar and less. The library also houses an incredible children’s area.

Recent additions to the library’s collections and services include: circulating wifi hotspots, digital library card signup, after hours pickup lockers, a drive-up window, Book Packs to Go, Rising Reader Activity Kits, and Vox Books (audible picture books)!

Library Programs, when available, are listed in the library’s newsletter on the library website: www.otsegolibrary.org

Whatever you are looking for, stop in to the Otsego District Public Library – there’s something for everyone at YOUR library!

Otsego District Public Library

401 Dix Street, Otsego

(269)685-8024

Open: Mon.

- Thurs. 10am-9pm; Fri. & Sat. 10am-5pm; Sun. 1pm-5pm www.ransomlibrary.org

www.otsegoplainwellnow.org

Innovate. Interact. Inspire. (269)694-9690

Open: Mon., Tues., Fri. 9am-6pm, Wed., Thurs. 9am-7pm, Sat. 9am-3pm www.otsegolibrary.org