About OPL
The mission of the Owatonna Public Library is to provide for the informational, recreational, educational and cultural needs of the residents of Owatonna, Blooming Prairie and rural Steele County through organized collections of various media and access through technology to other resources.
Our goal is to provide better library service for everyone.
PVBLIC LIBRARY
The banner image is a photograph of the inscription over Owatonna Public Library's Elm Avenue door. The inscription dates back to 1900 when the Library was built. It was written using the ancient Roman alphabet (aka the ancient Latin alphabet) which only contained 23 letters. This alphabet did not use lower-case letters or the letters J, U, or W. Learn more about OPL's history in Nancy Vaillancourt's book Owatonna Public Library: Free to All, 1900-2000.
Staff
| Mary Kay Feltes Director of Library Services marykay@owatonna.info |
Ryan Brown Technology Coordinator ryan.brown@ci.owatonna.mn.us |
| Renée Lowery Assistant Director/Librarian renee@owatonna.info |
James Keltgen |
| Bonnie Krueger Senior Reference/Cataloging Librarian bonnie@owatonna.info |
Darla Lager Children's Librarian darla@owatonna.info |
| Mary Gontarek Senior Media Services/Reference Librarian maryg@owatonna.info |
Patty Nichols Assistant Children's Librarian patty@owatonna.info |
| Gail Plathe Administrative Assistant gail@owatonna.info |
Marie Sexton Technical Services Assistant marie@owatonna.info |
| Dave Lubahn Circulation Assistant dave@owatonna.info |
Joan Rasmussen Desk Assistant joan@owatonna.info |
| Kay Schmidt Circulation Assistant kay@owatonna.info |
Lisa Boutelle Desk Assistant lisa@owatonna.info |
| Brandon Robinson Desk Assistant brandon@owatonna.info |
Nancy Vaillancourt Local History Specialist nancy@owatonna.info |
| Dawn Sorensen Desk Assistant dawns@owatonna.info |
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| Jenne Herbst Desk Assistant jennifer@owatonna.info |
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Library Board
Jill Holmes, President
Russ Dunn-Foster, Vice-President
Angela Sager, Secretary
Don Overlie, Member & Representative to the SELCO Board
Eric Mattison, Member
2012 Library Board Minutes