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.

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

Mark L. Blando Library Director mark.blando@ci.owatonna.mn.us	Darla Lager Children's Librarian darla@owatonna.info
Renée P. Lowery Assistant Library Director/Online Librarian renee@owatonna.info	Joan Rasmussen Assistant Children's Librarian/PT joan@owatonna.info
Bonnie Krueger Senior Reference/Cataloging Librarian bonnie@owatonna.info	Lisa Boutelle Assistant Children's Librarian/PT lisa@owatonna.info
Cassandra Gilgenbach Senior Media Services/Reference Librarian cassie@owatonna.info	Marie Sexton Technical Services Assistant marie@owatonna.info
Dave Lubahn Circulation Specialist dave@owatonna.info	Dawn Betti Desk Assistant/PT dawn.betti@ci.owatonna.mn.us
Brandon Robinson Circulation Assistant/PT	Andrea Oyloe Desk Assistant/PT andrea.oyloe@ci.owatonna.mn.us
Christina Skalicky Circulation Assistant/PT christina.skalicky@ci.owatonna.mn.us	Vacant Desk Assistant/PT
Carla Thein Desk Assistant/PT carla.thein@ci.owatonna.mn.us	Nancy Vaillancourt Local History Specialist/PT nancy@owatonna.info
Sandee Hardy-Hagen Desk Assistant/PT sandra.hardy-hagen@ci.owatonna.mn.us	Robin Spande Administrative Assistant/PT robin.spande@ci.owatonna.mn.us

Library Board

Meredith Erickson, President
John Pfeifer, Vice-President & Representative to the SELCO Board
Trudy Severson, Secretary
Edel Fernandez Mejia, Member
Christy Tryhus, Member

2017 Library Board Minutes

January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017
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June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017

2016 Library Board Minutes

January 2016
February 2016
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April 2016
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July 2016
October 2016
November 2016
December 2016

2015 Library Board Minutes

January 2015
February 2015
March 2015
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May 2015
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October 2015
November 2015
December 2015

2014 Library Board Minutes

January 2014
February 2014
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September 2014
October 2014
November 2014
December 2014