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 |
John Pfeifer Technology Coordinator john.pfeifer@ci.owatonna.mn.us |
| Renée Lowery Assistant Director renee@owatonna.info |
Ryan Brown Assistant Technology Coordinator ryan.brown@ci.owatonna.mn.us |
| 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 |
| Cathy Walerius Desk Assistant cathy@owatonna.info |
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| Dawn Sorensen Desk Assistant dawns@owatonna.info |
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Library Board
Don Overlie, President & Representative to the SELCO Board
Angela Sager, Vice-President
Eric Mattison, Secretary
Russ Dunn-Foster, Member
Jill Holmes, Member
2010 Library Board Minutes