Download Your Audiobooks with your Otis Library Card

The Otis Library, in conjunction with our library consortium subscribes to a downloadable audiobook program. So... that means if you have a valid Otis Library card (or a card in the LION consortium) you can download some great audiobooks! They have the new Janet Evanovich, FEARLESS FOURTEEN and you can get put yourself on hold for BREAKING DAWN, the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga from Stephanie Meyers. Many of the titles can be sampled with chapter excerpts.

To start you will need to download some free software.

After you have installed the free software, you may browse the audiobook collection, check out audiobooks, and put others on hold.

They offer both children's and young adult titles, as well.

The best thing is NO FINES!!! (Well that and you can't lose it, or spill something on it, and the dog can't chew it!!!)

Genealogy and Local History Room at Otis Library

The Reference Department, with much help from our Technical Department is going through our Genealogy collection and updating it. Well, updating in the sense that we are trying to make it more accessible to the people who are interested in Norwich and it's history. We have found some very exciting things, some great maps, interesting old newspaper clippings and some wonderful pictures of the area.

We also found some great items documenting the '38 Hurricane. Hopefully we will be putting together a display for everyone to see the items in our collection dealing with the hurricane.

Feel free to come on down and see what we have in our Genealogy room, it is filled to the brim with Norwich lore, and we would be more than happy to show you around.

IM Reference Services at Otis

The reference desk is going to experiment with IM reference services. If you used either, Google Talk, Yahoo IM, or Meebo that you can get your reference questions answered online! Our user name at all three services is: otisreference.


We think this would be a great way to communicate and answer questions while you surf the internet. If you need help on you homework, or help finding a kitchen measure conversion, or if you have any other burning questions, write to us!

We can answer children's, teens or adult questions.

*Please don't ask any type of emergency questions (call 911 for that), or ask us to renew your library materials. You may renew your materials, ask for ILL's or ask us to put a book on hold for you at 889-2365 x108*

New York Times Best Sellers at Otis

Did you know that we have a majority of the New York Times Bestsellers? Every week we highlight the items that Otis has on the bestseller list. We also have most of Oprah's bestsellers, as well. Come down to the library and see what we have on hand. If you don't see it on the shelf, feel free to ask us to put it on hold for you. If you don't have time to come down, give us a call at 889-2365 ext. 109 and we can put it on hold on your Otis or any other registered Connecticut library card.