Linda Smith - President

Judith Dann  - Vice President

Stacy Blackburn - Secretary

Homer, Ohio is known as the birthplace of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872, a full 48 years before women had the right to vote.

The Homer Public Library traces its origins to January 30, 1895, when A. H. Wright, T. N. Dean and others met in the Homer Town Hall to organize a Reading Circle which they named the Homer Library Association. 

The town hall meeting place was known as "The Reading Room" with members donating books and adhering to a set of rules adopted by the Association.  Each member owned shares according to the number of books donated.

In 1970, a new facility was built and the library moved to its present location.  The new building contained 2,600 square feet.  As the population of the surrounding area has grown, so has the library.  New additions were built in 1983, 1990 and 1998 bringing the total area of the library to over 8,000 square feet. Finally, in 2006, the library acquired the adjacent building and land from the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.  This acquisition brought the library additional meeting space for the community and storage space for library usage.  Additionally, the library gained ownership of its adjacent parking lot.  The library now has an area of over 10,000 square feet, offers over 35,000 books, periodicals and other materials and has 7 public computers providing broadband internet access.

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Wednesday

10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Friday

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Saturday

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

NEW MATERIALS - NOVEMBER 2019

Adult Fiction:

Anna’s healing: Vannetta Chapman

The bake shop: Amy Clipson

Beneath the attic: V. C. Andrews

Border war (LP): Bradford Scott

The burning page: Genevieve Cogman

Christmas sweets: Joanne Fluke

A dream for tomorrow: Melody Carlson

Dry range: Barry Cord

Godsgrave: Jay Kristoff

A home at trails end: Melody Carlson

Jade city: Fonda Lee

Joshua’s mission: Vannetta Chapman

Last summer (LP): Kerry Lonsdale

Lethal agent (LP): Kyle Mills

The library of the unwritten: A. J. Hackwith

The lost plot: Genevieve Cogman

Magic gun (LP): Max Brand

A minute to midnight: David Baldacci

The mortal word: Genevieve Cogman

The mother’s mistake: Ruth Heald

A perfect square: Vannetta Chapman

The roll of the drums: Jan Drexler

Sarah’s orphans: Vannetta Chapman

Say you still love me (LP): K. A. Tucker

A single light: Tosca Lee

Sins of the fathers: Anthea Fraser

The sound of distant thunder: Jan Drexler

Tom Clancy code of honor: Marc Cameron

Unscripted: Davis Bunn

Warner and Laura (LP): Giles Tippette

Westward hearts: Melody Carlson

Woman upstairs: Ruth Heald

Adult Nonfiction:

Alice & Gerald: Ron Franscell

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: William Penn

The bills keep coming, the grass keeps growing: Sandi Latimer

The boy who felt too much: Lorenz Wagner

Carbs from heaven, carbs from hell: James D. Krystosik

Confessions of a coffee bean: Marie Nadine Antol

Finding Chika: Mitch Albom

Have dog, will travel: Stephen Kuusisto

Healing with hemp CBD oil: Earl Mindell

If you tell: Gregg Olsen

The Instant Pot diabetes cookbook: Nancy S. Hughes

Life in these United States

Mobituaries: Mo Rocca

New Ohio review, Fall 2019

Over time: Frank Deford

Sacred groves: Or, How a cemetery saved my soul: Kathleen Davies

This beautiful book: Steve Green

Writer’s market 2020: Robert Lee Brewer

Juvenile Fiction:

1000 books before kindergarten: Mark Borghese

Animals should definitely not wear clothing: Judi Barrett

Bear’s busy family: Stella Blackstone

Dear zoo: Rod Campbell

The end (almost): Jim Benton

Good night, octopus: Caleb Burroughs

Happy birthday, moon: Frank Asch

How do I love you?: Marion Dane Bauer

Juana & Lucas. Big problemas: Juana Medina

Kitten and friends: Aimee Chapman

Little Gorilla: Ruth Bornstein

Madeline: Ludwig Bemelmans

Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel: Virginia Lee Burton

Mr. Grumpy’s outing: John Burningham

Stay: Bobbie Pyron

Stone soup: Marcia Brown

The story of Babar: Jean de Brunhoff

Ten, nine, eight: Molly Bang

The three bears: Byron Barton

The very hungry caterpillar: Eric Carle

The very, very far north: Dan Bar-el

A visitor for Bear: Bonny Becker

Where’s my teddy?: Jez Alborough

Juvenile Nonfiction:

Ants don’t wear pants: Kevin McCloskey

The best of sewing machine fun for kids: Lynda Milligan

Earth:  Steve Jenkins

Nubs: Brian Dennis

Snack, snooze, skedaddle: Laura Purdie Salas

Steam play & learn: Ana Dziengel

Blu-Ray:

3 from hell

Angel has fallen

Olaf’s frozen adventure

DVDs:

3 from hell

Angel has fallen

The angry birds movie 2

The art of racing the rain

Babygenius. A trip to the San Deigo Zoo

Charlie & me

Fast color

Hobbs & Shaw

Immortals

The note

Olaf’s frozen adventure

The peanut butter falcon

Scary stories to tell in the dark

The valet

The witch in the window

Yoga for seniors

 

View our current calendar of events and library newsletter below:

 

The library offers the following services:

     Borrowing:

          Books

          Periodicals

          Books on Tape and CD

          Music CDs

          Movies on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Blu-Ray 3D

          12-in-1 Musical Instrument Kits

          Ukuleles

     Reference

          Extensive Local History Collection

          Special Agriculture Collection        

     Computer Usage

          7 Public Access Computers with Broadband Internet Access

          Printing of Information at Nominal Cost

     Copy Services

     Fax Services

     Inter Library Loan services from over 90 libraries that are members of the SEO Consortium

     Meeting Rooms

Director:

Amie Hatfield

Librarians:

Maggie Berndsen

Phyllis Buxton

Vivian Cooke

Kathy Megaw

Lisa McKimmins

Lauren Stoolfire

Fiscal Officer:

Chet Geiger