Stacy Blackburn - President

Linda Smith - Vice President

Judith Dann - 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 - May 2018:

ADULT FICTION:

 

The 17th suspect: James Patterson

A breath of hope: Lauraine Snelling

Britt-Marie was here: Fredrik Backman

The button horse (LP): Giles Tippette

The cast: Danielle Steel

Close to home (LP): Robert Dugoni

Crimson Lake (LP): Candice Fox

The death of Mrs. Westaway: Ruth Ware

Death trap on the Platte (LP): Cliff Farrell

The forgotten road: Richard Paul Evans

A gift of grace: Amy Clipson

The gray ghost: Clive Cussler

In the midst of winter: Isabel Allende

Just in time (LP): Marie Bostwick

Keep the home fires burning: S. Block

The Kremlin conspiracy (LP): Joel C. Rosenberg

A life of joy: Amy Clipson

The other lady vanishes: Amanda Quick

The outsider: Stephen King

Pelican Point (LP): Irene Hannon

Phoebe’s light: Suzanne Woods Fisher

A promise of hope: Amy Clipson

Robert B. Parker’s old black magic: Ace Atkins

A season of love: Amy Clipson

Seasons of tomorrow: Cindy Woodsmall

Seven for vengeance (LP): James Keene

Shelter in place: Nora Roberts

Shoot first: Stuart Woods

Sometimes I lie: Alice Feeney

Spring forward (LP): Catherine Anderson

Texas flat (LP): Ray Hogan

The third victim: Phillip Margolin

To the moon and back: Karen Kingsbury

Twisted prey (LP): John Sandford

The weaver’s daughter: Sarah E. Ladd

What the bishop saw: Vannetta Chapman

When the bishop needs an alibi: Vannetta Chapman

Who the bishop knows: Vannetta Chapman

 

JUVENILE FICTION:

 

Dude, where’s my saxophone?: Amy Cobb

First chair: Amy Cobb

Head in the clouds: Abby Hanlon

Nothing but treble: Amy Cobb

The problim children: Natalie Lloyd

Settling the score: Amy Cobb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADULT NONFICTION:

 

Basic wilderness survival skills: Bradford Angier

The Bill of Rights: a user’s guide: Linda R. Monk

Captain Blue on the Blue Blazes: Andy Niekamp

Cat shots: Michele Slung

Go ask Ali: half-baked advice (and free lemonade): Ali Wentworth

A higher loyalty: truth, lies, and leadership: James Comey

Inseparable: the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history: Yunte Huang

Jackie, Janet & Lee: J. Randy Taraborrelli

Keller’s outdoor survival guide: William Keller

The last day of my life: Jim Moret

The little library cookbook: Kate Young

Meghan: a Hollywood princess: Andrew Morton

The natural home: Isabelle Louet

Night (study guide)

No way home: Tyler Wetherall

Parental blueprints for building strong children: Lissa Riley

The pioneer woman cooks: Ree Drummond

Rise: surviving the fight of my life: Paige VanZant

Rocket men: Robert Kurson

The running man: flying high for the glory of God: Orville Rogers

Standing at water’s edge: Anne Paris

 

JUVENILE NONFICTION:

 

Challenging stereotypes and prejudices: Jeanne Marie Ford

Cool classical music: Mary Lindeen

Cool country music: Mary Lindeen

Cool hip-hop music: Karen Latchana Kenney

Cool Latin music: Mary Lindeen

Cool reggae music: Karen Latchana Kenney

Cool rock music: Karen Latchana Kenney

Hearing their prey: Kathryn Lay

The royal rabbits of London: Santa Montefiore

Soccer trivia: John Marthaler

Standing up to hate speech: Alison Morretta

Women scientists in astronomy and space: Nancy Dickmann

Women scientists in life science: Nancy Dickmann

 

Musical instrument kit with 12 instruments

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

     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

       

Library Director

Amie Hatfield

Fiscal Officer

Chet Geiger

Librarians

Maggie Berndsen

Pat Blacksten

​Phyllis Buxton

Vivian Cooke

Lisa McKimmins

​Kathy Megaw

​Lauren Stoolfire