Olive Kettering Library
| Olive Kettering Library, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio | |
| Country | United States |
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| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1954[1] |
| Location | Yellow Springs, Ohio |
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| Population served | Antioch College, residents of Yellow Springs |
| Other information | |
| Director | James Kapoun |
| Staff | 7[2] |
| Website | Olive Kettering Library at Antioch College |
The Olive Kettering Library (OKL)[3] is the library of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The library was named after Olive Kettering, the wife of Antioch trustee, inventor, and engineer Charles Franklin Kettering.[4][5]
History
From 1925 to 1954, Antioch College was served by the Horace Mann Library, which was located at Weston Hall.[3] In 1953, Charles Kettering, a benefactor of Antioch College, gave $750,000 for a new building to accommodate the College's expanding library collection.[3] The building was dedicated on October 5, 1955 by Kettering and David Riesman.[3]
By the 1990's, the Olive Kettering Library had the campus' first community computer lab.[6]
After Antioch College was closed in 2008, the library continued to operate under the College's umbrella organization, Antioch University.[7] After reopening in 2011, Antioch College re-assumed control of the library.[8]
Collections and features
The Olive Kettering Library houses more than 325,000 volumes, 900 periodicals, and 4,000 phonograph records.[4][8] The library is also home to Antiochiana, Antioch College's archive. Among the items kept in the archive are the papers of Antioch Presidents Horace Mann and Arthur Morgan.[9][10] The library is also home to The Antioch Review, one of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States.[4]
The Olive Kettering Library has been a member of OhioLINK since 1999.[11] The library is also a member of the Ohio Private Academic Libraries (OPAL) and the Library Council of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE).[4]
References
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External links
- Olive Kettering Library Official Site
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