Services
The Music Library consists of three sections:
- the Music Reference section (also called RMU),
- the general circulating section where scores and books are found, and the
- Sound Recording section, a closed-stack area with a service counter.
All music materials may be found in PantherCat, The Library's Web-based Online Catalog. Online and paper guides to searching PantherCat are in process. Please check back.
Music Library Circulation
Circulating books (ML and MT), scores (M) and sound recordings must be checked out and returned at the Music Library service counter on the second floor, East Wing.
Sound recordings circulate for 3 days to undergraduate students and for one week to faculty, staff and graduate students.
PLEASE NOTE: Audio materials do not circulate to special permit holders or InfoPass users.
Music Reserves
For information concerning music reserves please see the Music Library reserves page.
Listening Facilties
Listening facilties include 10 carrels which receive sound from a master unit of turntables, cassette players and compact disc players, an additional 10 stations include 8 with CD players, 4 with cassette decks, and 4 with turntables, for user-controlled, listening.
Headphones
Students, Faculty and Staff may borrow headphones for use in the Library with a valid UWM ID. The loan period is two hours.
The general public may also listen to recordings in this area upon presentation of a driver's license or other form of identification.
Reference
Ask Music
This service is intended for the students, faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as members of the Milwaukee community. If you are not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, we can reply to a query only if it concerns the holdings of UW Milwaukee Music Library. If you are located outside the Milwaukee metropolitan area, please contact your local public or academic library for help with your musical questions.
Collection Development
The Music Library Collection Development Policy is used in determining what will be added to the collection.
This policy is a constituent portion of the Library-wide Collection Development Policy which gives additional detail about the broader-scale collection development issues addressed by the Library.
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