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Library privileges and policies. Read this information! It is your responsibility to know it.
Online listening
Online reference

Phone numbers

Reference desk: x4511
Main circulation desk: x4512
Audiovisual circulation desk: x4596

Staff

Peter Caleb, director of library services	x4507	pcaleb@msmnyc.edu
Jeff Gavett, technical services assistant	x3462	jgavett@msmnyc.edu
Anders Griffen, head catalog librarian	x4522	agriffen@msmnyc.edu
David Perrott, technical services manager	x3461	dperrott@msmnyc.edu
Richard Presser, recordings librarian	x4508	rpresser@msmnyc.edu
José Ruiz, circulation manager	x4509	jruiz@msmnyc.edu
Ronen Shai, senior circulation assistant	x4512	rshai@msmnyc.edu
Elisa Vega, technical services assistant	x3462	evega@msmnyc.edu
Janet Weaver, catalog librarian	x4532	jweaver@msmnyc.edu

Nearly everything in the Library (except for reference items and the librarians) can be checked out and taken home. Your MSM ID card acts as your Library card, and also gives you remote access to our online resources.

Collections

The Library has more than 20,000 CDs and 2500 DVDs; these are supplemented by nearly one million tracks of streaming audio that you can listen to online. We offer a substantial collection of printed music, from solo repertoire to ensembles of ten or so (for bigger ensembles, visit the Performace Library), as well as study scores for a wide variety of orchestral and chamber music. Our books cover music (primarily classical and jazz) and the other performing and fine arts, as well as literature, history, philosophy, psychology, science, and more. Just off the main reading room, there are racks of music magazines and other popular titles like the New York Times, the New Yorker, Time Out New York, etc.

The Library is home to the Manhattan School of Music Archives, which includes recordings of many of the concerts that happen here (you’ll find these listed in the catalog).

Facilities and Services

WiFi and data ports are available throughout the Library. Off campus or on, your MSM ID card gives you access to various online resources; in addition to the streaming audio mentioned above, there are Grove Music Online, MusicalAmerican.com, JSTOR, and more.
PCs are located at the back of the Library. Each is equipped with
- USB and headphone ports (check out headphones at the CD circulation desk)
- A CD/DVD drive
- Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers
- Microsoft Access, Excel, Paint, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word
- Finale Notepad (for the full version of Finale, use the Mac near the main circulation desk)
Copy/Scan machines are located off the main reading room and near the CD circulation desk.
A microform reader/printer is located near the reference desk.
Our interlibrary loan service allows you to borrow from another library almost anything we do not own. This service is free to you. In addition. any of the full-time Library staff can write you a pass for admittance to libraries ordinarily closed to the public (e.g., Columbia, NYU, etc.).
A reference librarian is on duty Monday-Friday, 11-5, and Saturday, 9-5. At any other time, feel free to stop by the library director’s office, located just off the main reading room.

Fines and Replacement Charges

Due dates are stamped in each item. We send overdue and recall notices to your student e-mail account; according to School policy, you are responsible for checking your e-mail daily. In addition, we send an e-mail alert to notify you what items you have checked out that are due the next day. We send these notices as a courtesy; you are responsible for keeping track of the materials you have checked out. You can check your current circulation record by logging in to ManxCat, using the barcode on the back of your School ID card.

For circulating materials, the overdue fine is 15¢ for each day the Library is open, except for CDs and DVDs, which are 50¢ per day (15¢ per day for precollege students). In addition, there is a $1.00 charge for returning a CD without its paper sleeve. The overdue fine for two-hour course reserve loans is 50¢ per hour. After your second notification that an item is overdue, or if your fines are more than $10.00, you will be blocked from borrowing until you clear your record.

The replacement charge for an item lost or returned incomplete is the current retail price plus $15.00 for binding and other processing. The replacement charge for an out-of-print item is usually $50.00, to cover the cost of purchasing, cataloging, and binding a new edition.