About the Music Library

The CWU Music Library is located on the Fourth Floor of the Main Library, and serves as the functional music library for the Music Department and the campus at large. The Music Library's collections are housed in two rooms: Rm. 401, which contains the Listening Area, as well as the Music Education Room and the Listening Classroom, and Rm. 402, which houses the music scores and books, the hardcover music periodicals, and the music reference books.

The music sound recordings in the Listening Area do not circulate out to students or the general public, by necessity being restricted to checkout by CWU faculty for class use. The Library's music sound recordings have been purchased to support the mission of the Music Department and are there-fore primarily classical music and jazz recordings, as well as a growing number of world music recordings. The Library has made a substantial investment in audio equipment for the Listening Area with in-house listening for students and other Library patrons. Audio equipment includes compact disc players, phonorecord turntables, and cassette players. All 48 listening carrels are tied into a centralized listening apparatus, and many carrels have their own individual audio units with headphone amplifiers for mutiple listeners. The Music Library supplies the use audio headphones for all listeners. Regulations forbidding the use of audio equipment for illegal duplication of copyrighted recordings are clearly posted.

Music Library patrons may search the Library's on-line catalog, CATTRAX, to locate Music Library recordings, scores and music scores, or by accessing CATTRAX through the Library's Web-based home page. Searches may be made by author, title, and the Library of Congress' subject areas.

Persons planning to visit the Listening Area of the Music Library should consult the Library Hours page. The Score, Book, and Reference Room keeps the same public service hours as the main Library building. The public service schedule for the Listening Area appears under "Music Library, Rm. 401". Though the Listening Area has somewhat fewer public hours than the main Library building, during school terms it is open to the public 7 days a week, including evening and weekend hours. Since the Listening Classroom and the Music Education Room are located within the Listening Area, the public service hours for these rooms are the same.

The Score, Book, and Reference Room, Rm. 402, contains the music reference books, the hardcover music periodicals, as well as the circulating music books and scores. In addition, the specialized music collections, such as the historical sets, authoritative composers' works, and other collected editions, are also shelved in this room, which is open to the public when the main Library is open. Many music score and books can be circulated out of the Library by patrons, but they must acquire a C.W.U. campus card which allows access to the Library's collections. Music reference books and many of the collected scores and historical sets are not available for checkout. Music Library staff are located in the Listening Area and can be consulted with questions about all aspects of the Music Library collections, and are on duty during scheduled hours, 7 days a week, when the Library is open to the public during school sessions.

The Music Library telephone number is (509) 963-1841.