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Music Library Details and Policies
Hours & Services
NB: 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.
Loan Periods & Fines
Loan Periods*
Books & Scores
Sound Recordings
*Loan periods are shorter during the summer. Please check your date due slip.
Fines
There are NO exceptions.
Blocking
Cumulative fines of $10 result in blocked charging privileges. Proof of payment is required to remove any block.
Replacement Costs
Books/Scores
Replacement = $60 + Handling Fee = $15 Total = $75
Recordings
Replacement = $20 (per disc) + Handling Fee = $15 Total = $35 minimum. For a 3 disc set the charge would be $75, $20/disc + the handling fee.
NOTE:If the item is returned, the replacement fee will be removed. The handling fee is collected to reimburse the Library for personnel time spent in billing, etc.
Music Library Staff
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.
For a description of the materials collected please see the Collection Development Policy for the Music Library.
Circulating books and printed music must be checked out at one of the service counters 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.
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.
Users may borrow headphones and recordings for use in the Library with a valid UWM ID.
The general public may also listen to recordings in this area upon presentation of a driver's license or other form of identification.
Reserve Music Materials
Sound recordings and scores placed on reserve by faculty can be found at the Music Service Counter and may be checked out for use in this area. Books and journal articles about music which the faculty place on reserve are located in the Library's main Reserve Collection, first floor, East Wing.
Collection Development Policy
The Music Library has a Collection Development Policy that is used in determining what will be added to the collection. The Policy can be read at http://www.uwm.edu/Library/CollPolicy/u-music.html.
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. The full Policy can be read at http://www.uwm.edu/Library/CollPolicy/index.html.
Copyright
Copyright laws prohibit copying, in its entirety, any vinyl recordings, tapes or compact discs from the Music Library collection. Fair Use provisions do allow for copying of small amounts of musical material for direct educational use. Please ask at the Music Library Service Counter for more details.
The Music Library adheres to all copyright laws, including those dealing with public performance of sound recordings. Please see the Music Library's policy on the Use of Sound Recordings at UWM Functions.
For additional information on copyright issues, please refer to the Music Library's Copyright Page and visit the sites listed.
Contacting Us
Comments may be addressed to the Music Librarian, Rebecca Littman via
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UWM Golda Meir Library
- Music Library
2311 E. Hartford Ave. - Milwaukee, WI 53211
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- P.O. Box 413
- Milwaukee WI 53201
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last updated 10 Aug '04