Welcome to Presser Music Library | SOM 121 | Telephone: 610-436-2430

Our Collection now includes items previously held at the Main Library, as well as the collection from Swope:

• Scores (printed music) are arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
• Score Classification
• Sound Recordings are arranged by a locally developed classification system.
  • Discs (Analog Recordings 33 1/3, 78, etc.)
  • Tapes (Cassette, Reel-to-Reel)
  • Compact Discs (Digital Recordings)

...and of course our Services remain the same !

• Reference
• Library Instruction
• Tours
• Listening Facilities (phonographs, compact disc players, and cassette recorders)

Access

• Scores, recordings, and reference materials are listed in the catalog and in the Music Library card catalog.
  • Advanced Field Code Keyword Searching:
    • Time Periods (045)
    • Events, Dates, and Places(033)
    • Musical Forms (047a)
    • Performing Forces (048)
    • Call Numbers (MOTH)
• Scores are listed by composer, distinctive title, and type of music.
• Sound recordings are listed by composer, distinctive title, type of music, performer(s), and manufacturer(s) names and numbers.
  

New Accessions Lists:

• New Scores and Books, November 2007
• New Recordings and Media, February 2006
• New Scores and Books, September 2005
• New Recordings and Media, April 2005
• New Scores and Books, January 2005
• New Recordings List, October 2003

Circulation

• Scores circulate for six weeks and may be checked out at the Music Library Circulation Desk.
• Sound recordings DO NOT CIRCULATE.