Services

Circulation

Patrons wishing to borrow materials must have a valid Northwestern University identification card (WildCard) or obtain a Borrower's Card from the Library Privileges Office. See the Northwestern University Library's circulation policies for more information.

Most materials are lent under the following terms:

• NU undergraduates, staff, and guests: 4 weeks
• NU graduate students: 12 weeks
• NU faculty: 1 year

Exceptions: Some materials are limited to use in the library or are available to faculty only for an abbreviated lending period. Such restrictions are listed below:

Computer Lab

Located in the Music Library's Listening Center, the Computer Lab is a multi-purpose music-computing environment designed as a workplace for beginning to mid-level music technology projects. The lab hosts 9 Apple iMac computers and 9 Dell Optiplex 745 computers, each equipped with a DVD/CD burner, MIDI keyboard/controller, and headphone amplifier. There are also dedicated scanners for each platform and one shared printer. Each computer contains an array of software for sequencing, digital audio, notation, computer-aided-instruction and multimedia production.

Hardware

• 9 Apple iMac computers (2.16 GHz, 2GB ram, 250 GB HD, CD-RW/DVD-RW)
• 9 Dell Optiplex 745 computers (1.86 GHz, 2GB ram, 150GB HD, CD-RW/DVD-RW)
• 18 M-Audio Ozone USB Audio/MIDI keyboard controllers
• 2 HP Scanjet 8200 high resolution scanners
• 1 HP Laserjet 5100dtn printer

Software

• List of software currently available

Course Reserves

Students

Use the Course Reserve Search in NUcat to find materials on course reserve. Print items on course reserve circulate for two hours and must be returned to the Music Library circulation desk. Sound recordings on course reserve are available for use in the Music Library Listening Center. Please note that streaming-audio recordings on course reserve are accessible only through Blackboard and are not listed in NUcat course reserve.

Faculty

• Reserve request form

Streaming Audio Reserves
To request a recording be made available in Blackboard via streaming audio, use the Music Audio Streaming Request Form.

Electronic Reserves (Articles & Books)
To place items on electronic reserve, contact the Main Library's Reserve office.

Note: Reserve requests should be submitted at least three weeks prior to the date on which you would like the materials to be available for students. The Music Library addresses requests on a first come, first served basis, and requests submitted at or very near the beginning of an academic quarter may not be processed immediately.

NU Performance Recordings

The Music Library holds recordings of NU faculty recitals, faculty master classes, and performances by School of Music ensembles. Performances since 1995 can be located in NUcat; performances prior to 1995 can be located by consulting the card file in the Music Listening Center. Performance recordings do not circulate but can be heard in the Music Listening Center.

Copies of NU performance recordings can be obtained by completing a Paid Dub Order Form and remitting a nominal payment. Orders can be submitted in person at the Music Listening Center or via mail.

Note: Performance recordings from prior to September 1992 are currently in storage and unavailable for playback or dubbing.

Interlibrary Loan

Use Interlibrary Loan to borrow materials not held by the Northwestern University Library.