ESM Faculty & Staff Handbook 2009-2010
SIBLEY MUSIC LIBRARY
SERVICES
• Borrowing and Returning Library Materials – All books and scores must be checked out at the Circulation Desk before leaving the Library. The Library is equipped with an automated circulation system. All patrons must have a valid UR ID card to borrow.
• You are responsible for all items charged to your card -- do not allow anyone else to use it. Items should be returned to the Circulation Desk. The Library has a security system. However unlike many libraries, materials are not “desensitized” at checkout. Therefore, you must present all Library materials to the Circulation Desk attendant each time you leave the Library.
• Loan periods vary with each category of borrower and type of material. Most materials (open shelf books and scores) may be borrowed for four weeks. “Restricted Circulation” items and recordings cannot leave the Library. Recalled items are fined at a rate of $1.00 per day. If an item is lost, damaged beyond repair or simply not returned to the Library, a bill for the replacement of the item will be issued. Such a charge includes the current replacement cost, a $10 processing fee for cataloging and binding. Borrowing privileges will be suspended for anyone who owes the Library $15 or more or for anyone who withholds a recalled work.
Copiers
Two photocopy machines are available on the second floor near the Circulation Desk, and one photocopy machine is in the current periodicals reading room. Copies cost 8¢ with a Flex Account Card.
Locating Materials
Manual and electronic catalogs on the second floor provide access to all collections. Always check “Voyager” (the UR libraries’ online catalog) first. It can be found at http://sibley.lib.rochester.edu. Scores (call numbers beginning with M) are found on the second floor, books (A-L, MD, ML, N-Z), periodicals and recordings on the third. Books and scores with MT call numbers and scores with call numbers of M1-M4 (collected works, anthologies, monuments, etc.) are on the fourth floor. Materials not owned by Sibley or other UR libraries may be requested through Interlibrary Services. Materials owned by other UR libraries may be requested via intercampus loan through the Circulation Desk. Requests for new acquisitions can be made in the Acquisitions Office. See the Reference Desk for help finding materials.
Listening/Recordings
Recordings are housed in a closed stack area on the third floor. Audio and video stations with headphones fill a room opposite the head of the stairs on the third floor adjacent to the Reserves and Recordings. Find the call number of what you want in Voyager or the card catalog and bring it to this desk. A library assistant will bring you the recording.
Reference/Information
A large collection of reference works for in-depth research as well as quick information and several tables for study are located in the Reference Area. Staff members welcome questions and encourage all students to ask for help of any kind related to finding and using Library resources. No question is ever considered too basic.
Reserves
For the convenience of students, faculty members place books, scores and recordings to be used for assigned reading and listening on reserve. These items may be borrowed, usually for a period of three hours, for use in the Library. The Reserves and Recordings Desk is on the third floor. Find the call number in Voyager or your syllabus, and a library assistant at this desk will bring you the item. Voyager can also be used to read items on e-reserve (scanned articles and other documents).
Special Collections & Archives
The Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections department offers outstanding resources to both performers and scholars. The department comprises the Sibley Library’s rare books collection, the largest of its kind in any academic library in the United States; the Eastman School of Music Archives; the Eastman Audio Archives and a wide variety of individual special collections ranging from composers’ manuscripts and papers to rare sheet music and literary manuscripts. The department’s reading room offers the user a comfortable and inviting environment in which to work. The department encourages the use of its collections by undergraduates and performers, and special appointments for live music reading are available on request. The department homepage can be found at: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialc.
Other Services
The Library maintains a Conservation Laboratory, the staff of which, will, on request, advise students and faculty about the care and repair of their own collections.