Libraries

The Main Library, housed in The Seeley G. Mudd Center, is the central library facility for Oberlin College, and is the primary location for materials in the humanities and social sciences. It also houses interdisciplinary and/or general interest works, as well as the mathematics and computer science collections. Administrative and most technical services staff for the entire library system are located in the main library.

Other College departments in Mudd Center include the Archives and Center for Information Technology (CIT).

The music library is among the oldest and largest in any academic setting, with more than 250,000 items. Collections include more than 70,000 sound recordings, 113,00 musical scores, 59,000 books, and 210 periodical titles. These cover Western art music from all historical periods, complete editions of the works of major composers, as well as growing collections in the areas of women musicians and American, ethnic, contemporary, jazz, folk, and popular music. Students can access recordings in a variety of media formats at any one 43 listening carrels. 

See the Conservatory Library home page.