Services & Amenities

Reference

Reference Assistance

The Information Desk staff in the Conservatory Library will gladly help with your reference queries. We provide information about music (printed and recorded), books and articles, brief answers to factual questions, and suggestions for sources that might help answer your questions.

If you have questions at a time when the Information Desk is not open, ask for the Public Services Librarian at the Circulation Desk or send an email message.

Research Appointments

Schedule a research appointment. Services include assistance with identifying, locating, and using appropriate print, digital, and other resources; and assistance with finding specific books, articles, music materials, and other items.

Printing

Scanning and copying are free in the Con Library! There is one printer downstairs with photocopying functions and another photocopier upstairs. Printing can be done through PaperCut. Explore the Print, Copy, and Scan page for more information on printing at any of our libraries.

Reserves

Information for Faculty 

• Create lists of reserve items using reserve forms
• Familiarize yourself with our copyright policy for course reserves.
• Check Search.Libraries for status information (indicate items you have checked out to yourself to avoid recall notices)
• Library staff will retrieve the items from the library collections (personal items may also be put on reserve)
• Submit forms or questions to Gwen Oeseburg at goesebur@oberlin.edu or (440) 775-5136
  • Late additions to Blackboard lists will be processed in seven days
  • Alterations or additional drafts of course syllabi submitted for streaming audio processing will be processed in the order that they are received

Information for Students

• Items circulate for five hours
• All reserve materials may leave the library 
• Overnight loans begin at 10 p.m. (4:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday) and are due at 9 a.m. the next day (1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday).
• More information on student course reserves can be found here.

Listening & Study Spaces

In addition to the research room/workstation area, the Con library offers the following spaces for those using the collections:

12 networked computers

• equipped to play CDs and DVDs and to access digital collections from a wide array of research resources

2 listening/viewing rooms

• accommodating up to four people each
• equipped to play DVDs, CDs, LPs, cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, Blu-ray, video cassettes, and laser discs

Study carrels

• not assigned; open to all at any time