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148 W College St. Oberlin, OH 44074-1545

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News: Conservatory Library

October 20, 2025

Oberlin College Friends of the Libraries Dinner

2025 guest speaker, Keith Webster Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries are invited to the annual dinner. This year's speaker is Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of Emerging and Integrative Media Initiatives. He will speak on Libraries and AI. Registration is required... Continue Reading

October 01, 2025

Student Job Fair

The Oberlin College Libraries will be hosting a student job fair on October 8th. Those interested in working for the Libraries will have the opportunity to meet staff from all four of our branches and learn about the wide range of jobs available to them. Student will also be able to sign up to receive job opening notifications.... Continue Reading

April 02, 2025

"Soup of the Day" Tiny Ref Desk Concert

Join us on Friday, April 4th for a Tiny Ref Desk Concert, featuring Rosalie Coleman and Kat O'Brien on fiddle, Jacob Marren-Cooke on guitar, and Nathaniel Liu on cello. If you can't make it in person, the event will be livestreamed on the Con Library's Instagram account. Event Details "Soup of the Day," performed by... Continue Reading

Portrait of Toni Morrison, black and white photo.

February 09, 2024

Toni Morrison's Signed Copy of Jazz

Toni Morrison was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio about 12 miles north of Oberlin. In celebration of this luminary, who received both Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, the Ohio state legislature designated her birthday, February 18, “Toni Morrison Day”. Our Conservatory Special Collections include a copy of... Continue Reading

February 08, 2024

Performers Needed for the Con Library’s Tiny Ref Desk Concerts

The Conservatory Library is looking for individual or ensemble performers to perform a 30-minute Tiny Ref Desk Concert in the Conservatory Library's East Wing. We host a Tiny Ref Desk Concert every month, on the second or third Friday, from noon to 12:30pm. This month, we're hoping to find a talented musician to play on... Continue Reading

Two hands making a heart-shaped card with craft materials surrounding it.

February 06, 2024

Make Your Valentine a Valentine at the Conservatory Library

Visit the Con Library's Valentine station to make a Valentine or collage for your special someone. We will provide glue sticks, glitter sticks, markers, crayons, stickers, and doilies. Event Information Where: Conservatory Library When: February 7-February 14 Continue Reading

CDs laying flat, overlapping with each other.

January 22, 2024

Check Out CDs and DVDs from the Conservatory Library for 1 Week

Oberlin College & Conservatory students can now check out CDs & DVDs from the Conservatory Library for one week. We also lend external drives! We have close to 70,000 CDs, so let the listening begin!! Photograph of CDs Continue Reading

Portrait of Christopher Jenkins against white background.

November 01, 2023

Assimilation v. Integration in Music Education

Christopher Jenkins Join us for a book talk with Christopher Jenkins, sponsored by the Friends of the Oberlin College Libraries!Christopher Jenkins is the Associate Dean for Academic Support, the Conservatory Liaison to the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology. Chris is... Continue Reading

Dorothy Ashby portrait, black and white photo.

May 08, 2023

Inquiries & Insights: MHST 360 Students Present Research from the Neumann Jazz Archive

The final presentation for MHST 360: Jazz & Media Studies Through the Neumann Archive is a culmination of the course's exploration of the broad ramifications of the "archival turn." Throughout the course, students engaged in three primary curricular activities: an interdisciplinary survey of recent writings related to... Continue Reading

Trio Chroma members holding their instruments, in front of blooming white trees.

May 01, 2023

Trio Chroma Tiny Ref Desk Concert

Visit the Oberlin Conservatory Library at 12 noon (ET), May 3, 2023 for a Tiny Ref Desk Concert with Trio Chroma. The concert will also be live streamed on Instagram (@obieconlib) Trio Chroma: Blake Logan, cello; Emily Beckner, violin; William Mathangani, violaString Trio in C (1933) by Jean Francaix Continue Reading

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Learn More About Our Libraries

Search.Libraries ? Books, articles, scores, recordings, and films at Oberlin, OhioLINK, online, and beyond.

Course Reserves ? Materials on reserve for a specific course. Search for course reserve lists by course instructor's name, course name, or course code.

Journals A-Z ? Use to browse complete issues of a journal, magazine, or newspaper or to check Oberlin's access to a title. To find individual articles, use Search.Libraries.

OhioLINK ? Books & ebooks, scores, videos, and audio available from OhioLINK institutions. Use this option to request physical items from other libraries.

Course Guides ? Course Guides are organized collections of resources created for the research and information needs of students in specific courses. Research strategies and library services are also included.

Source Type Guides ? Oberlin College librarians have identified the best platforms for finding resources by source type, including newspapers, magazines, dissertations and theses, books, music, primary sources, and more. Some guides also provide search tips and techniques.

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