Library Showcase Explores Loeb Music Library

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The Isham Memorial Library, a special library adjunct, is dedicated to research with primary sources and is a major resource for scholarly research. Isham collections include microforms, published facsimiles, rare books and manuscripts, and Harvard dissertations in music. Isham also houses Loeb Music's general archival collections, including the Boulanger collection and papers of individual scholars, as well as special collections such as the Biblioteca Mozartiana Eric Offenbacher (BMEO).
  
The Rare Books Room of Isham Memorial Library.

 
Sarah Adams, Keeper of the Isham Memorial Library, and Douglas Freundlich, Associate Keeper of the Isham Memorial Library.
 
The Richard F. French Gallery currently holds the exhibition "Nadia Boulanger and Her American Composition Students," which was created by Sarah Adams, Keeper of the Isham Memorial Library and graduate student Elizabeth Craft. The exhibit focuses on Nadia Boulanger, one of the foremost composition teachers of the 20th century, especially her American ties and her influence on generations of American composers. Items on display include compositions written by Boulanger and her students, as well as material related to classes Boulanger taught at Harvard and Radcliffe.

 
Christna Linklater, RISM Project Cataloger. As part of a two-year project, Linklater is cataloging more than 600 music manuscripts from Yale and Juilliard for inclusion in the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales database.
 
Technical Services: from left, Elizabeth Flood, Music and Media Cataloger; Candice Feldt, Head Music Cataloger; Sandi-Jo Malmon, Librarian for Collection Development; and Lingwei Qiu, Acquisitions Assistant for Print Media in Music.

Not pictured: Catherine Gibbes-Klenov, Cataloging Assistant.

Recordings Librarian Robert Dennis. Loeb Music holds more than 104,000 recordings on a variety of formats, from vinyl records to CDs and DVDs.

Not pictured: Peter Laurence, Acquisitions Assistant for Recordings and Edward Rosser, Recordings Cataloging Assistant.

Another important division of the Loeb Music Library is the Audio Preservation Studio (APS), located off-site, which is staffed by David Ackerman, Audio Preservation Engineer, and Bruce Gordon, Audio Engineer. The Loeb Music Library developed the studio to preserve, reformat, and reproduce audio materials in the library collections. Now integral to the library's preservation program, APS is a state-of-the-art facility. APS's primary client is the Harvard College Library, but the studio also accepts projects from other Harvard units, as well as from outside the University.


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