Mendel Music Library supports Princeton’s vibrant music and performing arts community, providing resources to the Department of Music, the programs in dance, music theater, and theater at the Lewis Center for the Arts, and the participants in the many performance ensembles across campus. Mendel’s collections include books, performance scores, sound and video recordings, streaming audio and video databases, periodicals, and an outstanding selection of rare books and scores available for in-house use. Music Librarian Lisa Read Email [email protected] Office Hours Mondays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. No appointment necessary.Need to meet at a different time? Email Lisa or schedule an appointment. Research Consultations Make an appointment with Lisa to get help with your research and creative projects.Schedule an appointment Instruction Sessions Lisa will collaborate with teaching faculty to lead customized workshops, helping students to effectively find and use library and information resources for research, performance, and other projects in music and the performing arts.Schedule A Session Library Spaces Mendel Group Study Room Located on the second floor, the Mendel Music Library offers one group study room for Princeton students, faculty, and staff. Mendel Study Carrels Priority is given to current graduate music students and faculty. Undergraduate senior music majors are assigned carrels on availability. Mendel Multimedia Room The Mendel Multimedia Room is equipped with 4 iMacs, Video viewing station, Nostalgia station (with LP and cassette playback), the Microfilm reader/scanner, lots of study space, and plenty of plugs to charge your laptop or phones. Featured Resources Research Music Periodicals DatabaseOxford Music OnlineRILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextRetrospective Index to Music Periodicals Performances Digital Concert Hall (Berlin Philharmonic)Digital Theatre+Medici.tvMet Opera on Demand Online Scores Babel Scores: Contemporary Music Online Music Online: Classical Scores LibraryMusic Treasures Consortium Streaming Music Naxos Music Library is the world's largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 191,454 CDs with more than 2,935,803 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 600 new titles are being added to the library each month.Classical Music LibraryNaxos Music LibraryNaxos Music Library: World Research Guides Music Theater Dance Streaming Audio Streaming Video Collection Highlights James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel Music & Performing Arts @ DPUL New Items at Mendel Course Reserves Mendel Music Library manages all course reserves materials for the Music, Theater, Dance, & Music Theater Departments. Mendel also handles audio reserves and offers digitization of various audio media formats for course reserves. Faculty can send syllabi or requests for audio digitization to [email protected] Staff Lisa Read she/her/hers Music Librarian Sara Hagenbuch she/her/hers Mendel Library Operations Supervisor Brittany Nielson Coordinator for Special Projects and Collection Management Jacob T. Hughes Library Collections Specialist V Related Services Circulation Services Loanable Equipment Mendel Music Library History In 1997 the music collections of Princeton University were brought together for the first time with the opening of the Scheide Music Library in the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies. At the request of the funder, William Scheide, the music library was renamed to honor former Princeton faculty member and Scheide’s teacher Arthur Mendel (1905–1979) for his outstanding contributions as Bach scholar, performer, editor, critic, and teacher to the discipline of music. Library History
