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Reference
desk hours
10 am - 12 pm, and 2 pm - 4 pm, Monday through Friday
The Thomas Gorton Music and Dance Library offers a variety of reference and information services, including assistance with music and dance reference questions at the library's reference desk, by e-mail (music-ref@ku.edu) and in person, class instruction and workshops, and electronic lists of new reference books, and reference guides.
For bibliographic instruction and reference consultation for individuals, groups, and classes, as well as orientations to Gorton Music and Dance Library, contact George Gibbs, Music and Dance Librarian (785-864-3282 or ggibbs@ku.edu)
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| Format | Loan Period: KU Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students |
Loan Period: Others |
Notes |
| Books Microforms Scores |
4 months | 6 weeks | |
| Cassette tapes Compact discs Computer files (floppies, CD-ROMs, etc.) LPs Videotapes |
KU faculty: 2 weeks Staff & graduate students: Library use: 4 hours |
Library use: 4 hours | Student class-use: 4-hour circulation |
| Bound Periodicals | 1 week | 1 week | |
| Unbound Periodicals | Library use: 4 hours | Library use: 4 hours | |
| Rare books | Library use: 4 hours (Monday-Friday, 8-5) | Library use: 4 hours (Monday-Friday, 8-5) | KU faculty & graduate student class-use: 4-hour circulation (Monday-Friday, 8-5) |
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Interlibrary loan requests for books, scores, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, and other formats may be submitted directly to Gorton Music and Dance Library staff or to the Interlibrary Services staff on the second floor of Watson Library, or electronically via WebRetrieve or World Cat, Article First, and other FirstSearch databases on the library menu.
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Items on reserve in Gorton Music and Dance Library are available at the Media & Reserve Desk. Course items are listed in the course reserve module of the online catalog. Reserve materials include books, scores, sound recordings, and scripts. Most items on reserve circulate for 4 hours, in-library only, unless specified otherwise by the instructor. Vocal scores of individual musicals on reserve circulate for one week. Reserve Items may circulate overnight within 1 hour of closing, and must be returned within 1 hour of opening the following business day.
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The Joe and Joyce Hale Media System features a staff-mediated console with playback equipment. Users requesting media at the Media and Reserve Desk are assigned to specific workstations at either one of 28 media carrels, the seminar room (class or meetings only), or the group study room. Audio and video playback are controlled via remote control. Audio tracks may be recorded by users for repeated listening at their workstations through mini-CD players that are permanently installed in the media carrels and the group study room. Most carrels include a 61-key Korg Triton music keyboard. A number of media carrels are also equipped with computers featuring LifeForms, Finale, and Free Style software, as well as MIDI interfaces.
Sound recordings and videorecordings circulate to faculty for two weeks, and to students for special class-use only (four hours). All other use of sound recordings and videorecordings is in-library use only. Most of the Library's sound and video recordings are listed in the online catalog.
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Gorton Music and Dance Library's photocopier produces black and white copies only, on either 8.5 x 11 inch or 8.5 x 14 inch paper. Photocopies may be purchased with a KU card ($0.08 per copy) or with cash ($0.10 per copy). The machine can exchange paper currency for coins. The library service desk does not have change.
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Laser printing on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper is available from 16 computers in the library. There is an $0.08 per copy charge deducted from the user's KU card account each time a print command is executed.
Dot-matrix printing on 8 1/2 x 11 paper is available free of charge at 1 networked Express Workstation.
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