Eugene Ormandy Music and Media Center

The Center is located within the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library and houses more than 40,000 sound recordings of Western music, as well as art and traditional musics of the world in LP disc, cassette, and compact disc formats. The Music Library's video collection, also housed here, includes DVD and laser disc recordings of opera and ballet as well as a diverse collection of video tapes.

The Ormandy Music & Media Center contains the Class of 1958 Audio Lab and the Glossberg Recording Room and Group Viewing Suite. Group viewing rooms are equipped with study tables and seating.

Access

A valid PennCard or other form of photo ID is required to use the Ormandy Media Center collections and facilities. 

Patrons are welcome to use the Center's audio-visual equipment for listening and viewing of personal recordings, although priority is given to those using library-owned materials.

Rules for Ormandy materials

Circulating Ormandy Center compact discs, cassettes, LPs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, videocassettes, books, and scores have a loan period of six weeks and may be renewed one time for an additional six weeks unless designated in the  catalog as "Library Use Only." Ormandy Center materials designated as "Library Use Only" may be borrowed for a period of four hours and must be used in the library. There is no limit to the number of regularly circulating items that a user may borrow at one time.

Reserve materials shelved in the Ormandy Center have a loan period of four hours and must remain in the building. Users may borrow up to four reserve items at a time. Special permission to borrow reserve recordings, books and scores for class presentation may be granted, please inquire at the Ormandy Center circulation desk. Reserve materials shelved in the Marian Anderson Center do not circulate and must be used in the library.

Musical instruments and carrying cases circulate for three days and may be renewed two times. The Ormandy Center's loanable laptop circulates for 7 days, no renewals.

Recall, fines, loss

All Ormandy Center materials are subject to recall.

Fines for overdue sound and videorecordings, books, and scores are $1/day for 14 days, after which the item will be considered lost and replacement fees will apply. Fines for overdue reserve items are $1/hour. Fines for music instruments and their cases, and our laptop and its case, are $25/day for 7 days, after which the item will be considered lost and replacement fees will apply.

Please see https://guides.library.upenn.edu/circulation/vpfinesfees for information on lost items and replacement fees. 

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