The Center for Popular Music maintains an extensive research collection of materials relating to popular music. The collection includes over 160,000 sound recordings, approximately 65,000 pieces of sheet music, over 18,000 books, nearly 300 current periodical subscriptions, and miscellaneous other research materials. These resources are available for students doing course work. Materials do not circulate, and recreational reading or listening is not permitted. A photocopy machine is available for researchers' use; provisions of federal copyright law and center policy may exclude some materials from being copied.
The Center's reading room is located in Mass Comm 140 and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Seating capacity is limited to 12 researchers at one time.
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