Music Library &
Bill Schurk Sound Archives

A cornerstone of American music preservation

Music Library & Bill Schurk Sound Archives

Home to North America's largest academic collection of popular music, we hold more than one million items, including the country’s largest accessible collection of 45 rpm records. Our holdings span all music formats, rare books, scores, periodicals, and archival materials.

We proudly serve BGSU's College of Musical Arts while welcoming researchers, musicians and music enthusiasts worldwide. As a repository for the New Music Festival, we connect our community to both musical heritage and innovation.

Music Library &
Bill Schurk Sound Archives

William T. Jerome Library | 3rd Floor | 419-372-2307 | mlbssa@libanswers.bgsu.edu

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