The Ohio State University Music & Dance Library supports the teaching, research, and performance areas of the School of Music and the Department of Dance. The Library's collections and facilities are open to all Ohio State students, faculty, and staff, and to the public.
The generosity of our friends plays a vital role in helping us acquire essential books, scores, periodicals, recordings, databases and streaming media.
- Give to the Music & Dance Library Endowment Fund to help the Library maintain its position as one of the largest and finest collections of its kind.
- Give to the Music & Dance Library Builders Fund to help meet current needs.
- Give to the Schumacher Contemporary American Music Collection Fund to help purchase scores, recordings, and literature about post-1946 American classical music and jazz.
- Materials for the music and dance collections are purchased primarily through general funds from OSU Libraries. The Music & Dance Library receives additional funding from the Friends of the Libraries.
- OSU faculty and staff may also contribute through the annual Campus Campaign. Our Endowment is fund number 645087, the Builders Fund is fund number 312947, and the Schumacher Contemporary American Music Collection is fund number 316183.
To learn about additional ways to give to the Music & Dance Library, visit the Libraries Giving page.