The mission of the Kutztown University Department of Music is to provide music majors, minors and concomitants with a quality musical education and to provide non-music majors, for whom the study of music in an integral part of the liberal arts education, with an understanding and lifelong enjoyment of music, by offering historical, theoretical, pedagogical and performance courses, integrated with the development of listening skills, critical thinking, and an awareness of aesthetic principles and contemporary technology.

 

The mission of the Kutztown University Music Library is to strengthen and support the teaching, learning and research of the musical arts by providing the collections, services and facilities that lead to discovery and creativity.

 

 

 

The Kutztown University Music Library envisions a future where:

 

 

Goal 1: The student population of Kutztown University will have a centralized location containing the music resources necessary to better fulfill their education.

    

    Objective 1: The library will obtain space to contain all the music holding currently available through the university as well as new acquisitions.

        Action Plan:

        - To approve a plan for appropriate facilities on campus to house the currently cataloged music holdings as well as the non-cataloged materials.  A committee comprised of music department faculty, Rohrbach Library staff, administration and student representatives will be formed to investigate and obtain a suitable location.

        - Grants will be investigated and obtained to assist with funding for the library.

        - Mailings will be sent out to alumni, businesses, arts foundations and organizations and other community leaders to contribute to the library as founding members. 

    Objective 2: The library will provide listening stations available to students and faculty for the use of enhancing their musical education.

    Objective 3: The library will create a website with links to other music collections as well as searching within the library's holdings.

    Objective 4: The library will have software and hardware available to the faculty to assist in classroom teaching as well as projects and assignments.

 

Goal 2: The library will contain musical scores and print music which will be made available to students and faculty.

    

    Objective 1: The library will maintain the print music holdings by cataloging and storing them within the facility.

    Objective 2: The library will maintain contact with musical score rental companies to acquire and coordinate the scores needed for the various performing ensembles.

    Objective 3: The library will make excerpts available in digital format accessible through the website.

 

 

Goal 3:  The general public will have access to audio, video and print materials for use within the facility. 

 

    Objective 1: The library will maintain a collection of approximately 23,250 books and journals, 10,000 scores, 35,000 sound recordings, 550 videos and 50 miscellaneous items cataloged within its own database with links to the website and Rohrbach Library.

    Objective 2: The library will maintain a website showing the holdings available to the public along with a digital library of score excerpts.