A library with more than 300 texts available to students and faculty, which can be consulted in-house and are available for loan, at the 106 Grove Street location.
The bibliographical material enables students to develop research work and socio-historical analysis applied to various genres of music, write theses, deepen theoretical aspects and create their own cultural background in view of future professional activity in the varied world of the music industry.
Saint Louis teachers have the opportunity to use the texts available during classroom lectures in order to enrich the teaching material and delve into particular historical and theoretical aspects concerning the subjects they teach.
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How book lending works
You can request to borrow, for a maximum of 15 days, any of the Library’s texts-excluding photo books that can only be consulted on the premises-by following this procedure:
- Check out the catalog of texts in the Library available here
- Send a request by email to Paolo Marra, Saint Louis library manager, writing to Paolo; you can borrow up to two texts at a time, the request must be submitted two days before collecting the book at the Boschetto location;
- Pick up the requested book at the Via del Boschetto office within 3 days of the request by presenting identification.
Book drop-off times:
Wednesday: from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Thursday: from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
The book delivery schedules are subject to change and will be promptly communicated to students and teachers.
NB. It is possible to request book pickup at a different time than the one indicated by sending an email or contacting Paolo Marra directly.
Loan period: 15 days (excluding photo books)
You can send a loan extension request by emailing Paolo
Books not available for lending can only be checked out at the Via del Boschetto location by making a request to Paolo Marra, who is on site during the above hours.
To further your passion for jazz check out The Jazz Archive is the virtual place to travel through the extraordinary history of Italian jazz.
For students and faculty Saint Louis can take advantage of the Bibliomedia, with texts for reference or borrowing, for their research, study and reference activities.
Library lending is suspended from July and resumes at the beginning of the following academic year.
