Accessing and Using the Douglass Room
Accessing the Audio Production Studios
Fill out this form to access the required online training tutorials for the Audio Production Studios (LIB 365B & 365C).
Creative Musician Workstations
The Douglass Room offers five Creative Musicians' Workstations with music keyboard controllers and advanced software for creating scores, audio, and multimedia projects.
Music Instruction Seminar Room
This seminar room is available for reservation by UO faculty, GEs, and library staff, and is designed to support instruction that benefits from high-quality audio and video capabilities.
Study Area
Open study area with natural light, comfy seating, and abundant outlets
About the UO Libraries Music Collection
Collections
The Douglass Room’s music collections include a vast Audio Collection with over 22,000 vinyl LPs, 16,500 CDs, 1,000 cassettes, and recent UO student recital recordings. Highlights also include the Historic Sheet Music Collection, deluxe facsimile editions of medieval music manuscripts, and primary source scores. Acoustic Guitar Kits are also available for lending.
About the UO Libraries Music Team
Ann Shaffer
Music and Dance Librarian
Ann Shaffer is the Music and Dance Librarian at the University of Oregon, and is a member of the Arts & Humanities Team. She is responsible for collection development in the areas of music and dance, providing research assistance to music and dance researchers and practitioners, providing classroom-based and workshop instruction for music and dance areas, outreach to library users in music and dance, and cataloging scores and sound recordings. She also serves as liaison to the School of Music and Dance. Contact Ann if you have instruction requests, need assistance with research or instructional design, want to suggest a library purchase related to music or dance, or would like to discuss a potential donation of music or dance materials.
Mitch Hughey
Music Cataloger & Metadata Technician
Mitch Hughey is the Music Cataloger & Metadata Technician. He is responsible for cataloging music scores and audio recordings, receiving approval plan scores, and providing guidance on the processing and housing of music and audio materials. Contact Mitch if you need to request rush cataloging on a score or recording that is still in process.
Jimmy Murray
Manager, Research and Learning Spaces
Jimmy Murray is the manager of Research & Learning Spaces. He oversees operations and student employees in multiple library research spaces with specialized technologies, including the Douglass Room and the DREAM Lab in Knight Library, and the Experiential Learning Spaces in the Price Science Library. Contact Jimmy with questions related to the booking and use of Douglass Room technology facilities and classroom space, and about student employment in the Douglass Room.