The Performing Arts Library is housed on the third floor of the Hornbake Library Building. Located in the McKeldin Library, this collection consists of approximately 180 processed collections, ranging in size from a few folders to 800 linear shelf feet on a subject. 800 periodical titles and more than 300 different yearbooks and annual reports are also part of the collection. It is particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences and emphasizes the history and literature of East Asia. Current periodicals from this collection do not circulate.
Documents come in a wide variety of formats including paper, microfiche and electronic.
AT MD Located in room 3210 of the Hornbake Library, this collection has one of the world's most extensive collections of piano recordings, books, scores and related materials, including the archival papers of various great keyboard artists. Most of the individual collections primarily include correspondence and papers relating to published and unpublished works, with some including publications, photographs and memorabilia. Some of the major figures featured in these collections include Katherine Anne Porter, Djuna Barnes, various Maryland authors, a variety of papers by UMD Faculty in the English and American Studies department, and a variety of British literary figures. The Marylandia collection houses more than 60,000 books and current periodicals about Maryland, both current and historical, and a variety of Maryland newspapers. It is designated a Maryland State Depository.