page_title: Colby College Libraries
section_title: Bixler Art and Music Library
hierarchical_section_title: Colby College Libraries / Bixler Art and Music Library
caption_attribution_description: English: Bixler Library, Colby College
context_page_description: The Colby College Libraries are the libraries that support Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The libraries provide access to a merged catalog of more than eight million items via the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin consortium of libraries and MaineCat, with daily courier service from other libraries in Maine. Twelve professional librarians provide research assistance to students, faculty, and outside researchers. Instruction in the use of the library and its research materials is offered throughout the curriculum, from an introduction in beginning English classes to in-depth subject searching using sophisticated tools in upper-level classes.
context_section_description: The Art and Music Library, in the Bixler Art and Music Center, maintains a collection of art and music books, journals, sound recordings, music scores, a computer lab/listening center, and study spaces. Internet ports and wireless access are provided. The library contains approximately 2,200 reference volumes, 10,000 scores, 30,000 monographs, 11,000 sound recordings, and 1,200 videos.
caption: Bixler Art and Music Center
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