The Blumenthal Family Library
The Blumenthal Family Library, including the NEC Archives and Special Collections, holds one of the major music collections in the United States, and provides access, instruction and support to enhance NEC’s teaching, learning, and research.
The collection, which holds more than 150,000 volumes of scores, recordings, and books, also includes subscriptions to music journals and electronic databases with a wealth of manuscripts, first editions, personal papers, and performance recordings by NEC’s renowned composers and musicians.
Summer Hours
Monday – Thursday , 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Weekends and evenings, closed
Friday, July 4, closed for Independence Day
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Library Information and Contact
255 St. Botolph Street, 2nd and 3rd Floors
NEC Student Life and Performance Center (SLPC)
Any written correspondence should be directed to NEC’s main address at 290 Huntington Ave.
Library Borrowing
(617) 585-1250 | Library Borrowing
Library Research
(617) 585-1156 | Library Research
Interlibrary Loan
(617) 585-1249 | Interlibrary Loan
Request from ILL | Please scroll down to “Interlibrary Loan Requests” for forms
Purchase Requests
(617) 585-1249 | Acquisitions
Request a purchase | Please scroll down to “Purchase Requests” for forms
Heather Woods, Chief Information Officer
(617) 585-1239 | Heather Woods
Richard Vallone, Library Director
(617) 585-1251 | Richard Vallone
Jason Coleman, Digital Services Manager
(617) 585-1730 | Jason Coleman
Hannah Ferello, Catalog and Serials Librarian
(617) 585-1254 | Hannah Ferello
Brianna Perez, Public Services Supervisor
(617) 585-1368 | Brianna Perez
Maryalice Perrin-Mohr, Archivist/Records Manager
(617) 585-1252 | Maryalice Perrin-Mohr
Laura Smolowitz, Technical Services Associate
(617) 585-1249 | Laura Smolowitz
Hannah Spence, Head of Cataloging, Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management
(617) 585-1256 | Hannah Spence
Performance Library
Andres Almirall Nieves
(617) 585-1759 | Andres Almirall
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