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Mailing Address:
Music Library
University of South Carolina
813 Assembly Street, Room 208
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone Numbers:
Music Library: 803-777-5139
Reserves: 803-777-5424
Fax: 803-777-1426
School of Music: 803-777-4280

Music Library Faculty and Staff:
Title Name Email Phone Number
Head, Music Library Jennifer Ottervik ottervik@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-5425
Music Librarian for Audio and Digital Services Ashlie Conway conwaya@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-4084
Library Specialist Joe Henderson henderrj@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-5424
Music Cataloger Scott Phinney phinney@mailbox.sc.edu 803-777-2948


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Directions from the North:
Follow I-77 South. Take exit 18 to merge onto SC-277 South toward Augusta/Columbia/I-20 W. SC-277 becomes Bull Street. Continue to follow Bull Street. Turn right at US-1 South/US-378 West (Gervais Street). Turn left at Assembly Street/SC-48 South. Follow Assembly Street for four blocks. The Music Library (inside the School of Music) is on the right.
Directions from the South:
Follow I-95 North. Take exit 86B to merge onto I-26 W toward Columbia. Take exit 111B for US-1 North toward West Columbia. Merge onto US-1. Turn right at Assembly Street/SC-48 South. Follow Assembly Street for four blocks. The Music Library (inside the School of Music) is on the right.
Directions from the East:
Follow I-95 South. Take exit 160B to merge onto I-20 West toward Columbia. Take exit 73A to merge onto SC-277 South toward Columbia. SC-277 becomes Bull Street. Continue to follow Bull Street. Turn right at US-1 South/US-378 West (Gervais Street). Turn left at Assembly Street/SC-48 South. Follow Assembly Street for four blocks. The Music Library (inside the School of Music) is on the right.
Directions from the West:
Follow I-20 East toward Augusta. Take exit 64A to merge onto I-26 East toward Columbia. Take exit 108B on the left for Route I-126 toward Downtown/Columbia. Merge onto I-126 East. Continue on Elmwood Ave. Turn right at Assembly Street/SC-48 South. Follow Assembly Street for 13 blocks. The Music Library (inside the School of Music) is on the right.





Head, Music Library

Jennifer Ottervik has been Head of the USC Music Library since 1996. She attended the University of North Texas, earning a B.A. in Piano, an M.S. in Library Science, and an M.M. in Musicology. In addition to being a tenured librarian, she serves as Adjunct Professor in the Schools of Music and Library and Information Science. She teaches graduate courses MUSC707 (Bibliography & Research), MUSC747 (Advanced Research), SLIS744 (Music Librarianship), and has taught SCCC467c (The Collision of Musical Cultures: African-American Music in the New World) for the Honors College.

Jennifer has been Editor of the Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed journal Music Reference Services Quarterly since 2003. She was appointed Placement Officer for the Music Library Association in 2003, a position she held through 2007. In 1997, she was recipient of MLA’s Walter Gerboth Award and its "Best of Chapters" Award in 1999 for her research and subsequent paper entitled "Jazz in Opera: It Ain't Over til the Fat Lady Swings." She has served on MLA's Personnel, Publications, Marketing, and Membership committees.

Email: ottervik@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-5425

Music Librarian for Audio and Digital Services

Ashlie Conway attended Troy University (Troy, AL) where she received her bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education.  She attended the University of South Carolina, where she was a graduate assistant for the band program, earning a Master’s degree in music education.  In December 2007, she completed a second master’s degree in library and information science, specializing in music librarianship. She joined the library faculty in January of 2008.

She is a member of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), the Music Library Association (MLA), and its Southeast chapter (SEMLA).  In 2006, Ashlie was awarded SEMLA's travel grant to attend the annual conference. In 2009, Ashlie was awarded the travel grant to attend the ARSC annual meeting in Washington, DC.

Email: conwaya@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-4084

Library Specialist

A member of the Music Library staff since 2002, Library Specialist Joe Henderson is head of circulation, managing all overdue notices, fine and bill reconciliation, stack maintenance, and course reserves. He holds a B.A. in music performance from the University of South Carolina and an M.M. in percussion from East Carolina University. As an accomplished jazz percussionist, Joe performs regularly throughout the state in multiple venues.

Email: henderrj@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-5424

Music Cataloger

Scott Phinney joined the full-time staff of the University of South Carolina’s Music Library as Music Cataloger in July 2005. He attended Davidson College where he earned an A.B. in Music, as well as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned an M.S. in Library Science. He is responsible for original and copy cataloging of new music scores and special collections. He is currently pursuing a Master of Musicology degree at USC.

Email: phinney@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: (803) 777-2948


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