The library of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) is housed in the library of the TU Dublin Conservatory of Music & Drama Rathmines and represents the initial stages in development of a reference library for musicologists in Ireland.
It was inaugurated in 2012 with the donation by Professor Barra Boydell of part of his personal collection and continuously receives donations from other SMI members.
The library also incorporates physical copies of theses listed in the SMI Music Theses Register from the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, music technology, music therapy, performance, analysis, and composition etc.
This reference collection is open for consultation by members of the SMI, researchers at the RFMI and TU Dublin.
The contents of the collection can be seen here.